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Would really make sure you called Mike Bankes before attempting to hard mount anything to the liner of your Freedom. Drilling into that would expose the foam core to water.....not a good thing!!!! Besides the liner is quite thin and not much meat to mount anything too. Was never...

Tim I bought a stainless 4 legged base from Cabelas (bass pro sells them too) and a nylon camo swivel seat for my Freedom. It stays in the boat all the time for a passenger or for when I am lazy fishing. Nice and stable and comfortable. The fold Up chairs either style are great when...

I can only speak from experiance.... I own Bankes Freedom hull #1 and have seen it since the first day the plug to make her was being started. You can not beat the quality....thought...materials...and preformance of this boat in the 17ft class. The fine folks at Bankes also make a...

Wish Mike would stop selling them Crusaders before I can get a water test.... I definately love My Freedom...thinking that since demands on my hunting time now include 4 for a lot of hunts....a 19ft may have to be in my future.

Congrats!!!!! Maggies' first Master Pass on the weekend.....Lots of fun for a Field Trial All Age Dog for sure.

My Bible in the early days is the book "Hey Pup Fetch it Up" by Bill Tarrant. Very good guide with lots of appropriate ideas for developing both a Gun dog and Fine Family animal. Bit old School for todays times for the Field Trial game.....I still use many of it's coverage while raising a...

My Vote is for a 49 day old Puppy....there is so much bonding that occurs from there to 6 months that You miss out huge if You don't (just working on my new Puppy as I type). The other way to go is contact a Field Trial Pro and see if you can buy a 2 yr old Wash out. Ton of...

Steve......Sometimes in hard clay and mud a Danforth will not set properly by just the weight and pull of a small Layout....Then when you do a transfer the stress of the Tender...particularly when sideways to the wind pulls the Anchor.....Try making sure it is set with the tender before hooking...

The first secret to towing a Hercules is to put another 40lbs in the front (where your feet go when you hunt). It gives the boat a better attitude in the water...and actually as long as you weigh less than 250lbs it is an asset to making the boat hunt better. My tow rope is about 40ft...

Firstly....You can not teach anything...EVER with an E-collar...If you think You can...You are using it DEAD WRONG and shouldn't be using it. The easiest way to teach a Dog to sit in a boat is use zero tollerance to NOT SITTING. Get the dog Used to being Short tied on Land...and in...

Larry If I were you I would forget about both....and buy a Bankes Hercules. I know they are alot heavier and bigger...but the profile is perfect for real layout shooting and you can always grass one up for the marsh if you want...But the are plenty big and comfortable enough for a 6'4"...

I certainly appreciated the postings. I still don't be able to get off the couch and staring at the ceiling. Although most of you didn't know Dave, I am certain his large family would appreciate hearing from you. If you want to send a card I would address it to: The Family, Mallard Marine, 5700...

Thanks for the update Steve.. Indeed My heart goes out to His family and Worth. Very tragic turn of events. Definately a reminder on just how quickly our passion can turn on Us. Let's all be safe out there!! Gar