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  • @teaneys1
    @teaneys1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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.

  • @jacobchambers8036
    @jacobchambers8036 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The widgeon looks fantastic, they're just such a pretty bird.

  • @kevinbriggs2611
    @kevinbriggs2611 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice pics of some hybrids~ I was a federally licensed waterfowl breeder for 20 years but gave it up a few years ago.

  • @patrickstewartsoutdooradve7632
    @patrickstewartsoutdooradve7632 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @Bwanar1
    @Bwanar1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome video, Man! Cool to see your mounts and hear some of the stories. I remember a lot of "firsts". Thanks for sharing!

  • @hamzaahmed2247
    @hamzaahmed2247 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved the facts and the specimens too !! Keep up the good work

  • @Tiggitytye
    @Tiggitytye 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Killed my first mallard, a drake this past Sunday on a Central valley refuge!

    • @MidValleyMercenaries
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Awesome! Congrats

    • @browngaddyoutdoors
      @browngaddyoutdoors 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MidValleyMercenaries I just shot mine a few days ago and I'm going to get him mounted!

  • @jaketerrio5594
    @jaketerrio5594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @ericweber7707
    @ericweber7707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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...

  • @sammylacks4937
    @sammylacks4937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @mroviraptor3382
    @mroviraptor3382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my your mounts are amazing!, I'm only 14 and wanting to get into waterfowl Taxidermy, Please put up some videos of Taxidermy

  • @FowlAssassinsOutdoors
    @FowlAssassinsOutdoors 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Super cool video! Some crazy facts about all these ducks. Awesome collection.

  • @Guntlevlogs
    @Guntlevlogs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the waterfowl facts!

  • @talonmcdonald3820
    @talonmcdonald3820 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yep that was my first speck!!

  • @the_toxicbadger2547
    @the_toxicbadger2547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That green wing teal looks awesome dude!

  • @JeramyMinor
    @JeramyMinor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @JeramyMinor 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MidValleyMercenaries yeah, down here people treat them like trash ducks, So I didnt think anything of it.

  • @A4Eaton
    @A4Eaton 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pintail mount is sick!

  • @grindinitout1761
    @grindinitout1761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice collection! Those were some great quality slow mo shots.

  • @amitrankar2266
    @amitrankar2266 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    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..

  • @jeffclark5911
    @jeffclark5911 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome! I got my first red head

  • @gunnerteaney2974
    @gunnerteaney2974 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a collection...the speck is probably my favourite mount

  • @joshuahenry524
    @joshuahenry524 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So cool man! I can’t wait to be able to afford to mount a woodie!

  • @cletusnance4313
    @cletusnance4313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @atthetippy
    @atthetippy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video thanks for sharing

  • @Guntlevlogs
    @Guntlevlogs 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eugene Streekstra is an amazing taxidermist. He is a close family friend of ours! We have multiple birds done by him

    • @MidValleyMercenaries
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s cool. Travis and I have had some good times with Eugene and learning to do Taxidermy

  • @BLASTER-vb5wu
    @BLASTER-vb5wu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @kenstout9823
    @kenstout9823 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice little assortment of mounts you have there. Nice pintail .

  • @FireMountain
    @FireMountain 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    loved the facts, great video and great looking birds!

  • @jake.h3274
    @jake.h3274 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @jhizzle2100
    @jhizzle2100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vid, shot my first drake mallard in 2018. In freezer waiting to be mounted.

  • @landengadway4568
    @landengadway4568 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've only shot one duck and it was a Ringneck duck it is a pre-mature one and I'm getting it mounted.

  • @jeremymatlock2049
    @jeremymatlock2049 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool . Thanks for the facts had no idea ducks and geese live that long 😜

  • @jasonnunley9015
    @jasonnunley9015 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @dlacy68850
    @dlacy68850 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm 10 and my favorite months I have is my first duck green wing drake and a hooded maganser drake.

  • @Toga_Noga
    @Toga_Noga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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!

  • @barneyhelton1586
    @barneyhelton1586 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    GREAT VID Titus we drew a number 2 reservation at volta thats crazy 3,000 miles!!!

  • @MattSchellenberg
    @MattSchellenberg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the fun waterfowl facts!

  • @dakotahfulmer2129
    @dakotahfulmer2129 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the facts

  • @cfoutdoors243
    @cfoutdoors243 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great mounts and stories. My most memorable was my first tundra swan.

  • @preston8859
    @preston8859 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @nategaris3457
    @nategaris3457 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great info. Awesome mounts! Thanks for sharing.

  • @RN1986DSDC
    @RN1986DSDC 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ve been to Gardnerville before. It’s good to hear I’m not the only that has that happen lol. Thanks!

  • @crmac4826
    @crmac4826 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @crmac4826 ปีที่แล้ว

      What I meant is I'm getting the Ross mounted.

    • @MidValleyMercenaries
      @MidValleyMercenaries  ปีที่แล้ว

      By all means copy it

    • @crmac4826
      @crmac4826 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MidValleyMercenaries thanks

  • @escubasteve
    @escubasteve ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video enjoyed every part of it!

  • @flanker0761
    @flanker0761 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @jhettgomez8294
    @jhettgomez8294 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @tgood1985
    @tgood1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great collection!! Thanks for sharing

  • @teaganjordan9743
    @teaganjordan9743 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video was sick

  • @spookytuesday17
    @spookytuesday17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could you do a video about how you prep a bird to be sent off to a taxadermist?

  • @HighPrairieSportsmen
    @HighPrairieSportsmen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great collection Titus! When is one of them oldsquaws going to be up there haha?

    • @MidValleyMercenaries
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks! It’s gonna be a few months. Taxidermist has it just waiting for my turn

  • @ksoutdoorsports
    @ksoutdoorsports 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That Pintail is sweet. Nice displays!

  • @user-wm9dp7nd6m
    @user-wm9dp7nd6m 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video I wish you success and continuity ... I was pleased when I saw you in one of the videos of Fowl Assassins channel

  • @RDReynoldsOutdoors
    @RDReynoldsOutdoors ปีที่แล้ว

    Heck of a video.

  • @brooksembry3130
    @brooksembry3130 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope to have most of these on my wall one day!

  • @comiccory2477
    @comiccory2477 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man. That’s awesome. I’m getting a spoon done soon

  • @ryanaverette7606
    @ryanaverette7606 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job man

  • @louisianaoutdoors9823
    @louisianaoutdoors9823 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @benschmokel6350
    @benschmokel6350 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That pintail is sick!

  • @luis.a.diazvazquez5015
    @luis.a.diazvazquez5015 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool collection man one of this days I will have my place like that too

  • @english_pointer
    @english_pointer 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super cool facts and mounts

  • @alpeshgardenig6255
    @alpeshgardenig6255 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video very nice dukh 👍👍👍

  • @jeremiahhardy8938
    @jeremiahhardy8938 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man! I love that pose. Your mallards will look great like that

  • @wolfncrows1013
    @wolfncrows1013 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gonna get my first mallard mounted. Gonna do the hen and drake flying together

  • @marioa3277
    @marioa3277 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome stuff and I really enjoyed the facts thanks

  • @calebvidrine9505
    @calebvidrine9505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    if you ever come to Louisiana hit me up

  • @rafaelbarriga8090
    @rafaelbarriga8090 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really quality vids big ups to you for doing some side research just brings everything together👊🏻

  • @calebvidrine9505
    @calebvidrine9505 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you better not go to that lake in Louisiana down south it was just turned private

  • @jackoff8919
    @jackoff8919 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The one I can remember was the first duck I shot (drake mallard) and my first pintail which is rare around here.

  • @CalSprigs
    @CalSprigs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Make up brush, never thought of that thanks!

  • @duckdays9451
    @duckdays9451 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @Guntlevlogs
    @Guntlevlogs 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing collection you have there!!! I hit that red button for you!!

  • @logan-mercer6045
    @logan-mercer6045 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @nathancabral9838
    @nathancabral9838 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was awesome.

  • @ryanfedock4057
    @ryanfedock4057 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vid!! Keep it up!

  • @pboutdoors756
    @pboutdoors756 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was probably the best video I’ve ever seen on TH-cam loved the facts I have a big red head mounted and about to get a woodie mounted too good luck on ur hunting adventures!!!

  • @quacksnracks4433
    @quacksnracks4433 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @LandonKing9
    @LandonKing9 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a wood duck mounted also nice collection

  • @jblue495
    @jblue495 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @MidValleyMercenaries  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I harvest & consume and film & photograph. Love doing both

  • @argosbassfishing582
    @argosbassfishing582 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got my first snow goose today

  • @michaelprevost1229
    @michaelprevost1229 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job

  • @logan-mercer6045
    @logan-mercer6045 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in Nunavut !!

  • @jeremyfranks9587
    @jeremyfranks9587 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any advice for where to start in doing your own mounts?

  • @larryross5737
    @larryross5737 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do more taxidermy collection videos

  • @user-dy8pe3ow4f
    @user-dy8pe3ow4f 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Лучшее качество , из того что я видел!

  • @beaudye833
    @beaudye833 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @morganyoder4277
    @morganyoder4277 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. It would be cool to learn how to taxidermy birds.

    • @MidValleyMercenaries
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks. We have a series on out channel how to do just that. Check it out

  • @jacobwatt299
    @jacobwatt299 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is your favorite duck to kill out of a mallard, wooduck, pintail, redhead, or canvasback

  • @jsg5227
    @jsg5227 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Time for an update

  • @jonathanhall7328
    @jonathanhall7328 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @MidValleyMercenaries  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @faithroyer9105
    @faithroyer9105 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @theflyingdutchmanlofts4527
    @theflyingdutchmanlofts4527 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm into ornithology and hunting so this is the video fer me haha. You got a new sub

  • @jdkirane7990
    @jdkirane7990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should talk about how to do the taxidermy

  • @jaakkot9661
    @jaakkot9661 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! Wow, Finland! That’s crazy man thanks for watching and congrats on the greylag that’s awesome

  • @buckruboutdoors101
    @buckruboutdoors101 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @yz450f555
    @yz450f555 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just shot a Euro widgeon last week! Gonna be my first mount

    • @MidValleyMercenaries
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow that’s awesome! Congrats

    • @yz450f555
      @yz450f555 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MidValleyMercenaries thank you! Definitely going shoot Grasslands a msg

  • @bassingbasics6621
    @bassingbasics6621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Need more of these man! Awesome collection 👊

  • @cafowler559
    @cafowler559 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done sir

  • @CarlosHernandez-sn8hg
    @CarlosHernandez-sn8hg 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    HI sir ,Im a new subscriber on your Chanel and i have been watching some of your videos ,this one it very nice and helpful explanation about waterfowl ,actually i found where to buy a posters of waterfowl like one you show in the video,great job and very interstings all your videos,GOD BLESS YOU.

  • @tylerdouglas5182
    @tylerdouglas5182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love the video! got some ideas now! waiting on my banded pintail to get done!

    • @MidValleyMercenaries
      @MidValleyMercenaries  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tyler Douglas Thanks man! Congrats on the banded pintail

  • @benragsdalemusic1697
    @benragsdalemusic1697 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is your best video!!