Someone asked me where my sanctuary was and after a moment of thought I said “Duck Hunting”. No one in my immediate family duck hunts so I didn’t grow up doing it. They stopped long ago after the glory days of the 70s and 80s (they used to hunt Lake Mary/ SE Louisiana). This was my first year doing it and teaching myself along the way. Whether I was dragging a kayak through the marshes at Pointe Aux Chenes or leaving my house at 230 in the morning a bad day out there is a better day than any. Granted I wish there were more ducks, but to me it’s more about the adventure and the pursuit. You’re constantly forcing yourself to get out of your comfort zone and try something new or explore some random new place you found on google earth in the dark and hope like hell its a good spot. I appreciate it as an experience and have taken that interest and learned more than I ever thought possible about waterfowl. I love it and it’s cool to see the old timers recounting their experiences.

Felt like watching a movie. Hit some big topics that we as a country really need to address before it’s too late. Fantastic video man.

i am glad to have duck hunted in the good old days of past. duck hunting today is a sliver of what it use to be. never seen a black bellied tree duck back then. migration patterns have changed for sure.

I think Mr. Errol is right on with the migration thoughts. With the winters not being as severe as they used to be the ducks are only going as far south as they have to. I am down in Southwest Florida, near the Ding Darling wildlife sanctuary. Ding Darling was the man that started the duck stamp program to help wildlife way back. The sanctuary with his name on it used to hold 10's of thousands of ducks. Now there may be five or ten individual ducks on the whole place. I believe that ducks also need pathfinders to bring them back to an area year after year. If you wipe them out from an area one time you may not see any there again for many years. Great video and insight into the marsh loss. Thanks for doing it and keep on!

Containing the Mississippi River with levees and flood control has ruined the Louisiana marsh.

This dudes Chanel needs to be recognized

Ouf! That hits hard man! Duck hunting used to be my favorite thing to do in the world. I have many great memories hunting ducks with my dad and brother. The hunting has been so poor the last few years i've barely even gotten in the blind! Happy to see all yall still out there having fun though! Great video man! Keep it up!

Just found your channel, glad I did! You touched on some very interesting stuff. My father was born in 1938, he started waterfowl hunting in the late 60’s. I remember sitting in a goose pit at a very young age. I loved listening to the stories. We hunted the eastern shore MD/Va and Delaware. Back in the 80’s the Atlantic flyway was the spot. 20 man limits of geese and ducks were not an issue. I’m in my mid 40’s now and I’m considered the “old man”. I take my kids and their friends water fowling. And they listen to the stories from me and my buddies. But you can tell the birds aren’t there like they used to be. Now they are talking about closing or dropping the mallard limit again. After just dropping the limit this past season. I think water fowl hunting is definitely in a crisis situation. I remember when mallards were all you saw. Now you hardly see them at least during the second and third split of our season.

when I was young I'd run into another group of hunters every once in a while. Now days it seems like a Costco parking lot out there. With the crowds, skybusting and folks blowing calls non stop it's getting to the point of losing interest in something I love.

Ole timer nailed it! Ducks unlimited and the big money organizations stole duck hunting from the little man. The seventies and eighties was the last of the good hunts.

This has got to be the best video I have seen yet. You really did bring the old days back to life. The southern states to include mine of SC has changed for duck hunting......I am going to share this video on my FB pages...people need to recognize your channel.......I am supporting you.

I'm 72 and still hunt every day I can. I can remember taking a limit before legal sunrise. I can remember jumping flocks that would shade the morning sun. The oletimers would tell me stories about the good old days, now I'm telling stories. GOD bless you sir.

Great video. I don't duck hunt anymore because of the same reasons. The areas I use to hunt in the late 1970's and early 80's have changed quite a bit. I too have noticed a decline in the duck migrations. I miss duck hunting...

Very well put together video sir. Great footage, editing and delivery. Hoping to see more like this!

Very interesting. Hunting in general has changed so much all over. I remember when I was a kid in Ohio it was rare seeing a goose now they are a nuisance. Ducks and geese stay here all winter and are almost pets

Use to go with my cousin in Saskatchewan,put a few decos on a pond ,hit the call ,and here they come wings locked . What fun !

He’s spot on with the migration changing this year has been warm and there are huge concentrations of mallards in northern Illinois still

Awesome video. Sad to see the marshes disappear. You can learn a lot from men like him.

I’ve hunted South Louisiana my entire Life. It will unfortunately never be the same again. DU and delta waterfowl etc along with growing population of outfitters up north have shifted the migration. Also loss of wetlands in Louisiana & higher temperatures all across the country are the main contributors to the problem. Maybe someone day people will get together to fix these issues but I feel it’s already to late.

My grandpa is 85 and still duck hunts here in California, his family were okies from Oklahoma

I've hunted Delacroix with the Dennis's. I even have a PawPaw pirogue. Errol and his sons are the consummate duck hunters. Great memories!

Great people and great show! Thanks, Jared!

Great video my man👌

There is nothing for the Ducks to eat in the Mississippi Delta. When they started the ethanol mandate the farmers stopped planting beans and started growing corn. They start harvesting corn in August and by the time the Ducks get down here the fields are disc and what is left is sprouting. The Delta in the winter is just miles and miles of dirt, where it used to be a lot of unplowed soybean fields.

Awesome video! I’ve only been duck hunting for 7 years and I can see a pretty dramatic change in the marsh in SE LA. Its deteriorating, FAST. Unfortunately it seems Mr. Errol is right about the migration too. The dabblers don’t have much reason to head all the way down here anymore.

A legend by definition. Loved hearing his story

Love the hat Mr. Errol.

Great channel and great content happy I found it God bless

Awesome video man, I’ve fished out of Hopedale with my uncles and cousins since the early 90’s. So much has changed in just that relatively small amount of time

Every good thing as an end, my father told me that when I was younger when the spot he was moose hunting actually got taken by windmills and no more moose there.

Outstanding! This was the best video yet. I love the message and the fact that you're spreading this awareness. Keep it up!

Really enjoy your videos keep it going....

Jared Serigné is an absolute monster creator. Excited to see what he’ll come up with in 2022.

In the 90’s with a 3 duck limit we shot 2 mallards and a pintail every morning we hunted no matter how many people we had with us ! Around the time the limit went to 5 then 6 we barely saw any mallard or pintail but where shooting limits of widgeon and greys come 06-07 there was a drastic decline by 2012 no ducks even thoug there was plenty grass for them to eat ! It doesn’t take a genius to figure it out!!!! As for delacroix I firmly believe that water from the river could be put through it that would build it like the atchafalya but then you ruin oyster ground increases flooding not to mention that the Mississippi government thinks we’re flooding them when we open the spillway! Sorry for the ramble this is all very personal to me grew up duck hunten In south east Louisiana raised my kid that way now it’s looking doubtful they’ll be able to do the same!!!

I have been going to south central Saskatchewan since early 80's From Northern Il. a 20 hr. drive. Even up there thing have changed a lot. The locals that I hunt with used to go anywhere without asking. They knew all the landowners. Now there are groups from the East coast, the Carlolina's, Texas and California that stay for 2 to 3 weeks and and they pay landowners to hunt big farms of 6 or 7 sections or more. They can only hunt a tiny portion of it but keep everybody else out. It still can be excellent but you have to search a lot further to find birds

Fantastic video man! I'm 56 and have been hunting ducks for over 40 of them. My family and I have a place smack dab in the middle of the Maurepas WMA. In the 70-80's mallards covered that area!! Today you are lucky to see some woodies! The black bellied ducks are usually gone from the WMA once the season starts. If I want to kill birds, I have to leave the WMA for sure! I think for us, salvania attributed to some of the birds leaving and never coming back.

Great channel and video.👍 South Louisiana is VERY important for migrating ducks/geese on the Gulf Coast, but let’s remember ALL of Louisiana has been affected by this migration shift. Mallards are not the norm in NE Louisiana too, and the effect of not having ducks on the coast means no ducks in the timber. Past seasons decades ago saw the loss of migrating Canadas to the coast. Climate change was not a factor then as much as “attractive habitat developments”- aka corn placed in designated NWR- caused the loss of Canadas to provide “opportunities” for Northern hunters in the upper Mississippi Flyway. Now, learning from the success of shortstopping Canadas, ducks now are taking their place, increased dramatically after the Quota Zone was terminated in 1997. Within 3 years, areas in Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana to name a few built levees to hold water for the unharvested crops within them. Encouraged by their respective state wildlife agencies as they themselves initiated new projects to provide duck hunting, the shift to another species as the Canada goose commercial hunting has waned was the only way their business could survive. We had been warned in the 60’s that this would happen if states did not care about other states opportunities for waterfowl hunting, but as long as the mighty dollar dictates waterfowl migration, Louisiana will be on the losing end every time. FYI, LDWF left the Mississippi Flyway Council for 8 years 1968-1976, so this DRAMA 5 decades ago then has unfortunately been forgotten. They knew what the future could be for Louisiana, and now we see it firsthand. Sure is sad.😞😞😞

The worst part about duck hunting is duck hunters. I thought them PA Yinzers were bad during deer or turkey season and the Dutch Navy was bad during the trophy rockfish season. However, they don’t come close to the attitude, arrogance, and ignorance I experienced while on the marsh’s in Maryland. I tried sticking it out for a couple years but I just ended up selling everything at a loss and so I haven’t been at it since. Even if I was the first one on the water I always seemed to end up between an aspiring competition caller and Luke Skybuster. The boat rides were fun, the sunrises were great, and every now and then I was able to get my hands on some of the best color palates around. I sure would have liked to have seen the good ol days these guys are talking about in the comments. I think I missed it by a couple decades.

Very cool video. Well done

Great content! MORE!!!

We’re dealing with the same thing here in the eastern shore of Md it’s a sad sight

Same thing down DuLarge -never used decoys -just saw where the ducks were working and got then guys around the area and did pass shooting-always got plenty ducks and never hunted pass 8am-last January my brothers and i watched the pond behind my Grandparents home-did not see a duck in 5 days-I dont think anybody in the family even hunts ducks anymore on the property by Lake Decade -All the beautiful oak Cheniers are gone or what’s left is scraggly -The ship channel from Houma to the Gulf brought in salt water and ruined everything behind our house

Great topic, awesome video man.

I'M from St.Brenard parish we hunted Reggio right before the island

This is an amazing channel wow great video

Even back in the late 90s/ early 2000s in CenLA, at first shot the skies would turn dark with birds flying up in every direction, now its like pass shooting and you can sometimes get big groups to work the spread but they're really hesitant to come in and calling almost makes it worse 😂. its changed a lot in CenLa and NorthLa so I can only imagine how much its changed down toward the coast.

When I was young I remember dredging for crabs in barnegat bay in the winter and flocks of sea ducks looked like smoke not now

So cool man I hope one day I can roll out in to the outdoors with some real Cajuns :-)

Enjoyed watching your video here and seeing great history. I also have a book that i have read called louisiana lures and legends

Awesome video my new friend.

I’m 73 -i trapped and hunted family property in the Bayou Dularge area below Houma in. Terrebonne Parish-because of salt water intrusion the marsh has suffered immensely-Hunted my pond in the last week of the season and did not see a duck-all the oak tree ridges are even gone -levees are being built but if your property is on. The wrong side it will be a lake if it is not already

I’m a little west of y’all in southeast Texas but we have the same problems. It’s getting to the point if I don’t see snow down to Oklahoma I’ll go a few times. Heck even kicking round the idea of taking the show on the road up north and catch them crossing rivers to the next cornfield.

Flooded corn in Midwest certainly doesn’t help

Always good to learn and hear from the old guard of duck-waterfowl hunting. I hunt on a legendary body of water named Currituck Sound. from early 1900 until today this body of water has had many changes. wealthy hunt club dominated early hunters and as county owned duck blind in marsh-open water are highly regulated these are the changes that have added to public access and caused poor hunting. to many new hunters are not respectful of each other.. a duck call is learned from time and not bought from a online store... firing your 1000.00 gun at 50 yard ducks without knowing what your shooting at.. steel shot will not kill many ducks pass 30 years.. Many more changes are in this recent past. Corn and ag crop impoundment are another key factor just greed and money are stopping marsh-sound blinds from having successful hunts....I am a duck hunter now for 47 years.. I have seen it all. Broken all game laws. I am the outlaw gunner or once was.. I get cold now and only shoot teal, pintail, widgeon and still in search for the drake canvasback.

Duck hunting has been invaded by lazy jump shooters that just want to shoot ducks in the back so they can post a picture on Instagram. They don't hunt, they shoot and don't have the slightest clue of the rewards that doing the work and calling ducks into a well situated decoy spread can bring.

I've been chasing ducks for 10 plus yrs. and has never been like my first yrs

Yeah thats rough look at the early attempts at minimizing flood damage and making farm land. It was straightening the rivers and digging ditches to drain the land now people only remember the land that was created and not the swamps that were originally lost. Man kind messes with the natural order of things and most times the plans don't work like we thought they would.

Well duck hunting is changing I’m 59 and have been hunting Ducks since I was 12 and use to hunt with my Grandfather who lived till he was 94 and was born in 1899 and the only one I knew who hunted with live ducks for Decoys. I still hunt with my Father who is 86. I live in Iowa and same thing here loss of Habitat and no the hunting is not what it was. Sad

It’s sad seeing his land slowly disappear before his eyes

very impressive, them good ol boys got ethics and sportsmanship a lost cause now adays got ppl shootin them on the water

That's what I'm talking about. Ground swat that thing 😂

Good on you my man!..I wish you the best of luck!Used to date the Kingfish great granddaughter out of Baton Rouge,but like they say,Use ta don't live here no more!!

Kinda sad about the negativity in these comments. Duck Hunting is not what it was when my dad was growing up but we still have what we love and I think we should try to cherish it and better it rather than complaining. New hunters who cover themselves in faceblack and skyblast are flooding the sport so instead of push them away, try to bring them in and teach them the courtesies of the sport. The migration of the ducks may never return to what it once was (I’ve only been seeing wood ducks the past few years out here) but we together can adapt to what its become. Like he said, we cant change the change but we can change our attitude and approach

Its the powered green wind mills killing everything that flys

J Serigné gets it. More of his LA brethren need to hear his message and adopt his disposition moving fwd and be more like a duck: Adapt, evolve, and go where the ducks are.. ...not where they ain’t.

Yes it is.......

That water squat was embarrassing. Why did nobody else shoot.

Yeap.. SW LA is that way also...

Hearing my grandpas stories and looking at pictures of when he was young duck hunting down in dularge la makes me sick thinking of how shitty it is now!

"We can change our attitude and our approach..." Great statement. Duck hunting is not a sliver of what it used to be at all, but the game has changed. If you're willing to adapt you can still have great hunting.

Migration has really changed for sure over the last five years I have seen less and less ducks in the eastern part of Ks. and this was the worst duck season I have ever had in Ks.

Great video

You know he has a song about him by Adam Carroll!

A box for a bird holy smokes

Nice place and scenes, but why do you go hunting in so many people in same blind?

I really enjoyed the film of the old hunts and the Photographs.In 1981 A group of 2 shot 40 greenhearts on one hunt on the ridge between Bayou Perot and the Barataria Waterway.They actually had to go get more shells from C&M to finish the hunt,Eddie Sapie told me he was arrested via helicopter for shooting 25 male Pintails over a baited pond near Bayou Dupont . The problem is the birds don't come to Lafitte anymore .This year on my former lease there were 2 limits killed :grey ducks ,teal and dos gris.We used to kill 18 grey duck, pintails and mallards before 730 AM in the 1990's in the same placeThe problem is Mallards and Pintails are short stopped in places like Missouri ,Kansas and Oklahoma.They use flooded unharvested corn fields that were illegal till 1997 and machines called ice eaters to keep the ponds from freezing.Why should a duck fly south if there is food and water?

This is a very informative video, but the shotgun shooting was pretty poor!

Breaks my heart to see em fly away with their hearts shot plumb full of holes.. I stopped duck hunting and that was the last hunting I held on to. It got too expensive driving longer and longer distances trying to find a few birds. I really just got tired of killing. I never got tired of watching the birds work the decoys , then drop in like the magazines show. Theres no prettier sight. I thought about working on a book about modern day waterfowling. How different its become from the old days. The climate change , with cold weather with snow and northeastern storms caused a change in migration patterns. Habitat destruction of the nesting grounds limit populations. It was enviable.

Is the land washing away or is it due to climate change and rising sea levels? It could also be due to the removal of mangroves, etc.

duck hunting has grown so much because ton of people think its cool to do. around here anyways

This subject has been on my mind for 40 years. Will someone contact me to discuss the future of waterfowling, the habitat and the ducks. Although, groups like DU and Delta, along with more grassroots organizations have helped, the overall conditions and attitudes (specifically the entitled generation) have degraded. If there's Not a change in the mindsets of some, (the greedy "mine, not yours" and the "scorched earth, gangbanging, empty the gun" style of hunting (which is some people's attitude about life), while certainly be the demise of the future of waterfowling. "We" the true waterfowlers have a love and respect of the sport, excuse me...WAY OF LIFE that goes well beyond the annual season. It's a 24/7 passion of not only killing the ducks, but securing a healthy habitat and attitude that supports future generations of waterfowl, hunters and a healthy ecosystem. Serious inquiries only and "we" could possibly salvage the future of waterfowling.

Mississippi river control structures, Oil and Gas pipeline dredging and Climate Change (milder winters, more drastic hurricanes) have delivered massive salt water intrusion and changed Louisiana for good. It's such a shame, but at this point it is impossible to reverse and too economically motivated. These small communities and smaller industries (than Oil/Gas and the New Orleans Port) have been sold down the river, mostly blindly with small short-term incentives. It is an absolute shame!

A lot of habitat is being lost day by day while hunting shows and channels have brought the masses to hunting ducks and turkeys like never before. It’s only going to get worse and worse

I really want to propose a bill for the 7 years region rotation of hunting, and including a change of season and bag limits. Every 7 years, a region doesnt have a hunting season, and their will be a rotation of this every year. We don't just need private land or specific refuges to hold and sustain ducks, we need entire regions to hold ducks and sustain and grow populations year to year.

Jared, looks like you have a hit. Great job putting the history into a fairly poor hunt. It shows that us hunters aren't out there purely for the kill. Congrats on 6500 views in a day and a half and blowing past 500 subscribers. Well deserved.

Is this guy replying to every comment?

I’m afraid that ducks are going to be going on the endangered species list and then we won’t be able to hunt them for a long time to get their numbers back up here in Kansas. But that’s my opinion and I’m also a hunter myself.

I hunt the Atlantic flyway I'm from New York we are in trouble anddoesn't look like these big organizations want to do anything about it it's a dying breed

Ducks unlimited is the problem! They stole the once great sportsman’s paradise and make it a memory wich will never be again

Or we could just be honest and call it a loss of habitat combined with years of over hunting. We can make a difference but we have to stop making idiotic choices like money at the expense of our environment.

All hunting is changing. For the worse. Soy and fatherless children...

Duck hunting is going to be gone in one generation