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    Camo Idea

    I saw a really good example somewhere on these piroque posts...guy had a medium light green background, with vertical thin stripes inside and out. Very similar to what I did on my duck boat...it really resembles reeds in a marsh. The very best camo I ever saw was the "new digital pattern" you...
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    Bedliner material?

    I guess the smelter comment goes along with the "if God would have wanted us to have aluminum boats, he would have made aluminum trees" philosophy.
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    Camo Idea

    Actually, the ghillie suit idea is sound. I had one when I was a recon platoon leader, and you could walk right up on someone wearing one, and you just couldn't see them. I use a derivation of that theme for duck hunting. I went to Joannes Fabrics and bought tan burlap. Cut some of it into...
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    Bedliner material?

    Regarding the bedliner material for hulls. I sprayed the inside of my duck boat with bedliner material for two reasons: First, it has the obvious non-skid benefit (my boat was aluminum), and second it quieted things down quite a bit. I try to be as quiet as I can when duck hunting, and...
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    Camo Idea

    Army camo netting serves two purposes. It gives a three dimentional effect, thereby breaking up "flat panels" not found in nature, and it gives a multi color effect. You can always spot a camoflage color boat if you look long enough, since the colors are all on the same plane, cover that boat...