Agree! Use the same year round. Love it for turkeys also. Although I broke the alignment pin on the recoil spring in the stock. Due to the big loads I use for turkeys. They stood behind it tho and fixed it. Should I guess being 8 months old. But other then that, super smooth, fast, and fits me well.
Least u guys shoot the right gun! As long as there all the same your good to go. And your boat sounds perfect. Never been in a full out rig like that. Sounds like a blast. Normally I'm bowhunting when ducks get killer.
Those are some good looking retrievers.