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5 жыл бұрынI show you my Waterfowl Taxidermy Collection and Share some Awesome Waterfowl Facts! (8745)
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@teaneys1 5 жыл бұрын
I listened 3 times and I believe in my heart you said you were poopin and hollerin. But that's ok, I've been that excited too. It's messy but memorable.
@nhoutdoors5448 3 жыл бұрын
Oof Ok
@jacobchambers8036 5 жыл бұрын
The widgeon looks fantastic, they're just such a pretty bird.
@hamzaahmed2247 5 ай бұрын
Loved the facts and the specimens too !! Keep up the good work
@kevinbriggs2611 Жыл бұрын
Nice pics of some hybrids~ I was a federally licensed waterfowl breeder for 20 years but gave it up a few years ago.
@MidValleyMercenaries Жыл бұрын
That would be fun
@patrickstewartsoutdooradve7632 2 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed your video and learned quite a bit about banded birds. I moved from Alabama to Iowa in Sept of 1995. I would fly back home from Omaha. They canceled my flight because of the “grand passage” you were talking about! It was crazy! I pulled over on interstate 80 before I got to Council Bluff and looked up to what I think was millions of geese. I have never seen anything like it. A farmer walked up to me and said that I wasn’t from around there. I said no sir-I’m from Alabama. He just laughed.
@MidValleyMercenaries 2 жыл бұрын
Wow that is an awesome story
@Bwanar1 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, Man! Cool to see your mounts and hear some of the stories. I remember a lot of "firsts". Thanks for sharing!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@FowlAssassinsOutdoors 5 жыл бұрын
Super cool video! Some crazy facts about all these ducks. Awesome collection.
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks man. I thought they were pretty crazy facts too
@jaketerrio5594 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! As of now I've got 1 drake green wing teal mount, a drake and a hen ringneck both standing on a piece of driftwood, a drake and hen surf scoter flying together, a drake wood duck standing similar to yours, and a drake bufflehead standing with one foot up on a pylon.
@mroviraptor3382 2 жыл бұрын
Oh my your mounts are amazing!, I'm only 14 and wanting to get into waterfowl Taxidermy, Please put up some videos of Taxidermy
@the_toxicbadger2547 4 жыл бұрын
That green wing teal looks awesome dude!
@browngaddyoutdoors 3 жыл бұрын
I really want to shoot one!
@amitrankar2266 4 жыл бұрын
Sir, Amit Rankar here from India , Your collection is extremely Amazing But I love the fact that the bird statues have been mounted in different angles (Position) ... Really Great Sir..
@sammylacks4937 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice video. Your mounts are first rate. Thanks for the duck and geese info. I ve got some knowledge I d like to share. The first duck banded and recovered was a black duck banded by Jack Miner who also established the first successful refuge on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario. He was a market gunner that noticed the dwindling number of ducks and geese. He started banding ducks and geese and being a very religous person , included a bible quote on each band. He called his refuge " the mission" and the birds "Missionaries " because they carried the word of God on their migrations. I was fortunate to take a missionary years ago that had been banded two days prior and made it to Coastal N.C. in that time. It was the only bird banded and taken on the Atlantic flyway that year. Again thanks for sharing.
@MidValleyMercenaries 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, that’s awesome! Thank you for sharing
@grindinitout1761 5 жыл бұрын
Nice collection! Those were some great quality slow mo shots.
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Guntlevlogs 5 жыл бұрын
I love the waterfowl facts!
@ericweber7707 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome video awesome collection. I’m impressed you’ve mounted your own birds, I think you should do some mounting videos. How to, tips, etc...
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
We actually did a whole series
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
I need a lot haha
@Tiggitytye 5 жыл бұрын
Killed my first mallard, a drake this past Sunday on a Central valley refuge!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Congrats
@browngaddyoutdoors 3 жыл бұрын
@@MidValleyMercenaries I just shot mine a few days ago and I'm going to get him mounted!
@jeremymatlock2049 4 жыл бұрын
Very cool . Thanks for the facts had no idea ducks and geese live that long 😜
@JeramyMinor 5 жыл бұрын
I wish I would have had it mounted but the first bird I ever shot I was 13 teen years old and it was Christmas morning with my dad and 2 uncles. It was a canvas back.
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Oh man I’d be bummed too. I actually shot an awesome canvasback when I was in my late teens and ate it 🤦🏻♂️. Haven’t shot one since
@JeramyMinor 5 жыл бұрын
@@MidValleyMercenaries yeah, down here people treat them like trash ducks, So I didnt think anything of it.
@gunnerteaney2974 5 жыл бұрын
What a collection...the speck is probably my favourite mount
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks dude. Eugene did a really good job
@FireMountain 5 жыл бұрын
loved the facts, great video and great looking birds!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@BLASTER-vb5wu 5 жыл бұрын
Great video Titus!! Super cool that you have mounted your own!! I have my first Drake wood duck mounted. Waited 23 years to get him!! MVM Rocks Brother 👍🏼👍🏼
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome! Thanks!
@joshuahenry524 5 жыл бұрын
So cool man! I can’t wait to be able to afford to mount a woodie!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! It’s worth it when you can
@ksoutdoorsports 5 жыл бұрын
That Pintail is sweet. Nice displays!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks man
@kenstout9823 5 жыл бұрын
Nice little assortment of mounts you have there. Nice pintail .
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ken
@jeffclark5911 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I got my first red head
@escubasteve Жыл бұрын
Great video enjoyed every part of it!
@MidValleyMercenaries Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@RN1986DSDC 5 жыл бұрын
My father owns his Taxidermy business here in Gardnerville, NV....called Doran's Taxidermy. Very nice work Titus, even that first Mallard you did, coming in locked up, is impressive! And the speck, awesome. You're story about the Widgeon is funny - we've shot birds that've done the same thing, you know you nailed it but it keeps flying off, then all of a sudden it drops dead out of the sky, crazy And interesting waterfowl facts!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
I’ve been to Gardnerville before. It’s good to hear I’m not the only that has that happen lol. Thanks!
@A4Eaton 5 жыл бұрын
Pintail mount is sick!
@jake.h3274 5 жыл бұрын
Great video! Love the facts. Nunavut, its a Territory up north here in Canada. You were right the first time. Its easy say Nuna then vut and put it together.
@MattSchellenberg 5 жыл бұрын
Love the fun waterfowl facts!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@jhizzle2100 5 жыл бұрын
Great vid, shot my first drake mallard in 2018. In freezer waiting to be mounted.
@Guntlevlogs 5 жыл бұрын
Eugene Streekstra is an amazing taxidermist. He is a close family friend of ours! We have multiple birds done by him
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
That’s cool. Travis and I have had some good times with Eugene and learning to do Taxidermy
@atthetippy 3 жыл бұрын
great video thanks for sharing
@cletusnance4313 5 жыл бұрын
I'm from Kansas city and absolutely love your vids I just wish I could have got out more this year but hopefully next season will be better for me
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s cool. Thanks for the support man
@stephenasmith1591 5 жыл бұрын
Hell I'm about 2 hours from KC! nice
@jakecarter1004 5 жыл бұрын
Cletus Nance GO CHIEFS
@talonmcdonald3820 5 жыл бұрын
Yep that was my first speck!!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
I thought so
@nategaris3457 5 жыл бұрын
Great info. Awesome mounts! Thanks for sharing.
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@preston8859 5 жыл бұрын
Pretty interesting facts on the duck speed. Teal may be slower when traveling in the air, but I think what makes them hard to hit is they move so much faster down low compared to other ducks like a mallard. They have an unpredictable flight pattern dropping in on decoys, whereas mallards seem to lock in and just float over the decoys a lot of the time.
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Ya very unpredictable. Almost like a dove
@HighPrairieSportsmen 5 жыл бұрын
Great collection Titus! When is one of them oldsquaws going to be up there haha?
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It’s gonna be a few months. Taxidermist has it just waiting for my turn
@crmac4826 Жыл бұрын
I know this is a late comment, but this is my favorite video ever. I harvested my first Ross goose today and love the pose. Care if I copy it slightly. Great video.
@crmac4826 Жыл бұрын
What I meant is I'm getting the Ross mounted.
@MidValleyMercenaries Жыл бұрын
By all means copy it
@crmac4826 Жыл бұрын
@@MidValleyMercenaries thanks
@landengadway4568 3 жыл бұрын
I've only shot one duck and it was a Ringneck duck it is a pre-mature one and I'm getting it mounted.
@dakotahfulmer2129 3 жыл бұрын
Love the facts
@Guntlevlogs 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing collection you have there!!! I hit that red button for you!!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@barneyhelton1586 5 жыл бұрын
GREAT VID Titus we drew a number 2 reservation at volta thats crazy 3,000 miles!!!
@Toga_Noga 3 жыл бұрын
One I remember is shooting two Mallards one shot, they were trying to land about 5ft from hitting the water 25yards out & I popped them. As soon as I went out to get them both had no movement fastest kill I ever had & I'm a crappy hunter!
@cfoutdoors243 5 жыл бұрын
Great mounts and stories. My most memorable was my first tundra swan.
@user-wm9dp7nd6m 5 жыл бұрын
Great video I wish you success and continuity ... I was pleased when I saw you in one of the videos of Fowl Assassins channel
@dlacy68850 5 жыл бұрын
I'm 10 and my favorite months I have is my first duck green wing drake and a hooded maganser drake.
@tgood1985 5 жыл бұрын
Great collection!! Thanks for sharing
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! 👍🏼👍🏼
@jhettgomez8294 5 жыл бұрын
Sweet dude! I’ve got 12 at my house. Mallard, gw teal, bw teal, 2 pintails a woodie, gadwall, drake and hen can readhead and a pheasant! Lol oh can’t forget my favorite one. Hybrid duck it’s a mallard gadwall X.
@benschmokel6350 5 жыл бұрын
That pintail is sick!
@flanker0761 5 жыл бұрын
Since you asked. My first duck: a drake black duck I jumpshot out of a creek about 40 yards. Hit him on my 3rd shot in a blizzard with about 5 inches of snow on the ground. Took me a half hour to find and all I saw was two bits of orange feet sticking out of the snow as the blizzard had practically covered him all up. Proudly on my wall for the past few years.
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@jasonnunley9015 2 жыл бұрын
My first pintail is being mounted right now. I decided to have him mounted just the way he flew over the blind when I shot him. A moment I'll never forget.
@MidValleyMercenaries 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@louisianaoutdoors9823 3 жыл бұрын
I know this is a older video, but i live not to far from catohula lake, that is prolly why we dont see as manny in the spots i go to cause they are all on catahoula but i want to hunt it through
@luis.a.diazvazquez5015 5 жыл бұрын
Cool collection man one of this days I will have my place like that too
@comiccory2477 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome mounts Titus! I love seeing people's taxidermy collections. I got my first mount last year. It's a stud spoonie I killed on public land 😝. A pair of drakes came in and I dropped em both in 2 shots
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks man. That’s awesome. I’m getting a spoon done soon
@rafaelbarriga8090 3 жыл бұрын
Really quality vids big ups to you for doing some side research just brings everything together👊🏻
@MidValleyMercenaries 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@ryanaverette7606 5 жыл бұрын
Great job man
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@brooksembry3130 5 жыл бұрын
Hope to have most of these on my wall one day!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
I know you will. You guys stack em
@bassingbasics6621 3 жыл бұрын
Need more of these man! Awesome collection 👊
@jeremiahhardy8938 5 жыл бұрын
Really awesome video dude. That wood duck is boss that pintail too. I have two mallards Im waiting for that I’m getting mounted like your pintail, hopefully they turn out just like that, awesome.
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! I love that pose. Your mallards will look great like that
@marioa3277 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff and I really enjoyed the facts thanks
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@logan-mercer6045 4 жыл бұрын
This is the best time of the year in Nunavut it’s time for egg picking spec Canada’s and snows eggs and no limit geese hunting love the vids
@english_pointer 5 жыл бұрын
Super cool facts and mounts
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@pboutdoors756 5 жыл бұрын
That was probably the best video I’ve ever seen on KZfaq loved the facts I have a big red head mounted and about to get a woodie mounted too good luck on ur hunting adventures!!!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks man appreciate that.
@alpeshgardenig6255 Жыл бұрын
Nice video very nice dukh 👍👍👍
@ryanfedock4057 5 жыл бұрын
Great vid!! Keep it up!
@calebvidrine9505 5 жыл бұрын
you better not go to that lake in Louisiana down south it was just turned private
@spookytuesday17 5 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video about how you prep a bird to be sent off to a taxadermist?
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Ya for sure
@teaganjordan9743 4 жыл бұрын
This video was sick
@MidValleyMercenaries 4 жыл бұрын
Teagan Jordan Thanks!
@teaganjordan9743 4 жыл бұрын
No problem just waiting on my chance to hunt with you guys 😂😂
@jblue495 3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the fact info on different species. I have to say that the birds are much more beautiful alive than dead. Also as a wildlife photographer I say capturing a prized pic or vid of these amazing birds feeding, mating or hen with chicks is far more difficult and challenging than to shoot them.
@MidValleyMercenaries 3 жыл бұрын
I harvest & consume and film & photograph. Love doing both
@wolfncrows1013 5 жыл бұрын
Gonna get my first mallard mounted. Gonna do the hen and drake flying together
@jackoff8919 3 жыл бұрын
The one I can remember was the first duck I shot (drake mallard) and my first pintail which is rare around here.
@duckdays9451 5 жыл бұрын
Cool video of your birds with facts. I need to do a taxidermy video. I'm in the Northeast so birds like Ross never seen one. Snows are super rare and I've only seen less than 10 Pintails in almost 40 years of hunting.
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@quacksnracks4433 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome still waiting on my first band to get mounted😂 I would like to see a decoy spread video for what you use at the refuges that would help me so much
@jacobwatt299 5 жыл бұрын
What is your favorite duck to kill out of a mallard, wooduck, pintail, redhead, or canvasback
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Mallards
@tylerdouglas5182 5 жыл бұрын
love the video! got some ideas now! waiting on my banded pintail to get done!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Tyler Douglas Thanks man! Congrats on the banded pintail
@RDReynoldsOutdoors Жыл бұрын
Heck of a video.
@MidValleyMercenaries Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@jonathanhall7328 3 жыл бұрын
Once you shoot them and you wanna mount do you take it straight to taxidermy? Put it on ice then to them? How long can you wait to get it to one?
@MidValleyMercenaries 3 жыл бұрын
Put it in a 3 gallon ziplock bag and put it in the freezer. They’ll be good up to 3 or 4 years before you send them to the taxidermist
@theflyingdutchmanlofts4527 5 жыл бұрын
I'm into ornithology and hunting so this is the video fer me haha. You got a new sub
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Haha. Thanks.
@jeremyfranks9587 4 жыл бұрын
Any advice for where to start in doing your own mounts?
@nathancabral9838 5 жыл бұрын
That was awesome.
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@larryross5737 3 жыл бұрын
Can you do more taxidermy collection videos
@CalSprigs 5 жыл бұрын
Make up brush, never thought of that thanks!
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
No prob man works like a charm
@jaakkot9661 5 жыл бұрын
Great video man, greetings from Finland! I would have wanted to mount the first greylag goose I shot, since it took so many years to me to actually shoot one. In my area they are rare and very very smart because of high hunting pressure. Almost had tears of joy when after 8 mornings and 7 nights in row finally caught one! Hunting at it's best for me..
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Wow, Finland! That’s crazy man thanks for watching and congrats on the greylag that’s awesome
@morganyoder4277 5 жыл бұрын
Great video. It would be cool to learn how to taxidermy birds.
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks. We have a series on out channel how to do just that. Check it out
@buckruboutdoors101 5 жыл бұрын
It's weird that Ross geese aren't ever with snows there, we kill tons of ross and snows together in MO! But I do see them with Canada Geese often too!
@beaudye833 3 жыл бұрын
I’m trying to mount my first duck, a green wing teal drake but it’s so expensive but he’s sitting in my freezer right now
@LandonKing9 4 жыл бұрын
I have a wood duck mounted also nice collection
@calebvidrine9505 5 жыл бұрын
if you ever come to Louisiana hit me up
@huntdipfish5494 5 жыл бұрын
Great video keep em comin
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
👍🏼👍🏼
@michaelprevost1229 5 жыл бұрын
Great job
@jsg5227 3 жыл бұрын
Time for an update
@benragsdalemusic1697 5 жыл бұрын
this is your best video!!
@faithroyer9105 3 жыл бұрын
i just bought a property last year out in west Texas and so far here i have shot 2 gadwalls and 1 ringneck but my daughter has shot 3 gadwalls and 2 ringnecks
@MidValleyMercenaries 3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@logan-mercer6045 4 жыл бұрын
I live in Nunavut !!
@benjaminairguns4455 5 жыл бұрын
Hes a cool guy tho does an amazing job also. B hi t nice video! Get a wood duck mounted!
@calebunderwood9220 3 жыл бұрын
I shot my first green winged teal should I mount it?
@MidValleyMercenaries 3 жыл бұрын
Sure
@thebootboy4601 5 жыл бұрын
hey im a hunter of louisiana i also live in louisiana the catahoula myth is real. but sadly we are hearing rumors that they are closing catahoula to public. idk if its true but hopefully not. we have had no consistent cold weather this year the other day it was like 70 while in January. and its flooded right now lol good luck for the rest of your season
@MidValleyMercenaries 5 жыл бұрын
That’s unfortunate. Good luck to you man
@ryanmeland2935 3 жыл бұрын
how would you rate the bufflehead mount thinking of doing 2 myself
@MidValleyMercenaries 3 жыл бұрын
Rate it as far as how hard?
@candroutdoors2937 4 жыл бұрын
my first duck that I ever killed was a wood duck
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