I've been toying with the idea of a hunting trip to Long Island in Blue Hill Bay for a year or two. My friend Brian is coming home from Russia for a couple of weeks, and seems interested.
Long Island is a very large island (OK, maybe not as big as the OTHER Long Island, but pretty big), with only a couple of seasonal camps. Like many coastal islands off the coast of Maine, this one has an over abundance of deer.
The plan would be to launch from East Blue Hill/ Brooklyn, evaluate wind conditions, make a mile open water crossing, and follow the islands shore south, and setting up camp on the south east corner. Depending on the time, maybe just scouting out some good spots, and cooking some dinner. The next day, we will shoot two deer by 9 am and get ready to go home. Ha. That would be nice. Two to three nights might be a possibility.
The only question is, what are we going to use to get over there? We aren't suicidal, so canoes are out of the question. I have one sea kayak, we could rent a second one. I've got an old wooden skiff that needs a LOT of work. All of my other boats fall into similar categories. Looks like its time to acquire another boat!
My Grandfather offered me his tandem kayak he built a long time ago. It should be just about perfect for what we want to do. He designed it himself, with the idea of a very large middle compartment between the two paddlers for a large payload/dog/passenger. It would probably fit two sickley dismembered deer just fine. I plan on heading down to Connecticut to pick it up in the coming weeks.
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