Man I've been duck hunting for over 30 years and you just taught me something I've never heard of! Now that I think about it the times I have heard the "machine gun" chatter on the water has been mostly park ducks going for the same food. We are always learning👍👍👍
Great video. I've never tried, or heard, your style of feeder. I will certainly try it now! My area has many hunters in a small space, new ideas are an edge, and that edge can swing them your way.
I have learned over time that being different than everyone else around you usually works best and gets the ducks to come to you over the competition. Listen to the calling around you, avoid what they do (not the fundamentals but if they're just feeding or doing quacks & comeback calls only maybe, change it up) maybe if you have a line of sight (open marsh) to their decoys, be different. If it's a crowded day on the public land, use an unorthodox spread or create feed pods. Most people use a J hook/C shape spreads, maybe avoid them a hunt or two, try something different and see what happens on a crowded day. Lastly, especially down south, I don't always setup according to the wind. I just put the sun to my back, if the opportunity presents itself, and create a spread based off that and let the glare of the sun cast through the spread and it makes the decoys pop off the glare and the ducks usually are more willing to flying the sun because they can't see the details of the spread and around the spread. Cloudy day, I just use the wind and hide, hide, hide. Sunny days I'm far more successful. In the end, be different and be open to changing the spread 2-3 time throughout the hunt. Sometimes pulling a couple dozen decoys out of the spread works. I've started with 8 dozen and pulled decoys until birds started coming in and started shooting birds with 1.5 dozens left in the spread. And holy crap, lol just as I typed this, Joel hits the main point at the end of the video as the point I'm making here lol.
Joel, temps have definitely drop up here in Ontario... our mornings have been sitting approx 7-8 degrees C (Canadian) in the mornings. Birds are movin.... great episode, great material as per usual. Thanks!
I like the statement that so many duck fly through in many American states I hunt central Ontario many times in the session I work maybe 6 to 8 bird in a day so calling is generally lite and soft .. then maybe close with a holler
Shot my first duck ever this season opening day. Hooked. Thank you for your instructional videos. We finally got a nice cold front. It was 51 today. High 40s close to sunset.
From Louisiana. We hunted all three weekends of teal season - only shot 35 birds. Definitely too hot! Is it just us or do the blue wings seem more educated and decoy shy than they used to? Had trouble even working small flocks.
I'm up in Southern Ontario, Canada. Our season opened last weekend and it was 20 degrees C and rain. This weekend is supposed to be mid-teens (C) and sunny....temps are slowly dropping up here.
Who would I get in touch with to try to up the bag limit on Geese? In Arkansas it’s 2, I’m a solo hunter so if I can only kill two birds I hate to drive 2 hours set up 8 dozen decoys just to kill 2 birds.
Charles Ferren in Arkansas the limit on Specklebellies is 3. Been that way for a few years now. I’d say a fair limit for that species. The feds set the maximum limits on the flyway and individual state can decide if they will go that high or not. The flyway mandates a maximum limit of 3 per day on Specks.
If I heard thosr call coming out of a blind I'd start picking up decoys! You need to get a super large barrel old school wooden duck call and tune it to the sound of a gadwall and use it only for feed calls. If you really listen to ducks on a feed there noises are way deeper than you can ever get out of a small call, and also the small calls are turned up for open water when they sound like what you have if you run it to run flat and dead you have a duck call. Screaming calls and high pitched calls have there place I have a cut down on the lanyard that's to scream at them were hear. If you're doing a fly by and working the traffic circle flat and dead, and if you are passing flocks feed calls and quacks. All the fancy circular feeds, bouncing hen, 5 note greetings, 7 note hails, refuge feed, Tennessee calling, they hear that from Canada to Mexico. If you look at real ducks on the water they make muffled feeds weird quacks, sometimes 5 note quacks, most times 2 or three spaced quacks, even when in groups there is usually only one vocal duck and the rest just muffled feed chatter. While ducks coming in are looking to that guy the lead duck to guide them in so on wing points they are looking for a quack to get there attention so they go the right way of thye8get off offer them two more quacks which is to say yo over hear. All the loud calling after they hit the airport downwind will just get them to think about something else just give them enough don't try to over work the birds. And with that I say two callers or more should have there routine down that means if I'm on final approach and they are up wind they call quack upwind someone in the middle calls downwind, someone calls crosswind and some calls base behind you and someone with the loudest call calls break off. You got to know which part or parts your calling. People try to come up with the magic formula it's not that hard. Just got to look at it like a air port and your hunting group is the tower call when the wing tips are pointed at you this turns the ducks.
@@calobreed7122 I've hunted all over Arkansas over the years... but for the last 10 years I've been guiding in the Stuttgart area. Sorry, not familiar with Bronaugh, Mo.
you are correct.. the chatter is only made when they are in the air... many guys dont understand this... Nothing worse than a poor caller.. better off not calling at all then....
Sorry you didn’t find the comments and instruction helpful. If your not into learning or understanding ‘the why’, you probably won’t be interested in my other content either. If you are serious about waterfowl hunting and being the best you can, sit down and listen to all of my videos. You won’t find a larger, more extensive video library teaching waterfowl. And it’s free… you’re welcome.
@@SurvivingDuckSeason I think part of what I am hearing is a call almost always sounds better out in the wide open spaces. Most of what your saying is ringing true in my experience . KEEP UP THE GOOD WORDS AND SHOT THEM IN THE LIPS! LOVE MOST OF YOUR VIDEO.
Thanks for watching! Let us know what you think about this video.
Man I've been duck hunting for over 30 years and you just taught me something I've never heard of! Now that I think about it the times I have heard the "machine gun" chatter on the water has been mostly park ducks going for the same food. We are always learning👍👍👍
Right on!
Like your video's. I was practicing my quacks and had 4 ducks come in over my job site. Just learning day 6 with my call
Great video. I've never tried, or heard, your style of feeder. I will certainly try it now! My area has many hunters in a small space, new ideas are an edge, and that edge can swing them your way.
Thanks! Hope it works well for you.
I have learned over time that being different than everyone else around you usually works best and gets the ducks to come to you over the competition. Listen to the calling around you, avoid what they do (not the fundamentals but if they're just feeding or doing quacks & comeback calls only maybe, change it up) maybe if you have a line of sight (open marsh) to their decoys, be different. If it's a crowded day on the public land, use an unorthodox spread or create feed pods. Most people use a J hook/C shape spreads, maybe avoid them a hunt or two, try something different and see what happens on a crowded day. Lastly, especially down south, I don't always setup according to the wind. I just put the sun to my back, if the opportunity presents itself, and create a spread based off that and let the glare of the sun cast through the spread and it makes the decoys pop off the glare and the ducks usually are more willing to flying the sun because they can't see the details of the spread and around the spread. Cloudy day, I just use the wind and hide, hide, hide. Sunny days I'm far more successful. In the end, be different and be open to changing the spread 2-3 time throughout the hunt. Sometimes pulling a couple dozen decoys out of the spread works. I've started with 8 dozen and pulled decoys until birds started coming in and started shooting birds with 1.5 dozens left in the spread. And holy crap, lol just as I typed this, Joel hits the main point at the end of the video as the point I'm making here lol.
Joel, temps have definitely drop up here in Ontario... our mornings have been sitting approx 7-8 degrees C (Canadian) in the mornings. Birds are movin.... great episode, great material as per usual. Thanks!
Reel Canadian Lunker Hunter nice and cool! I’m looking forward to those days too!
I like the statement that so many duck fly through in many American states I hunt central Ontario many times in the session I work maybe 6 to 8 bird in a day so calling is generally lite and soft .. then maybe close with a holler
I’m from wisconsin. This weekend is a high of 55 with a low of 45 in the early morning
That's what I'm talking about!
Just cooled off today here in Wisconsin! Feeling more like Fall
Working in Ottawa Canada, October 05 was -4 and froze ice. Cold front is pushing down
Lo e it its working for me ! I went from zero to hero taking your approach!
Right on! 💪🏻
Got ya a sub from louisiana thousand degrees here
winn_outdoors welcome! Hang in there, winter is coming!
Breaking records with all the heat! We never setup on teal either. We killed 26 geese with two bands the first two hunts. To kick start the season!
Congrats on the 2 bands! That's awesome!
Great info. Keep em coming. Thanks
Will do!
Amazing calling! Thanks for the video, I need to go back to practicing my calls!!
Shot my first duck ever this season opening day. Hooked. Thank you for your instructional videos.
We finally got a nice cold front. It was 51 today. High 40s close to sunset.
Has been to warm here in NC as well but in two days I’m heading your way for my first AR duck hunt. Will be there opening day.
Another great video!, thank you!
Mid 90’s here in southern ohio. Cooling down after this week is over though!
We're waiting for the same here too! Fingers crossed!
In Wisconsin and a high of 60 and a low of 54
Stuttgart here! Mosquitos still out !
Over here in hot springs can’t wait to go
central California its been averaging 85-90 for the last 3 weeks, i don't see any change until middle of november
From Louisiana. We hunted all three weekends of teal season - only shot 35 birds. Definitely too hot! Is it just us or do the blue wings seem more educated and decoy shy than they used to? Had trouble even working small flocks.
I've heard others say the same thing... I have no experience this year, so I can't comment on it.
The flying ducks making the noises are ASKING FOR LANDING INSTRUCTIONS.
Call them and see.
Ducks to control tower... which runway should we use?
90's every day this week so far here in Ohio. 60's starting tomorrow!
Finally!!
We just had a cold from down here in south Texas. It’s about 66 degrees
I'm up in Southern Ontario, Canada. Our season opened last weekend and it was 20 degrees C and rain. This weekend is supposed to be mid-teens (C) and sunny....temps are slowly dropping up here.
October and a month and a half to go?!?!? That is rough. Does Ark season go into February?
Who would I get in touch with to try to up the bag limit on Geese? In Arkansas it’s 2, I’m a solo hunter so if I can only kill two birds I hate to drive 2 hours set up 8 dozen decoys just to kill 2 birds.
Charles Ferren in Arkansas the limit on Specklebellies is 3. Been that way for a few years now. I’d say a fair limit for that species. The feds set the maximum limits on the flyway and individual state can decide if they will go that high or not. The flyway mandates a maximum limit of 3 per day on Specks.
Surviving Duck Season I was talking about Canada’s I’ve got a lot of feeding fields around my hunting land just for 2 birds doesn’t seem worth it
Charles Ferren oh Canadas! You should hunt them early season- limit is 5 in September.
Touched 97 in AL today
It's already been snowing over here in Oregon! Colder than usual for this time of year 🤔
WOW!
35 in the morning and 70 in the afternoon in Missouri
Rhett Green that’s Missouri weather it will be 15 one day and 70 the other
I’ll practice what you do on a feed call
I love ur stuff since I found u an sub to u
Thanks a bunch!
It was 76° earlier today in Tampa,Fl.
I’m in Louisiana and it like 80 in the morning and 95 in the afternoon/evening
It cooled off today in Arkansas... finally! High was in the 70s.
Yea ditto man I'm hunting west zone
Cold front coming next week :-)
That's what they're telling us, too. Hope so!
Lord knows we need it down here.
98 was the high in Cola SC today
Too hot! Surely it will change soon!
Great content
If I heard thosr call coming out of a blind I'd start picking up decoys! You need to get a super large barrel old school wooden duck call and tune it to the sound of a gadwall and use it only for feed calls. If you really listen to ducks on a feed there noises are way deeper than you can ever get out of a small call, and also the small calls are turned up for open water when they sound like what you have if you run it to run flat and dead you have a duck call. Screaming calls and high pitched calls have there place I have a cut down on the lanyard that's to scream at them were hear. If you're doing a fly by and working the traffic circle flat and dead, and if you are passing flocks feed calls and quacks. All the fancy circular feeds, bouncing hen, 5 note greetings, 7 note hails, refuge feed, Tennessee calling, they hear that from Canada to Mexico. If you look at real ducks on the water they make muffled feeds weird quacks, sometimes 5 note quacks, most times 2 or three spaced quacks, even when in groups there is usually only one vocal duck and the rest just muffled feed chatter. While ducks coming in are looking to that guy the lead duck to guide them in so on wing points they are looking for a quack to get there attention so they go the right way of thye8get off offer them two more quacks which is to say yo over hear. All the loud calling after they hit the airport downwind will just get them to think about something else just give them enough don't try to over work the birds. And with that I say two callers or more should have there routine down that means if I'm on final approach and they are up wind they call quack upwind someone in the middle calls downwind, someone calls crosswind and some calls base behind you and someone with the loudest call calls break off. You got to know which part or parts your calling. People try to come up with the magic formula it's not that hard. Just got to look at it like a air port and your hunting group is the tower call when the wing tips are pointed at you this turns the ducks.
What part of Arkansas are you from
Hunt in the Stuttgart area
97 in Louisville, Ky today
Nice
What would be some gd tips on hunting on public land
96 highs an 80 lows in the Mississippi delta but next week it says “ HiGh oF 77 loW oF 55”😂
The weather is telling us we are going to be high of 68 next Friday... We shall see...
Man ide give my retirement for highs of 42 an lows of 30😂😂
@@calobreed7122 LOL
Which part of Arkansas u hunt? An do u know anything about bronaugh mo
@@calobreed7122 I've hunted all over Arkansas over the years... but for the last 10 years I've been guiding in the Stuttgart area. Sorry, not familiar with Bronaugh, Mo.
Do you have a list of good call makers. New here. Thanks for the vid.
Easy one to begin with is a Haydels DR-85. They’re inexpensive and I’ve had one on my lanyard for 30 years.
What your describing is what’s known as the Refuge Feed . Because it sounds like more than one duck .
If the ducks want in and your spread looks good, they can come in regardless of how good or bad your calling is
In the 40s in Washington
Love that!
i’m from oregon and today’s low was 28
Same, what part are you from?
Same here in eugene.
Iowa was 90 two days ago, now it's 51.
It's about time!
High of 93° today
In the 20s in Idaho
T Rex wow!
MS...it’s like 100°
Yikes! It's gotta break soon!
I’m definitely hoping so. I did have one decent teal hunt but hopefully the cooler weather is coming next week!!
Been trying to learn to feeder for a year and I still can’t lmao
Well.... watching that makes me wanna chunk my call out the window
37 degrees this morning Alaska
Nice!!!
I want that red mondo 🔥🥵
It’s been 30-60 for me
Using this to catch a pet duck in my yard. LOL
HAHA! Good luck!
The high is 30s here and low of 15
Ok guys so. Great concept love the video series. But the simple truth is you Gigi’s need work on your calling.
Glad you love it! I have lots of other videos to help you with calling. It just takes practice!
96 in Arkansas
Just hit mid 60s
Right on!
I’m missing the beginning of duck season due to moving and an ingrown toenail
55 degrees
60-delaware
100 in Oklahoma
0ct 3 98 in tx.on cosst
Sweltering!
Indiana it 30
99
you are correct.. the chatter is only made when they are in the air... many guys dont understand this... Nothing worse than a poor caller.. better off not calling at all then....
Less talking more calling
Sorry you didn’t find the comments and instruction helpful.
If your not into learning or understanding ‘the why’, you probably won’t be interested in my other content either. If you are serious about waterfowl hunting and being the best you can, sit down and listen to all of my videos. You won’t find a larger, more extensive video library teaching waterfowl. And it’s free… you’re welcome.
Wacko bro that sounds bad to my very experienced ears, 30+ years of duck hunting. I would tell you to put it away!
Thanks for your opinion, not everyone is a fan. It reminds me that I am not calling to impress people... lucky for me the ducks love it . HAHA!
@@SurvivingDuckSeason I think part of what I am hearing is a call almost always sounds better out in the wide open spaces. Most of what your saying is ringing true in my experience . KEEP UP THE GOOD WORDS AND SHOT THEM IN THE LIPS! LOVE MOST OF YOUR VIDEO.
@@stevendieffenbach592 You're right, calls sound better in real life than on a video. Also, better in the outdoors than inside. Thanks!