Duck Hunting the River for Big Kansas Mallards!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ย. 2019
- Duck hunting Kansas rivers use to be my main go to style of duck hunting. But nowadays the river doesn't produce as well.. But my buddy Andy had a few on his river ground!! ENJOY!!
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I watched ot wish you would have found that mallard
I will
Hunting on thanksgiving
i did
Bobby, I want to thank you for really showing me how amazing waterfowl hunting really is. I've always wanted to try duck hunting, but all the rules and the amount of gear always kept me from committing. Instead, I forced myself to become a deer hunter and though I do like it, I never really "got into it". I've been watching your videos for almost 2 years now and everytime I see ducks or geese lock in and land in your decoys it gets me going. Well yesterday morning, my stepbrother and I finally did it. We went out to try duck hunting for the very first time. I was up all night excited and watching your videos of how to set up spreads and how to call. (Even though I've already seen them multiple times) The morning started off rough, we didn't get the spot we wanted to because it was the opening day of deer rifle and I was not trying to be moving around in tall grass without orange with other hunters around. So we went to another spot. We had a couple flocks fly by but none never committed to the decoys. I began questioning if it was actually gonna be worth it or if devoting ducks only happened on the tv shows and youtube. About 9am came around and we thought about quitting. Instead we went to the spot we wanted originally which I had scouted for the past week and showed good sign of ducks and geese. There was no other trucks in the parking lots so we figured it would be safe to try duck hunting there. It took us forever to get set up because we had to haul everything at least a good 300 yards through the trees. Wd came up on a small body of water that had tall grass and was a little over knee high deep water. Set up my dozen decoys and my dove mojo (didn't want to commit to a duck mojo if I didn't like waterfowl hunting) and I started calling with short bursts of quacks. About 10 minutes later i turn around to see 3 ducks flying overhead. And within second they came around and began locking up. My heart started racing and the excitement grew. I looked and saw the lead duck, green head, and bright orange feet. I couldn't believe it. Wings cupped and the other two followed the leader. It was the most amazing sight I have ever seen. And then for what felt like forever, right before the lead duck hit the water, I yelled "take em!" And me and my step brother rose up and managed to down 2 gorgeous drake mallards. The first thing both of us did was check for bands lol. But after we sat down with our first ducks, I knew I was hooked. I couldn't stop smiling. It was just like all the videos I see on youtube that get me excited. We didn't see anymore after that, but since then all I can think about is getting out again. If it wasn't for youd videos I don't think I would have ever even tried duck hunting. Hopefully one day I can meet you in real life and thank you in person. But for now, thank you Bobby. Without you, I would have never of experienced ducks "doing it dirty" in real life
Glad I'm not the only noob hungry for some bands!
@@Chillkayaker Lol yeah, that's one of my goals is to get a banded bird
@@thenamesskeet Good luck! Do you have a lanyard to put them on or what's your plan if different?
@@Chillkayaker Thank you. And yes, just got a lanyard today in the mail.
Seems like those rivers start picking up a lot of ducks, and geese when everything else freezes up. Late season river hunts can be awesome!
Ya they do that when ponds and stuff freeze ducks move to the river
Bobby, when you’re hunting a river, y’all need to get on the downstream side of a sandbar or island where there is no current. That’s where the birds want to be. To much work fighting the current. They tend to land in the current and swim into the slack water.
Here in the tidal marshes of CT we use a half a brick with 12-15 feet of decoy line. When you drop the brick into the water it unwinds til it hits the bottom. Also automatically adjusts when the tide comes in
For the river we put a additional swivel on the carabiner end, also have three spreaders for jerk rig. Place the Texas rig decoys on a trott line and anchor up stream with window weights. So we take two trott lines with 12 decoys each, and place them @15' apart. Then hook the spreaders to a additional trott line and place just up stream enough to make a u shaped spread, with mojo in the hole.
I'm so happy because you made a update on the pigs. Thank you so much
YES, more river hunts!! I got nothing but rivers with a lot of mallards where I live.
First off......
Absolutely love your videos!
I grew up on the river, and this is my first year actually duck hunting #hooked! So naturally I am attracted to the river waters. I've shot a few Wood ducks in warmer weather, but they have migrated on. Since the cold moved in I've only really been able to find mallards on the river (which is cool with me!). I've just been able to float so far and have collected a couple Mallards. Looking forward to a first river sit! I think the river scenery is by far the most beautiful hunting possible!
Personally would love to see more river hunts, but more importantly keep making videos!
I did my first Dovehunt because of this channel I started hunting birds because of this channel thank you Bobby and good boy Fred
I like the way you interact with Freddy.
I got into hunting because of my love of dogs.
Awesome!
River view was Awesome! Nice B roll of the creek and cattle.
We hunt rivers here in Northwest Arkansas when it gets bitter cold and all the ponds freeze up. If everything is thawed the birds scatter, but when it gets really cold the moving water is the only water that stays open. When that happens it usually gets nuts!!!!!😁
Whenever you have to go hunt by yourself just holler at me. 😂😂😂
You know that he won't do that you know wright
@@charliewright4661 Yea I know. I was just messing with him.
Ain't that the dang truth
Always fun to watch and hear and see your excitement in hunting! Great job Fred!
That's awesome. I hunted dove in the river before and it was fun.
Keep on keeping on
Another Great Video!!!
Just got on the Monthly Shirt List!! Thanks for everything Bob 🦆😎
You’re my favorite youtuber and I actually like your videos like I hit the thumbs up button which I usually never do. Thanks for all the great content!
Whenever I watch your videos it just puts me in a better mood bro , keep up the good work man.
Dude your excitement makes me hit that like button man keep up the good work brother
I've done a lil river hunting it gets real good when the tanks and ponds freeze over also the ducks always land upstream of decoys and float down so we figured out to set up about 40 yards up from decoys
We use railroad spikes for the river we hunt or rebarb that works too about 8 inches long
When I was a kid we used a big jet sled that had a box made out of thin painted metal and pvc . And had enough room for dog and a small buddy heater kept it 60isb plus great for them cold days for the dog . Seen a good dog career end cause cold water .we just put it in the brush and put a few bug sticks on it and never had issues . Fit 2 doz in it too
Fred has come so far so quick good job bob
Cold water tip for the dog is keep a shammy to dry him off a little. I do that with my shorter coat dogs and it works great
Such a beautiful sun rise with that fog on the river! Pure paradise!
A good tip is if the river is wider it is shallower then the narrow parts. And shallow is fast except on sand bars. The weights get really big strap weights and twist them into a circle. Your decoys were perfect however that Frick in flapper man putting flappers in your decoys is a huge nono on rivers, I keep saying it but the large flocks will key off of the flapper, you want them out of there vision by the Time they land or they will flair. Very pretty spot bet that was a lot of fun. Haha you got Texas rigs on your river decoys. Man I'll let you in on it. Twine or rubber line, I use rubber so I'll go from there. Take 10 feet of rubber line cut off. Put the end through the decoy double it and tie a overhand knot with both ends. Then put your 12oz strap weight on it, then put on a plastic decoy line crimp, then take the other end double it and tie a overhand knot in both. There you have it. Put the weight on the decoy pull the crimp up and use the knot to hang the decoy on a caribener. When deploying, take decoy off caribener, pull crimp down to water depth take off weight and twist into a circle and drop in water. If you are in a boat replace rubber line for twine and add a Shackel to the mid line by running the running line around the keel. Picking up wrap decoy line around the keel and wrap weights. Deploy by unwinding after that.
You deserve like 40k likes because you are one of the most entertaining duck hunters on TH-cam
Love the the video
Helps to go heavy on the decoy weights when on the river
And a small wool blanket for old Fred on the super cold days
Another good video Bobby River hunting how interesting. Fred's looking good. Thank you for sharing peace out
We tie a long dark green rope to a 10lb lead weight, then tie the deeks to the rope. Then, deployment is nothing more than one shot put and they all get pulled right across the river for good visibility, and it dramatically improved the effectiveness of those decoys which used to just sit near the bank. Now they are right across the river.
Bobby, you can make some one ended long line setups to hunt the river. Get a 5lb kayak anchor, run ~20-30 yds of decoy line from it, attach your decoys with drop rigs like the big water diver hunters use. Makes for a quick set and pickup too.
He ain’t lying the dux gear is super warm boys!
Bobby I have a anchor still mold that I make my own decoy anchor and they hold well in rivers and ruff water in lakes .
Awesome video bobby! Fredrick is a beast! Glad hes doing better!
I love these videos keep them going Bobby
I was sick early this morning and I just binge watched your videos because duck season here in Arkansas isn’t for another week and I love your channel 😂
Did a river hunt last night. Used the thin, bar style weight on all of the deeks. Bend it into the shape of a "J" and boot er down into the dirt. Worked pretty good, but I don't think the current was as strong as what you have going on there. YMMV!
14:00 Had a Belted Kingfisher flying with a group of woodies a few years back. We're not gonna talk about what happened.
Thanks for pigeon update whites baby looking good.
I love river hunts there bud 👍 were I normally hunt is frozen hopefully I can find a other spot, Don’t like driving the boat in ice solo.Maybe il go hunting sea duck for a change. Great video there bud keep em coming👍🦆🦆🦆
Wooo! Hunting’s the river is a everyday thing here in New Mexico I’d recommend try and move your decoys more up river just above where you sit I seem to get a lot that land right before the spread atleast here *most* of them come from down river flying up current awesome video! Bummer you didn’t find the mallard
Yes more river hunts would be awesomely
Ten 4
Keep the hunts coming!
For you decoy weights try heavier ones because mine would float away until we just got a little bit heavier weights
River Hunting is fun. You need to bring a camo blanket for Fredrick!
Going duck hunting tomorrow morning in Oklahoma, wish us luck. Love the vid!
We use the rig em rite cords and spread them out with a s clip and then hook up a big brick as the weight and all of the decoys get more movement.
We hunt with what we call “river weights”. They look like the Under Armour Symbol. The deek line coils on the “wings” and then it slips over the decoy head.
I love any hunt you do even if it's not slow. Keep up the vids.👍
When I hunt the river I typically have 15- 20 oz of weight. It all depends on the current
Man you called it. That first duck came right back
In the past I have used a cheap pack of plastic tent stakes to keep my decoys in place, had high current so stopped at Walmart for stakes and fishing line with clips. I keep them in my bag in case I ever need them again
Using strap weight work really well.. You can bend them into a U shape and they hook onto the bottom really good
Try Sputnik weights. I do a lot of surf fishing and when the surf is rough the weight digs in the sand. They have wires that help them dig in.
Try using H weights, they seem to work well with the current because the can unravel when need be. Great video!
You should go to Flairs farm and hunt
Yes bobby go to Flair’s Farm
Always good have farmer friends to hunt with
I hunt the Columbia river in Washington and Oregon I have to use 20' lead lines with 8 to 10oz weights to keep them from floating away in the big tide exchanges
I love your brother videos, it's a shame that here in Brazil we can not hunt !!!
Hey bob rig up some decoys with the length of line you would need at max and tie a j weight and bungee to the end work really well in all the rivers we hunt on the west coast
The best and my favourite youtuber in the world love your vids💯💯💯🔥🔥😍
#sprayandpray Hunting your the best!
Went today two man limit on the river. I love hunting river. Limited out twice this year on river
Use a corn cobb mold for your lead weights. You can either throw the weight into the mud if you're shallow or step it into the mud if you're a little deaper. That longer weight, straight up and down in the mud, won't budge in current nearly as bad as a round weight
Use the sand pyramid weights and longer line depending on current speed and strength to hold decoys in place.
Great video! Keep it up
use the 4 duck metal spreaders and then if needed anchor several like trot lines on the bank or use a grapple hook style boat anchor or a flat 10 or 20 lb cast iron weight from weight lifting set and put them into mud and put one end by your blind staked. If needed you can also use as a pull cord.
just drove through kansas for the first time in my life. was surprised at the amount of corn. from south texas don’t see that much. sweet state!
Try a spider weight. We use the surf fishing because the legs dig into the sand and help keep the bait in place in the current
Man keep it up love the videos! I like the logo in the bottom right corner! I don’t know if I’m just blind or what but I’ve just noticed it!
love your videos
I hunt the river with strong current so I use the long bar weights Texas-rigged. When in strong current I’ll bend the weights into a “J” shape so they hook onto rocks or sandy bottom better.
hey bud loving all the waterfowl videos. I get my go pro batteries to last by keeping them in a case with a hand warmer until I am ready to use it. Better yet have a go pro in the case as well it will not freeze up nearly as fast due to already being warm and the battery inside. You may have a little fogging of the lens at first though. switch out the a go pro and battery into the warm case with a hand warmer each time you need to to keep the camera and batteries warmer longer.
Here in Texas we use the surf fishing weights they are mad to grab the sand maybe that will work for you
Wrap a hand warmer around your go pro or tape it on that's what usually works best for me
To keep your decoys from floating off in rivers with heavy current that works best is cheap. Get paper cups and fill with concrete and pea gravel, before it dries cut up clothes hangers in 3 inch pieces. Then bend in a U shape and stick in the concrete before it hardens. I hunt the ms river and works everytime. 20$ and you have 2 dozen weights.
Fred’s a damn good dog! Goo Fred!🐶🐶🤙🏻🤙🏻🏴☠️🏴☠️
Amen
Make long lines like diver hunting with 4-6 dekes on each with a pretty big weight on it. Thats how we hunt the swift running cypress swamp rivers on SE North Carolina.
Great video man
Use 4-6 oz strap weights and wrap them around something in the water(submerged brush, rocks, etc.). Saves on the weight packing in and cost. Also, use lines that are 3 to 4 times as long as it is deep. Or gang rig them if it's too deep.
Well that was a good hunt 👍
I use a modified gang-rig. Use one weight up stream and that’s it. Anything heavy will work. I run 6 per line.
Idk if this would help Bobby but whenever I hunt a river i try to find slack water and find a spot where the decoys will still move around easier on the Fred and yourself
Use big drill bits from the mines I use them and they work pretty well
Wow we went today and we did horrible! I heard all the ducks went south when that big nasty storm came Monday. At least the geese hunting is good
Dot’s! The pride of North Dakota. Best served with ice cold Beer
Hahaha that’s right
Love the vids
For river hunts I have a couple jerk rig spreaders and stake that into the dirt I’ve never had a problem doing that
Bigger weight like a kayak weight or jerk rig weight and run a rope like a long line. You can put spreaders connected to it or just a decoy. I run 4-6 decoys per line and depending on how many decoys you want to run would be how many lines you need.
Great video per usual Bobby! You should check out slotted food bowls if you think Fred eats too fast out of his bowl. I got one for my dog and works great. Also maybe Gunner kennels will do a black Friday sale be on the lookout!
When you set out the decoys use the lojo pole to shove the weight in the soil.
yo bobby love the vids man keep em up
Sarah Diamond for sure brother man
Sweet hunt
We make our own weights. Mold lead into a star shape. It never fails
I hunt on big water in NC and we use mushroom weights and pyramid weights out here even in 30 mph wind and they don’t budge. The weight of the weight also matters tho.
Luv yo river hunt
Bobby u need to get mushroom weights because the dig in better and are heavier. It's what we use for open water diver hunting on the east coast.
I love your content can you do challenge videos and more pigeon hunting it is the best
Railroad spikes make great decoy weights for river hunts.
River is all i hunt in Central nebraska, platte river. I make my own weights out of lead from tires, melt them in an old muffin pan drill a hole and that decoy wont go anywhere. have a dozen or so of those with dozen you can put shallow water your golden.
sand claw weights made for surf fishing are the best