Buffalo River, Arkansas 2016- 57 Miles from Kyle's Landing to Tyler Bend

[@buckskin88]

Great video man!! It was a pleasure to meet you! I had a blast!

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+buckskin88 I know felt like we had known each other a while, had just the best of times!

[@TheRazorbackscott]

The Buffalo River is incredible. That green/clear water and those bluffs! Headed out there end of the month for our annual trip between Tyler Bend and Gilbert.

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+TheRazorbackscott it really is, nothing like it for sure! Thanks for watching and let me know how t goes and the water levels!

[@majorclaborn4679]

Thanks for being there and wished you could haved completed the whole trip. Great time and great company. the Silver Fox. lol

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Major Claborn whoa!!! You have a channel now!!! I'm so excited haha! I know I wish I could have completed it too, I had too many irons in the fire! Good to hear from you!

[@rsrc4464]

I've lost count how many times I've watched this video. I sit at a desk all day everyday Mon-Fri and dream of being out on the river. Especially now that I have my BG2!!

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+R&S RC haha thanks! Have you seen my one from the year before?! It was further upstream and shows the awesome water fall at Hemmed In Hollow!! We can't wait to get back and go again this year

[@dustinmoritz6634]

Just do it

[@donbrink1954]

You discovered my back yard!! This has been my main stompin' grounds since the early '70's when they made it a National Park. No matter where I travel, this is the place I go to rebalance myself. Let me know next time you are in the neighborhood!

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Don Brink we try and go every year and do this trip! It's my favorite and just a beautiful area! Love it

[@survivewithout]

oh man the memories it brought back. I want to do it again

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Survive Without me too, I miss it man

[@OutdoorWanderer1]

That is so awesome! I have got to tag along on the next one. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Outdoor Wanderer it really was awesome and yes you do! You'd love it!

[@CheezeheadChris]

Pretty awesome! Thanks for taking me along!

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Chris Romnes for sure thank you for watching it!

[@mra091666]

Thank you for a truly outstanding video. I really enjoyed it. Actually you have just sold me on the Ocean Kayak Prowler Big Game 2 and I will be buying one hopefully in the next two or three weeks.

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+M Anderson thank you so much for watching, it's an amazing trip to experience! You'll love that boat for sure! Let me know how it goes!

[@tmkilburn]

Skull Bluff at 10:18! I've done this float many times and camped right across from that bluff. If you have a fire going at night the light reflecting off the bluff makes it look like a giant Frankenstein peeking out of the water at you.

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+tmkilburn sure is! We set up for lunch there and spent some time, just awesome! The video I posted of this year's trip when we passed by, it was so flooded you couldn't see the sandbar we stopped at or go paddle through the eyes lol.

[@scoutingfreegermany]

Great trip! Good people in the kayaks too! Cheers, Marc

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Scouting Free just the best guys you could ask for, it was lots of fun! Thank you for watching Marc!

[@paulhenry7122]

man ...to cool I do need a kayak.My problem no one here n Ohio to go with. great video hope ya had a blast peace Pops Bushcraft

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Paul Henry thanks for watching, I've got a couple buddies in Ohio! Give it a try!

[@jshd1986]

hey great video, i am a kayak fishermen from Louisiana, and I am thinking about planning a week long float/camp/fishing trip next year around September and wanted to see if you could give me some feed back on what species of fish are in the buffalo and if the fish are plentiful in the buffalo? thanks

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+jshd1986 thank you for watching and commenting! And good for you, that sounds likes a blast! So the species we saw most were rock bass, some small mouth but unless you float further south like where we were towards the end, that's mostly it. The fish weren't that plentiful but if you have any experience fishing fast moving water and looking for pools, you'll catch them all day. Good luck!

[@EatCarbs]

Damn.. that looked like fun!! Thanks for sharing.

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Eat Carbs it really was man, love doing this trip!

[@kennethmccluskey4688]

Loved the views. Was there any whitewater on this trip?

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Kenneth McCluskey just a couple spots, nothing like last year that's for sure

[@PeteBraginton]

Good stuff buddy! Awesome time to be on the Buffalo! Looks like you guys thoroughly enjoyed your yakpacking expedition! Been watching everyone's videos and really enjoying it! How bout that new kayak of yours?!.....I could tell you were digging it! Again, great stuff, thanks for sharing!

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Pete Braginton thanks so much man, it was just awesome and the kayak worked so well!! It did not disappoint one bit!!

[@TheOtterOutdoorsman]

Looks like a pretty awesome trip. I'm looking to do one, but there aren't that many rivers up here where you can kayak camp. Will have to travel up to maine for it

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+The Otter Outdoorsman it is tons of fun Nate, love camping out of a boat! You should try it! Thanks for watching man

[@MaineAngler]

Looks like a fun trip! I have a Predator, too, the MX version, I really like it!

[@TheBeardedBurton]

It was an awesome trip, felt like Huck Finn! The MX is awesome! Thank you for watching

[@curtiscordray8730]

leaving the first of June for me and my buddies annual ponca to carver trip. we count down the months, then the weeks, and finally the days to our trip. 2 years ago was a little hairy due to high water. but still a good trip nontheless

[@jhughes3867]

Great video Burton! I'm considering the BG2 but don't fish very much. I'm a big guy, 6'4 290 and would be using it to paddle pretty much flat creeks and rivers. I'd also like to take my 60 lb dog. A couple questions. Do you think a dog could ride up front on the hatch or maybe in the back? How would the BG2 do on small rapids, class I maybe class II?

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+John Hughes thanks! Yea I have used this for kayak Camping more than fishing so far lol. It has a weight limit of 500lbs and easily handles I and II, and you'll see once I post my video tomorrow from this years Buffalo trip, this boat handled 4ft rapids we got caught in during a flood lol. Depending on the dog I guess it would be the factor like the size of it. The back would probably be easier. Thanks for watching! I love this boat!

[@n8mayfield]

Just amazing JB

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+n8mayfield thanks man!

[@mr.fisher3973]

looks like a great time

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+GoFeesh 85 it really was thank you!

[@seohiotrapper3618]

totally awesome man, I would love to take that trip with you.

[@TomsBackwoods]

Looked like a great time!

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+TomsBackwoods it really was, already want to go back haha, thank you for watching!

[@jeffbuzzard6837]

Great video thanks for sharing.

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Jeff Buzzard thank you, it was a blast!

[@ItsMeAdamC]

Looking to plan my for Yakpacking trip this year on the Buffalo River. How long would did it take you guys to go the 57?

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Adam Calhoun awesome, you will love it for sure! So we spread it out over 4 days 3 nights. Because of the water level we had to launch lower than we wanted so we went further than my video the year before. You could do it quicker if you went nuts but even over 4 days we had a couple of 15-20 mile days

[@ItsMeAdamC]

Thanks for the quick response. Looking to buy a new kayak, kind of stuck between the Wilderness Systems Pungo 120 or 140. You think a 14 ft will be to long for this river? Not sure how narrow it gets or if it does. Thanks again!

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Adam Calhoun one of my friends in this video has the pungo 120 and it did fine for him. My kayak is right at 14 feet and it performed great, I use longer paddles so I can get more torque and power, with the longer boats it just takes a little more effort to steer. But the river is plenty wide enough the whole time, just be sure to watch the weather and go when there's enough water

[@freedomfitness8720]

We were there in 2015. We stayed in Ponca. The water was so low!

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Believe Eve our first year was great, second year was like you experienced and this year was nuts lol! Thanks for watching

[@codyprice899]

How many days did this trip take?

[@TheBeardedBurton]

They ended up doing the whole 120miles but we pulled off early. We did 4 days in 57 miles

[@colemankamryn]

Our Buffalo river was foiled this year by the rain and flooding. We did however kayak 39 miles of the jacks fork in missouri.

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+ColeKam that's unfortunate, we almost had the same thing happen to use 2 years ago with flooding and were on the river when it happened. Luckily we got out in time, others weren't as fortunate. Thank you for watching

[@colemankamryn]

a big storm rolled in on us and it dumped on us the last 3-4 hours of of our trips this year. the river came up fast, my kids were not enjoying it.

[@NorwegianWoods]

Great video! Thanks - Martin

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+NorwegianWoods thank you, had an amazing time!

[@johnnyr612028]

Planning to do the Buffalo in Spring 2017 with my oldest son for his 16th birthday. Something he's wanted to do for a long time. I'm new to kayaking. What kayaks did you guys use and how did you pack your gear? I'm used to backpacking, but looks like you guys used dry bags and/or 5gal buckets. Really interested what you took and how you packed. Great vid!! Can't wait to go!

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+johnnyr612028 I used an Ocean Kayak Big Game Prowler 2 sit on top kayak. And yes it's a must to use dry bags lol! If you look through some of these videos I give a few options and actually show what I took on this trip! Thanks for watching! kzbin.info/aero/PLL10IXTXQFwdHPivTaqeCyzZ-bXE7jTpl

[@abiermonier1193]

this beautiful place. I would like to go some day to do camping in kayak

[@TheBeardedBurton]

It is tons of fun, thanks for watching

[@RJM1982]

do you live by this river?

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+RJM 1982 no I just travel to Arkansas every year to do this trip, wish I lived by it though!

[@drcsep]

awesome place.

[@TheBeardedBurton]

+Carlos Sepulveda it really was, we were like kids haha!

[@parallelburrito]

Use those baby fish you are catching as bait for the big one.

[@dustinmoritz6634]

Do a canoe so you can pack food and accessories folks. Camping is so much easier in a canoe.

[@TheBeardedBurton]

I disagree, you have to tether everything down, they don’t handle rapids or maneuver as easily with one person. My kayak has a 550lb weight limit and plenty of room for food and gear. Actually just got back from this same trip except we did the whole thing 130 miles over 6 days in this same boat. Handled perfect

[@dustinmoritz6634]

Fish looked like a crappie