HUNDREDS Of DUCKS Dumped Into Our ICE HOLE (Limited Out) | Duck Hunting 2024

I headed out to Oklahoma last week in the hopes of finding some quality duck hunting opportunities on public land. I made it to the area I was planning on hunting with a few hours of daylight left to scout and was lucky enough to find a bunch of mallards, pintails, teal, wigeon, and wood ducks feeding in a small slough. We headed out there the next morning and after busting out a small ice hole, hundreds of ducks proceeded to decoy into our spread. We tried to take our time and enjoy the show as we picked off an all drake limit of finishing birds. Hope you enjoy!
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[@13hawks32claws]

Those are the hunts that keep you coming back.

[@shoreextremeoutdoors5324]

You know the duck season is bad in Virginia and Maryland when you have move out west to shoot ducks. It’s been a very rough duck season along the Atlantic Flyaway this year. Great hunt Thomas!

[@gojoe36]

The birds aren't dumb, they all go to OBX in NC at Pea Island & Pocosin Lakes area...they know where they don't get shot 😉

[@HokeOutdoors]

No kidding, I was hoping to stay on the east coast for all of January but the hunting just seemed to be getting worse everyday. Hopefully it’ll be a good last week of season for the mid-Atlantic though with that weather that came through the last few days! Did you see many fresh birds come down with the front up there?

[@landonsmith5318]

@@HokeOutdoors I’ve seen over 500 birds here in va within 2 days I think this weather really pushed them here

[@76mdw]

The duck hunting in Va has been awful for years. Thank you Duck Dynasty and social media for ruining duck hunting in Va…..as I watch duck hunting on KZbin!!!

[@haydenhoop1677]

9:37 i’ve gotta know what kinda of wood duck call you use

[@wesleysmith6018]

Glad to see you back out there! No days off next year. Gods Grace

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Wesley! Going to try to drop a couple more from this trip during the week!

[@wesleysmith6018]

@@HokeOutdoors Get after it for those who can’t! Try NW AR late season if you get a chance!

[@Huntingboy0912]

Always a good day when hoke uploads!!!

[@Mateo-decker22]

100% agree

[@PenCo91oh]

Facts!

[@HokeOutdoors]

I appreciate you watching!

[@AaronOutdoors10]

Southeastern oklahoma? around broken bow and idabel?

[@jakeyentzen4240]

my favorite video yet

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Jake, I appreciate you watching!

[@Yellowlab247_NC_Outdoors]

Looks like you made a smart move packing up the truck! Awesome hunt, once my boys are older I plan to do more of this. I miss my trips to Arkansas, those were fun.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Can't wait to see those adventures when y'all make the trip! There's really nothing like chasing birds on public land out west in my opinion!

[@CaliOutdoorsman]

This would have been my dream hunt. Congrats!

[@Huntingpros]

You’re a legend brother. Great video. Tuning in from Nova Scotia, Canada.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! I appreciate you tuning in!

[@Wyatt_Hunts]

I’m glad to finally see a new upload, been getting tired of watching everyone else man!

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! Just dropped another video from this trip!

[@BenjaminMitzelfeld]

Went to Oklahoma this year and it was incredible! Definitely worth the trip! Another great video nice work

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Ben! Glad to hear y’all had a good trip out there! What kind of birds did y’all mainly see when you were out there?

[@jameskinsey7866]

We've been hunting Oklahoma before it got popular. Hopefully it won't become another Arkansas. Plenty of public land and usually if you scout hard enough you'll be the only hunters out there. Great video.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks James! I completely agree, hopefully the guys who are looking further west than AR will continue to spread out between TX, OK, and KS. We never saw/heard another group hunting during this trip

[@teamfreshoutdoors3144]

Dude. I know you whiffed on the first woodie, but your shooting is absolutely insane. That hunt is the stuff of dreams, and that shooting is the only place I can shoot like that too.

[@HokeOutdoors]

I appreciate it! Had a couple days of really good shooting on this trip and a couple days where I whiffed on some easy ones. Just the way she goes!

[@garynewman4908]

Cool beans man!! Looked like a great time

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Gary! I appreciate you watching!

[@coopernickerson7470]

Trip to Oklahoma was worth it!

[@HokeOutdoors]

It was one that we won't soon forget!

[@markroth9827]

Awesome set. Thank you for sharing.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Mark! I appreciate you watching!

[@moustafakaid3904]

Finally we have birds, it’s been tough season here in north Texas I hunted the state line below Oklahoma and it was crazy good. I couldn’t shot for the first hour just don’t want them to be smart last week of the season Good job guys

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Moustafa! Glad things are finally picking up in your area! What kinda birds have you been seeing down in TX since the freeze up mainly?

[@moustafakaid3904]

@@HokeOutdoors big flocks of teal and mallard. Few flocks of divers scaup and Canvasback

[@adamwhat84]

Texoman here as well! Things definitely got way better after the deep freeze. Has been a very mediocre slow majority of the season up until now. We have been seeing big flocks of pintail along with some mallards, and a good number if wigeon. Hope you finish off strong!

[@Will97675]

@@adamwhat84yes, Lake Texoma has been on fire since the freeze. Both Texas and Oklahoma sides.

[@adamwhat84]

Nice, I'm around Wichita Falls, we started out good early then went mega stale. That front provided some much needed good hunts to close out the season.

[@TMFShooting]

Great Video 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! I appreciate you watching!

[@derekkoehler6635]

Is been very tough here in Virginia but been managing to scratch out a few here and there

[@HokeOutdoors]

I’d definitely agree with that, just seemed like the migration never really made its way down until this week. Should be a good last week of the season though!

[@jcwoutdoors]

What a hunt! Incredible content, Thomas. Hope you are doing well.

[@americanfisherman9781]

What a fun hunt! Covered up in birds! Great shoot for sure! 🔥

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! It about as exciting of a first 15 minutes as I’ve ever had!

[@ethanbillins6162]

Awesome to see ya in Oklahoma and get on some with the freeze great vid man

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Ethan! How’s the hunting been for you since the cold weather rolled through?

[@yankeeverse]

0:57 what the... look at that glitched duck 😂😂😂

[@yankeeverse]

Ahahahaha I'm such an idiot... I thought it was a real duck ahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I am not even gonna delete this comment. Ignorance like this needs to be exposed 😅😅😅

[@greasemonkey331]

Great hunt as usual, you found an awesome honey hole, love it.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! I appreciate you watching!

[@anthonycyprusjr7829]

Nice,went hunting with my favorite doc and we encountered froze-up ponds in our first spot,re-launched at another of his spots and pounded out nice limit of gadwalls and green wing tel,next day I made a monster paddle in public land(to the victors go the SPOILS)and pounded out solo limit of gaddies and green wing teal-hoping for re-run tomorrow though torrential doggone rains probably gonna sock me big-time.Then headed up to Lake Village,AR for end of their season!!

[@tannerhamelau1543]

Gopro about ate some steel on that shot you made while you were moving 🤣

[@HokeOutdoors]

Haha I think it was as close as I've ever been to busting the GoPro

[@ricktaylor3196]

Cool video Thomas!! Love hunting those Oklahoma ponds with the right conditions the hunting can be the best??

[@HokeOutdoors]

The ability to really see the migration in action out there is what I enjoyed the most about these spots! Just never know what's gonna show up when the conditions are right!

[@shawn5141]

Great hunt. Been waiting for you to upload something new 😊 we've gotten woodies and one mallard in the last couple weeks in NC. Abandoned VA lol

[@turkeyhunter7617]

Sweet Spot 👍🦆

[@HokeOutdoors]

Definitely one of the cooler spots I’ve had the chance to hunt this season!

[@PenCo91oh]

Another one for the books! Great hunt! I'm going thru withdrawals already and we still have a week to go. Not looking forward too it being over with.

[@HokeOutdoors]

I’m right there with you, gotta get after it while we still can! Hope you have a great last week of the season!

[@PenCo91oh]

@HokeOutdoors you to brother! Hope you get to post another banger before we wrap it up! We appreciate the hard work you go thru to bring us along on the hunt! Ik it is a lot easier to just hunt and not worry about cameras!

[@robertpettit2636]

Great hunt

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Robert!

[@siberianwildhunter1148]

We still have winter -50C, spring is still far away) I want to go hunting)

[@Fowl.Behavior479]

Yall at wister seen some virginia tags and and south Carolina tags down there

[@paulparsons4306]

What refuge is this on this hole looks familiar??

[@tjfoeste2232]

What part of Oklahoma? I’m down in Lawton, Oklahoma! Cheers

[@loganrobson5114]

Hey Thomas just wondering how you go about finding public you want to hunt in other states. Not looking for spots just trying to get a general idea of how you chose an area to hunt? It’s been so rough seasons down here in Louisiana so I’ve been looking to travel like this for some birds.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Mainly I just look for big tracts of public land on OnX that have amble water. I’ll also call public land managers in the state I’m planning to hunt to get reports from them on habitat conditions and bird numbers. I picked this area for this trip because there was a lot of walk-in/kayak opportunities since we didn’t have a boat to hunt big water with

[@loganrobson5114]

Thanks for the information. Great video as always

[@louismacdonald9040]

What wood duck call was that , sounds great?

[@HokeOutdoors]

I appreciate it! It’s a duck commander woodie call but I’ve tweaked the reed and tone board a little bit to get to sound just how I like it

[@Ethankowen0928]

I used to watch to see that I wasn’t the only one struggling in Va lol guess I need to go west this week

[@HokeOutdoors]

Haha I have some VA hunts from this season on video but they’re pretty much all the classic 15 minute flurry of action. Unfortunately that makes for some less than ideal GoPro footage

[@Ethankowen0928]

@@HokeOutdoors that’s how this evening was all ducks flew to late to shoot at gonna go back in morning and try to bust a hole in ice everything is froze up pretty good here in Sussex/emporia haven’t ever really busted a hole to hunt gonna be a new one for me

[@HokeOutdoors]

@@Ethankowen0928 good luck in the AM! Definitely try to get a jerk rig or water motion decoy out if you’re busting an ice hole. Ripples are a huge draw in that scenario

[@Ethankowen0928]

@@HokeOutdoors seen 3 wood ducks ain’t even fire the gun lol about over hunting Va for ducks if you’re ever back down this way hunting maybe u can show us how to do it lol everything I hunt is private maybe I need to plant rice or something

[@BB-nw3mj]

Prime terrain to poke a hole in your waders

[@HokeOutdoors]

No kidding, wore my swiss cheese waders specifically for this hunt!

[@brozoneenator5932]

What choke do you use?

[@HokeOutdoors]

Carlsons light mod

[@johng2762]

What choke are you running?

[@HokeOutdoors]

Carlsons light modified

[@carter-hs8xe]

what call do you use?

[@HokeOutdoors]

I was mainly using the DRC Harlot on this hunt

[@Fowl.Behavior479]

Little hint for huntin this way leave the mojo at home and just run a jerk rig ull get more birds to commit

[@Texaswoodsandwater]

Awesome video! Go check out some Texas duck hunting on our channel!

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! Will do!

[@swamptosoundadventures8337]

Duck hunters when it hasn’t been a record breaking year like their grandpa talked about happening in 1934: “it’s been a dismal year” “it’s my worse season ever” “I’ve never seen it this bad” 🙄

[@HokeOutdoors]

Lol this is true, this season in particular was a tough one for most of the east coast though

[@swamptosoundadventures8337]

@@HokeOutdoors yeah. But if you compare it to something like the 19-20 season(my friends and I hunted hard all sixty days for like a dozen ducks….and that was better than most people did)it’s been a great season 😂. I’m just saying it could’ve been a lot worse 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@savagemolonlabe9234]

Over pressured birds wayyyy to many hunters that’s the problem idc what anyone says. Every year I notice more and more people hunting and it’s fucking up the fly way majorly

[@aceofspadesoutdoors5564]

So quit hunting them

[@savagemolonlabe9234]

@@aceofspadesoutdoors5564 I’ve been hunting my whole life. You first

[@aceofspadesoutdoors5564]

@savagemolonlabe9234 I have too, these people have just as much right to hunt as you so if u have a problem then u quit

[@D_Boone]

Lmao. Hunter numbers are rapidly falling, that’s not the issue at all. Harvest numbers are fine, and duck populations are good. Find something else to whine about.

[@jayaustin3096]

That branch hanging down pissed me off. Your even resting your barrel on it. Break that thing off. I had to stop watching because that branch drove me crazy.