Duck Hunting - BREAKING ICE In CA & My FIRST Goose Band!

[@HighPrairieSportsmen]

All I want for Christmas is a band 😭. Good hunt buddy!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Haha. Thanks!

[@tybauer1108]

I can’t believe there was that many birds up there this late

[@davewatson3398]

Congrats on the band my dude; you’ll remember the famous ice shoot of 2020.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks Dave!

[@Madtown.Outdoors]

@@MidValleyMercenaries shooting it close was the best you can do

[@Blue_Collar_Hunter]

Congrats Titus! I got my 1st band this year too. Hen cinnamon teal in SoCal. Came from Tule Lake.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks and congrats! That’s awesome

[@robbyrob3639]

Oh we gotta get more MVM karaoke!!!! Northern California is seriously amazing for hunting! I’ve been loving those videos! Congrats on dropping that banded pterodactyl!!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Haha! Thanks!

[@robbyrob3639]

@@MidValleyMercenaries I wish that I could get up there more than once or twice a year! It’s a haul from where you’re at especially! Took my son (jr.hunter) to the Delevan Jr. Hunt last weekend! We slayed them. Sacramento complex was lit last weekend!!! They took 11 ducks shy of 2k on the 12th alone!!! 😳😳😳

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Holy cow!

[@robbyrob3639]

@@MidValleyMercenaries no doubt!!! Every one coming out had straps full of birds!! Are you guys getting up into that area before the end of the season?

[@andrewdavidson3548]

I LIVE IN SISKYOU COUNTY, the refuge is epic lots of green heads

[@briansmith8629]

Congrats on the cool hunt.....spending quality time with your brother is worth more than we will ever know!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks. For sure!

[@oliviahelton3644]

Congrats on the band Titus ! That’s awesome!

[@FowlAssassinsOutdoors]

Awesome vid! I bet a few of those other geese were banded if a family group. Rocky looked like he was having so much fun in the field. Lol

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks! I think so too. Had to be. Way too much fun lol

[@ksoutdoorsports]

Congrats on the band! Great hunt guys, looks like there's a bunch of ducks out there!

[@marioa3277]

Congrats on the band! Been watching your videos for a while and its awesome to see you guys hunting my stomping grounds.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks

[@terrellejackson6240]

Once again another great hunt, nice job on the band.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks

[@josephbartholf8717]

Congrats on the band keep the videos coming love watching

[@hollyolson21]

That's awesome, congrats on the first goose band!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks!

[@stevechmiel6016]

Pheasant hunting in the delta waders 😂🤣 love it !! About 1 in 5 honks are banded out here. We always get em. It was great to see the excitement

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Haha

[@danielharlen7836]

Congratulations on the band. Last weekend my buddy shot his first banded hen gadwall that was banded back in September. And I shot my first limit of ducks.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks. Congrats on the limit and band!

[@Doublejranch30]

Awesome video. Just a thought, you guys need some MoMarsh invisimans. You can put those almost anywhere and have a great hide. They would have went great on that ice closer to the open water. We use them every hunt and it’s a game changer. Just need an XL sled to haul them

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

We’ve been looking into those. Thanks for the suggestion! Anymore details to share about that setup?

[@fullstrapoutdoors9154]

Congrats on the band! Awesome hunt.

[@jdkOutdoors]

Congrats on the band, T!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks!

[@brycedurjava7232]

Heck yeah!!!! Still waiting on my first band🤞🏻

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Good luck!

[@michaelprevost1229]

Congrats on the band those geese are big birds..We shot a few this season..Nice job

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks Michael

[@midwesthunterangler7592]

Congrats man to me that whole terrain you guys were hunting in look awesome ice and all. Definitely pays off dropping birds and getting a band

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks. Ya it’s a pretty cool place

[@obsessionoutdoors1781]

Breaking ice can be a lot of work but seems to work out more times than not. Great hunt!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

For sure. Thanks!

[@morganyoder4277]

Awesome stuff, I haven't had to break ice in cali yet, but at los banos last saturday the fog was there the whole day (it was thick the whole time as well). My dad and I still managed to get 5 and lost 2 which is cool.

[@johnas513]

Is just crazy how the one you happened to pick out of the group was a band. Insane!!!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

I know right!

[@aimkhan83]

Awesome video. Congratulations on the banded one.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks

[@HokeOutdoors]

Congrats on the band brother! That looked like some brutal conditions but that always makes up for it

[@michaelbeggs9484]

I saw you guys while you where Pheasant hunting and heard you guys shooting to the south of me. That day was cold. It will be locked up now unless we get a good strong, warm, south wind. I'll say hi next time and talk to you guys. I've got some spots to show you.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Right on. Sounds good 👍🏼

[@ICECOLDOUTDOORS]

Beautiful hunt dudes, congrats on the band, that was a nice shot.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks

[@myronhigh3527]

Great hunt boys! Congrats on the band, God Bless and Merry Christmas all!!!!👍🤗🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks! Merry Christmas and God Bless to you as well!

[@rodneyclayton6594]

Man what a hunt congrats on the band

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thank you

[@2wheeltommy996]

Those honkers are the toughest SOB's you will ever see. Pluck one by hand, and you will see how much armor they have on.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

No doubt

[@RoscoWolf2]

If you have ice like that, take a rake with you. Bust the ice up and then rake it underneath the standing ice. Get your motion ducks moving hard

[@leonyang4297]

Dude that was awesome! It was meant to be your band!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks!

[@duckht183]

I wonder how many of those birds in that flock had a band.. nice bird man!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Ya that’s what I was thinking. Thanks!

[@jamesmauch9246]

Got back from army osut training a couple days ago...got many mid valley mercenaries to catch up on aha

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Haha

[@DSonneborn]

Hey Titus. Take rocky to a pheasant club for some planted pheasants. He will have it figured out from there and he will have a lot of fun.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

10-4. That’s what I planned on doing but missed the opportunity

[@finniganholmes5883]

Last weekend we were hunting the river and we shot a 3 year old banded redhead drake banded in siskiyou also!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

That’s awesome!

[@finniganholmes5883]

@@MidValleyMercenaries ya

[@zekewood9028]

What choke does Thomas use with his Browning A5?

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Kicks full

[@drakepinard8566]

how do you like that decoy bag vs using a sled or just the Texas rigs?

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

We love the decoy bag because we can put blind bag and other things in as well. Sled is good too just depends on what I’m doing

[@rileyspetz5066]

​@@MidValleyMercenaries Just ordered that same Avery slotted decoy backpack. How do you guys like it? Any pros or cons?

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

We like it. Not really any negatives

[@grant0410]

Try and get a decoy sled and it will make that walk 10 times easier.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Ya we have em. This spot wasn’t where we were originally going.

[@whackinstackin3149]

Great video Titus! Congrats on the band! I wonder if any of the other ones were banded?🦆

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks! I bet they were

[@Madtown.Outdoors]

@@MidValleyMercenaries I bet they all were in late season their in the flocks

[@danpalfreyman3502]

Awesome hunt.

[@140PatrolWaterfowl]

Congrats on the leg anchor 👍🏼🎉

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks!

[@140PatrolWaterfowl]

@@MidValleyMercenaries first band ? Or just First honker band ?

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

First honker band

[@toddlarson883]

Geese can dive I've lost 2 from diving don't be afraid to take there head off good vid congrats on the band

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks Todd. I expected his head to come flying off as close as I was

[@vaughnprecision]

Nice work.! I’d love to shoot a banded anything 😂.... if you guys ever head back up to Washington state hit me up for some duck or goose hunting.!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks!

[@tblazy3463]

Nice! A banded goose 👍 next time you go hunt ice take a walking stick it helps!😄👍🦆🦆

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks

[@ericweber7707]

Congrats on the band that’s exciting! Since you’ve been hunting waterfowl for a long time, how many bands have you shot?

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks. Not many honestly. I’ve shot 2 that someone with me thought they shot and 2 that were 100% mine

[@ericweber7707]

@@MidValleyMercenaries crazy as you’ve been duck hunting so long vs those guys out there with the band stacked lanyards.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Ya I know. A lot of it his to do with location.

[@ericweber7707]

@@MidValleyMercenaries 💯✅

[@billdoms1579]

Had a buddy break through the crust in cattails once a got stabbed up the nose by a seed pod stalk. What a bloody mess. Congrats on the band.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

I’ve been stabbed up the nose. Excruciating. Thanks!

[@dannyneal9713]

Off subject a little bit but what food to you feed that beautiful dog?? His coat is so very shiny and clean looking

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Eukanuba sporting dog 30/20

[@2wheeltommy996]

You both still lovin the waders?

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

YES

[@garyreams1663]

Benji says that ain’t 3/4 of an inch

[@c.w.b.1188]

I agree hahaha 😆

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Haha. What does he know. He’s probably right, it was more like 12/16 of an inch

[@c.w.b.1188]

Lol 😆

[@rudd71753]

Good Hunt Bro!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks C!

[@rudd71753]

@@MidValleyMercenaries good to see you guys are back at it!

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Ya man. How are you doing?

[@SomewhereInWisconsin]

Congrats on the band? Are you able to get a boat out in this piece?

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks. Yes

[@ismailsubakan6830]

which choke do you use

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Kicks high flyer full

[@chucksmith5002]

Nice Goose Band .

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Thanks

[@jimf279]

Lower Klamath?

[@TheBassinBully]

What's the band for?

[@briansage2264]

that whole group was probably banded

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Probably

[@Bagndux88]

I bet the rest of them were banded to. To bad you missed the double.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

I bet they were. Ya I should’ve shot my 3rd shot but we didn’t wanna carry them out 😂

[@thunderlewis9352]

Awesome hunt still can’t kill a wiegon but I can kill 10 drake mallards and pintail🤦‍♂️

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Lol

[@grindinitout1761]

NorCal Limits Sounds like you have a real problem on your hands😂😂

[@duckhunter6512]

lets gooooo

[@ajroberts1122]

i just shot a banded red head out of siskyou county

[@firstflightoutdoors2076]

Lucky for me I got glasses so no dry tiles will stab me in the eye

[@johnnyhelton3746]

Sweet

[@grindinitout1761]

“My lease my band boys”

[@SarahsOctoberHome]

🖤

[@deerhunter1614]

1268 band I would guess

[@roughcountry5913]

Nice. Bands are just luck. I got 3 in one day on a central valley refuge.

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Yep. Right place right time

[@tweet243]

Shot a goose a few months ago looked dead threw it in the boat and was calling other geese and and looked over the "dead goose" raised his head up and I got freaked out not going to lie lol they are tough birds

[@MidValleyMercenaries]

Lol. Ya they’re tough

[@gagewoolstenhulme9881]

Decided after the flyways collective reacting to hate I better say dang 3/4 of inch of ice in Utah 2 to 3 inches thick.

[@018132]

3rd

[@jamipizzichino2998]

Awesome hunt I really want a band I had to break an inch on Saturday check out my KZbin channel