Thanks buddy! Definitely took some inspiration from you in the design!

I can’t imagine how fun that would be. Love to see y’all smoke those ducks!👍

High class blind attire! Gonna see you at the Wisconsin expo?

Thanks Aaron! The rest of the trip didn't disappoint, let's just say that the wigeon action got even better..

Thanks Andrew! It was a special one for sure!

Thanks brother! I appreciate you watching!

Got a bunch more that I'll be dropping throughout August!

I appreciate you watching brother! Gonna be lots of new content coming soon!

Got a couple really good ones from last season that I'll be dropping in a couple weeks!

I appreciate you watching! Got videos from the rest of this trip coming very soon!

Not having any management stuff up here in MN has put a bit of a damper on my desire to make off-season content. Hoping to find a place to do some work on at some point!

Thomas I like seeing you hunting around the country sampling the different flyways as well as varieties of birds. Back n my day , well at least in the last years I hunted the shooting would last 10 - 15 mins and still dark except against the sky we had a hard time not just distinguishing species but gender and for while we were on the point system where a Susie mallard counted 70 points while the drakes were 25 each. We generally only had mallards with a few Woodies , squealers , mixed in. I learned the Greenheads would typically let mamma fly ahead and to watch for the black V when they got up flying away on their tail feathers. Killing a hen mallard first bird severely limited your bag limit. I don't recall the point nos Woodies carried but at least a pair without any big ducks would have been correct. It may seem like I'm joking about the time birds here fly to morning feed but we got used to shooting untill the morning flight was over # 15 min then picking up so as to not spook a flight out retrieving a bird. This worked untill nontoxic required shot limited us to use steel and we learned it would knock birds down but if not retrieved time they splashed down they could get hid and possibly lost. I never hunted without a lab untill my last few years and it adds so much to a hunt to not lose cripples nearly as often as well as watching some well remembered retrieves my buddies occasionally made. ( They were worth their selves in a dove field too) You are an awesome duck hunter and a lab on your team would be an asset I garentee. Good luck, hunt safe my friend.

@@HokeOutdoors Totally get it. Maybe you can find a land owner that will let you work on the property. I have found trading services works very well. Posting property, clearing overgrown access, removing beavers and controlling invasive weeds have been my go-to for bartering land access. Good luck!

@@Yellowlab247_NC_Outdoors I leased a couple of ponds years ago that for whatever reason always had a few ringnecks coming from a large natural lake that's a refuge , I believe. It worked great for a couple years , good shooting , for black heads anyway and I had permission to fish. They were loaded with bass and I'd get off night shift just right to fish a couple hours topwater. Its tough with most land being deer hunting clubs and that's to be expected. If any club also has some duck shooting, many do the members soon shoot it out. After Thanksgiving it's hard to see more than a kingfisher visiting. Beavers have been the biggest blessing to the freelance duck hunter but lately they do everything but carpet bomb with B 52 s at the sight of a beaver dam. Some of the prettiest and best duck habitat was the work of a family of beavers. Good luck looking. I duck hunted 12 months a year looking for the next best spot. One thing they all had in common. Something always ended each spot either shot out, trees and cover died out, no hunting signs came out, I finally wore out, lol. I.did enough damage and loved every hunt.

Thanks buddy!

Thanks Sam! I really appreciate it!

Thanks brother! They're one of my favorites to so this was truly a dream come true

Rejuvenated and ready to start rolling out the videos! 🤘

I appreciate you watching them! Unfortunately I'm expecting to miss out on the goose float this year. Gonna be up exploring the last frontier instead.

Thanks Jason! Hoping I’ll be able to do a bunch of kayak hunts this coming season!

Thanks Ed! Lots more videos coming soon!

Just needed a little break! I appreciate the patience, got a bunch of videos that I'll be dropping from here on out and through the fall!

I appreciate it brother! Lots of videos coming soon!

Besides a wrecked truck I can't complain! How've you been?

Thanks brother!

@HokeOutdoors Watching lots of your content! Helps inspire mine!!! Keep it up man!

It’s an awesome area up there for sure! Can’t wait to get back in that neck of the woods already

Thanks brother! 🤘

Looking forward to it!

Thanks brother!

Thanks Keith! Got about a dozen never before seen hunts that I'll be dropping throughout this month and into the fall. How are things looking down your way for the season? Looks like a pretty good hatch this year up this way!

@@HokeOutdoors well waters pretty low this year but we’ve still got some. Hoping for some good cold fronts to push some birds down. We open on November 18th. Counting it down man!

Thanks Don! Those were certainly the biggest flocks of ducks that I've ever seen!

I appreciate you watching them! Just dropped another one a few minutes ago!

Thanks brother!

Thanks Tom! It was a spectacular show to get to be a part of!

Thanks brother!

I appreciate it! I have a few dove hunts from last season that I'll be posting towards the end of August but I'm planning on spending this September in Alaska so I don't think theres much opportunity for doves up there

@@HokeOutdoors but there you can hunt mosquitos of the same size of doves 🤷😂

I appreciate you watching them! More coming soon!

Just dropped another one!

I’ll have some more dog focused videos coming this season!

I might pick up a 20 or 28 ga Benelli at some point but gonna keep the Franchi as long as she's spitting out shells!

Thanks brother! Just needed a little time off to refocus!

Thanks brother! I appreciate it! Got a bunch more hunts coming soon

It'll be here before we know it! How were y'alls breeding numbers up there this year?

@@HokeOutdoors, saw quite a few wood ducks and mallards while spring turkey hunting. Good enough for us to get an increase in the amount of mallards we can take! Went from 2 mallards only 1 hen to 4 mallards only 2 hens!

Thanks Nasser! Everything has been going well, just a busy past few months between the puppy and work. How have you been?

@@HokeOutdoors Doing good thanks for asking. Love to see more river goose hunting videos this year.

@@nasserkuzbari2205 unfortunately I think I’m gonna miss out on the September goose floats this year due to being in Alaska

@@HokeOutdoors Hopefully you will be hunting in Alaska!!! Best of luck on your trip.

The pup is doing well (down at the trainers for FF right now) and I did pull the SD 10-day for this year. Not sure when I'll be able to swing down there quite yet but if you want to get together for some hunts just give me a holler!

Thanks Matt! I don’t use any iPhone mounts so I can’t offer much in that unfortunately. In general I would try to find something that can clip onto a stake or tree branch though cause the blind typically moves at least a little throughout the hunt

It was definitely on the simpler side but can't knock it if it works!

Sorry about the wait!

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Thanks Maurice! Just needed to take a little break so that I could focus on training the pup and didn't get burnt out on making videos!

@@HokeOutdoors yeah I hear y’a. You were pumping out videos left right and centre. Keep up the good work. We really enjoy your videos.

No doubt!

Thanks buddy! That's the Final Approach waterfowl backpack. I really like the design but unfortunately the zippers on it didn't hold up last year. Hoping they'll make improvements on it for this season

He's doing well! He's down at Dynamic Retrievers right now for force fetch. Looking forward to getting him back in a month or two!

Can't wait until I get my pup back as well he's been gone for 7 months

@@HokeOutdoors 👍Can’t wait to see him in action.

You are probably correct, although as a general rule of thumb I would say that wigeon tend to be one of the least wary species from my experience

Haha yeah my buddy Chase pulled a scotch double on that flock! Better to be lucky than good!

Doing well! He’s down at the trainers for a couple months for force fetch at the moment

I felt like they did a pretty solid job of picking their shots. Always gonna be a few mess ups on every hunt but there were plenty of birds to go around

I use two GoPro Hero 10s, a couple Shotkam's, and a canon XF400

4K 60 FPS & Linear mode

I've had a finisher, wringing their neck is a quicker way of dispatching them in my opinion

This past January

North TX

This was in Texas but I've been lucky enough to hunt a few different states over the last couple years!

This was from last season

This was from last January

@@HokeOutdoors Ohh. OK🥰

For sure, I just didn't see the cotton top in the low light

This was from last January

Not many at all. You can find some out by the coast but they don't seem to come inland much at all

Yes lawd

It’s a Franchi Affinity 3

Im sure people love hunting with you