DUCK HUNTING A Hidden BEAVER POND On Public Land (Limited Out)

[@joshpugh6637]

One of the best duck hunting videos out there! I typically hunt solo, and often think im an impatient hunter because im constantly trying to improve my spread and setup, so seeing you boys do the same puts me at ease. I love how steady Leroy is on sit until you release him! Thats a good dog and a great trainer! Keep it up! You just got a new subscriber.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Josh, I really appreciate it! Hope you've been having a great season this year!

[@backwoodsty]

Leroy once again the star of the show!

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother!

[@gregmclennan868]

Love how well trained Leroy is beautiful dog

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Greg! Much appreciated!

[@subterfusion4005]

Man a dog really makes it great!

[@Yellowlab247_Outdoors]

Decoy Bag Strap - 1 Scott - 0 Kidding! Nice work Thomas, great hunt

[@scotteisentrager2445]

@@Yellowlab247_Outdoors that strap bodied me.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Hahaha those straps got me too on the way out!

[@Saucy_A1]

did yal not see that mallard band @3:40 til later?

[@sammylacks4937]

Awesome hunt Thomas. Leroy is really looking good. A good Lab saves wounded birds from getting away. Amazing place with so many birds and no company, I didnt hear anyone but yall shooting. Thanks for sharing hunt.

[@Q_Lamp]

Hey bro, Got hooked on your videos when you were living in VA as I was in Norfolk at the time and was super jealous of the kayak videos. Keep up the work man!

[@jasonrogers8344]

Man you deserve more love on YT you make great videos keep it up

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Jason! I really appreciate it!

[@MasonMcknight-o6j]

Great hunt man birds wanted in there for sure!

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Mason! Much appreciated!

[@nasserkuzbari2205]

Loved the video.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Nasser! I appreciate you watching!

[@deanpowell7898]

Another great one!! That teal is definitely one you loses half the time without ole Leroy

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Dean! I think there's maybe a 10% chance we would've found that one without him. It was buried deep in that grass!

[@janporinchak5867]

YES, every time you go to pick up the decoys, ducks reactivate!

[@HokeOutdoors]

Hahaha that's for sure!

[@almanaylor9117]

Beavers are awesome! Nice hunt!

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! That beaver created a little honey hole for sure!

[@virginiaswampboys199]

Honestly that looked like one of the funnest hunts you've been on. I wish Virginia had enough birds to pass up ducks for drakes. Awesome.

[@HokeOutdoors]

It definitely was!

[@Yellowlab247_Outdoors]

No kidding... there have been times where I have seen as many mallards in Va as in Arkansas but its been awhile

[@deadwateroutdoors7184]

you have been putting everybody on birds. nice job

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother!

[@iol3468]

Great hunt!!

[@HokeOutdoors]

Much appreciated!

[@garynewman4908]

Awesome restraint on the hen!! No hen gauges 😊

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Gary!

[@MigrationWaterfowl]

Excellent! Great hunt

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Brian! Much appreciated!

[@bryanseward3272]

Perfect little spot by field !

[@SamuelStorey-t4f]

Awesome video man

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Sam! Appreciate you watching!

[@bayfieldwelding8071]

your dog is bad ass man great work

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! Much appreciated!

[@robertsobeck9996]

Love watching the hunt. Leroy is the man/dog. have any old spots in virginia you liked? Ive got a few but been looking for new places. Im north of charlottesville. Great shooting and video for sure

[@corymarchant7320]

Leroy is the star of the show lately

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Cory!

[@sethwagner6292]

Awesome hunt

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Seth!

[@amorton94]

Awesome looking hunt. I need to get out and hunt. What sucks is I'll be solo and on public, and CO isn't known for having the best public waterfowl properties.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! Hope you can find some birds in CO this season! What kind of birds do y'all get over there?

[@amorton94]

@@HokeOutdoors All the usual migrators. None of the sea ducks. Lots of mallards obviously, pintails, seems like a lot of wood ducks this year, teal, gadwalls, spoonies, etc. We'll see if I even get out after any.

[@jamesakers9189]

NM. Lol😂 the video made it to the end while I was asking

[@bretmcafee9331]

It looks like you got yourself a pretty good dog ! 👍🏼

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Bret! Much appreciated!

[@PenCo91oh]

Man that's awesome! Yall got it made! Killing pin tails in the beaver ponds that's wild. Only thing I got in any of our swamps or creeks and beaver ponds is woodies here in SE NC and I definitely kill my fair share but I gotta go to the refuge or salt marsh to kill any non woodies lol

[@HokeOutdoors]

It's definitely a different world up here when it comes to duck hunting! How was the november split for you down in NC??

[@BigJack-k2n]

Duck hunting is my personal favorite I hunt the Tennessee river and local swamps

[@HokeOutdoors]

How are things looking over there for this season??

[@BigJack-k2n]

@ not well there’s not ever really great hunting here there’s always early season wood ducks some hooded maganswers and for late season cold fronts pushing occasional mallards but there to shy for any hunting letting you get around 500 yards from them

[@WillE454]

Looks like a fun hunt

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! It was a blast!

[@connormccabe5653]

Loving the videos man! Where’s ole Roo at? Leroy is awesome at this being his first year!

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Connor, appreciate you watching them! Rue is still up in Alaska but will be back here soon. Hopefully I'll be able to hunt her a time or two before we freeze up!

[@scotteisentrager2445]

That Scott guy is a handsome fellow.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Almost as studly as those greenheads!

[@tycahoon7315]

Was that a pintail at 6:17 mixed in that group of mallards that you were on then let go? Looking at the film that bird had a slender long neck

[@HokeOutdoors]

Those were all pintails! Just three hens and one drake so I held off since Scott crushed that drake

[@Allen-xy6hi]

Great hunt! I have the same issue with my shotkam. Its the battery. When you call shotkam, they will want to send you a new battery. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REPLACE THE BATTERY YOURSELF. Instead, send it in to them. They make the battery replacement seem really easy, but its not. The battery cable connectors are extremely small and difficult to install, and even if you get it connected, there is no way to tell if its connected properly. I only got 3 uses out of mine before the battery stopped working and it wouldn't hold a charge.

[@johnhumiston4593]

Yo... long time watcher, first time commenting. Love your stuff! I've watched it 100x... i haven't seen any comments about it... i hope you kept you carcasses... and maybe I'm wrong... but im 99.9% sure there is a band on that first greenhead that you took his head off. It's on the opposite leg as the one you are holding... let me know!!

[@HokeOutdoors]

You got me going there for a minute but I just watched that clip frame by frame on my editing software and it was just a feather stuck to his leg. When I watched it back in full speed though it definitely looks like a band! I appreciate the heads up!

[@johnhumiston4593]

@HokeOutdoors oh man... Good to hear! For a man without a band, I was loosing my mind for a second! Love the content brotha! Keep it up!

[@liamscape123]

Great video, been enjoying all of the uploads recently. Approximately how far north in Minnesota are you? I'm central and seems like you are having much more success.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Liam!! Appreciate you watching! I'm a pretty good ways up here, not too from the Canada border

[@littybiskies3196]

Leroy got me to initially subscribe but damn this guys good at hittin them birds

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! Appreciate you watching and subscribing!

[@huntingandfishinghassanzeb1930]

Amazing video

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thank you!!

[@bryanseward3272]

Leroy works really well !

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Bryan! Appreciate you watching!

[@anonymous_friend]

I'm learning how to duck hunt. Were you just pulling the jerk rig with your foot? How do you decide which call to use? Are you just mixing it up?

[@HokeOutdoors]

I was pulling it with my hand, I was trying to get it as low to the ground as possible though so the birds wouldn't see me moving. Typically I just use my DRC Harlot for calling but on this hunt they were circling so low that I had to use the drake whistle at times. They can pinpoint the location of the louder call much more easily and were seeing us because of it

[@turkeyhunter7617]

Sweet 👍

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother!

[@donnyduncan3235]

First mallard drake you showed, did he not have a band??

[@HokeOutdoors]

Just a feather stuck to it's leg unfortunately

[@ppann2130]

That first green head almost landed on your barrel🤣

[@HokeOutdoors]

He was a little tight!

[@connorswick645]

Hey man your calling sounds amazing what call do you run?

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Connor! I'm using a DRC Harlot! They should be back in stock soon

[@jamesakers9189]

What state is this? We haven't seen one mallard this year. I think due to unreasonable weather . Good job though

[@boracare]

Team Leroy

[@HokeOutdoors]

Hahaha much appreciated! 🤘

[@mainlymoto9828]

Great video, I think those birds would have finished with a better hide

[@HokeOutdoors]

Much appreciated! I agree, if we had originally setup in the spot we finished the hunt in we would've got more of those early flocks in for sure

[@Lorenzo13037]

Is your buddy’s scott gun a stoeger m3000?Looking to get one

[@HokeOutdoors]

I believe he was shooting a Browning Maxus

[@jamieking3553]

are we not gonna talk about the band on the first duck

[@doublebarreldave]

what teal call are you using?

[@HokeOutdoors]

Polk Patterns teal call

[@nickatkinson6458]

What do you mean when you said you like to hide the spinners?

[@HokeOutdoors]

I like to put them in or around thicker brush so birds can't really see the decoy itself. Just the flashing off of the wings.

[@aidenwebb6630]

Hey man what ammo do you use and choke it looks like your hittin them from far ash lol

[@HokeOutdoors]

Hahaha the GoPro makes them look way further than they actually are, I don't think I shot a bird past 30 yards on this hunt except for that teal. I'm using Kent 3 inch #2 shot though with a Carlsons light modified choke

[@toomanyfingusernames]

Do you use #2s for most of your shooting?

[@HokeOutdoors]

Yeah pretty much #2,3, or 4s

[@parkerheeter238]

What gun do you shoot?

[@thedrifttheory]

What gopro setting you use?

[@HokeOutdoors]

I film 4K 60FPS in Linear mode

[@Shield-Fishes]

Let's go. You should hunt some ponds around wisconsin. Wiegon shoots like 3,000 migraters in the refuge

[@HokeOutdoors]

I might make it over that way in late November!

[@ApexFowlers]

Hey what editing software do you use?

[@HokeOutdoors]

Final Cut Pro

[@HuntHookOutdoors12]

Hey this is the kid that changed his username it was cyber boys but now it is this I am wondering what boat do you use for you and Leroy also great hunt hope I get hunts like that

[@thedrifttheory]

Sup i am still looking for a good name to set up a channel too

[@TristanBapst]

It was never cyber boys lol

[@HuntHookOutdoors12]

@@TristanBapst it was cyber boys I changed it yesterday I said in the other video before I changed it that I was going to

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks brother! Hope you can get on some good hunts this season as well! I use an Ascend H12 when hunting with Leroy

[@HuntHookOutdoors12]

@@HokeOutdoors thanks

[@Luckieoutdoors]

Hell yeah brother

[@HokeOutdoors]

Appreciate you watching!

[@DrakesOnly]

What state are u hunting

[@jamesakers9189]

Minnesota

[@FlywayFever324]

Is there a band on him

[@HokeOutdoors]

No it was just a feather unfortunately

[@coopernickerson7470]

Perhaps you might want to get a ghillie suit if you plan to stay close to the shoreline.

[@HokeOutdoors]

I'd like to get one! Do you happen to have one that you'd recommend??

[@coopernickerson7470]

@ military surplus. Walmart even have them.

[@MrNiklas1967]

Hi buddy.

[@BreckNunez_47]

Your first drake was bannded

[@HokeOutdoors]

It looked like it but it was just a feather stuck to it's leg!

[@JakeThorburn]

How did you make your jerk rig

[@HokeOutdoors]

It's a motion ducks jerk rig

[@sarahmarchetti8270]

The skinny birds are young birds you will find that all the time best eating ones

[@HokeOutdoors]

I would say that is the case most of the time but not always. I've seen a few young birds this year that have been very fat

[@jaypape-f1b]

not a green wing drake

[@jayaustin3096]

You guys camouflage the face. Makes a huge difference. You can see a white face from a half mile away. Just wondering. Great public land videos.

[@HokeOutdoors]

Thanks Jay! I have a face mask that I'll break out from time to time but have been lacking a little bit this season on breaking it out

[@Whopper_Plopper_Nation]

Where is this? What wma?

[@Cazapezcaaventuraymas]

Hey I'm just get my hunting license. Maybe can we go hunting duck together. Brother

[@HokeOutdoors]

Where abouts are you located??

[@daveroberts9480]

why try to hide so close to the water? Back off 20yds and you won't blow their heads off. LOL

[@HokeOutdoors]

I would've liked to but those willows were so thick around the pond that we had to hide right on the edge. The spot we moved to mid-morning was a much better setup!

[@Jeremy-dy5zv]

You guys were really sticking out. Those birds were really shying you. Your partner didn't blend in very well to the background his coat was to bright with the white writing and no face mask. I know you already know this but ducks can see better than humans.

[@HokeOutdoors]

We definitely had some seeing us but I don't think it was many of them. I only heard two groups flare off us the whole morning