I know of a couple of people back home who use jon boats to get back into places to deer hunt. The boats either make it easier for the hunter to get there, or they are the ONLY way to get back intothe area. I am looking at the early season muzzle loader season on public land in a river bottom. I know the area generally holds more than 1 big buck this time of year. The boat would provide easy access for me to get into my stand area.

How ever here in lies the question. What do I do with the boat, because I will be hunting not all that far from the boat. Will it spook deer if they see it??? Will it keep a bigger buck from coming by me? Did you use oars or trolling motor to keep quiet to get to your stand location? Maybe used a outboard??????I would be hunting a narrow funnel of woods between a river and corn field. The past few years the corn in those fields was not cut before or during the early smokepole season. Would that affect the narrow strip of woods funnel any??

Mark