RE: mud motor and boat
you'll be underpowered, underboated, and regret the purchase.
i bought a 1436 (my first boat) a few years ago, and a 13hp mudbuddy. it's fairly good, but it's small, slow, & i can't hunt out of it. but it's easily concealable since it's small, easy to move around (in the water and on the trailer) since it's small, and it was only $550 new.
if i had to do it all over again, i'd get a bigger boat.