Duck Hunting Public Land | DNR Interrupts Our Hunt 

Here in New Hampshire I’ve had our fish and game offerers patiently wait for a flock of geese to either commit or flair before checking on us as not to disrupt our hunt. Nothing but absolute respect for the men in green where I’m from. Sorry you guys don’t have the relationship with your dnr

Another nice video! You hit the nail on the head, those guys were crushing a lot of great transitional habitat on the edge of the slough. As a pheasant hunter, I would be inclined to find out who they were and WHY they thought they needed to do that.

Here is MN it is illegal to operate a ATV, UTV or OHV below the Ordinaary High Water elevation of waters of the state unless it frozen. 20 years ago a purchased a ATV to drive down to my lakeshore for ducking hunting and was told real fast that I can't do that (along with a nice little finacial contribution to the state). Is there a double standard here?

It is very frustrating when the DNR mosey around during your hunt...but that thing looked pretty sweet, not gonna lie lol solid video!!

Nice video. Just came back from a duck hunt. The whole gulf had frozen up so nothing to do.

I would be worried about the game wardens too if I was hunting with you 😂 "teal out front...wait that's a wigeon. Spoonies....wait some kind of big diver. Mallards!...oh those are pintail"

They are smashing down the treated phrag in an effort to clear it out.

The misses looked like you shot behind them

Why call the dog off the birds? I am usually in moving water so I send the dogs asap

Cleaning your lenses is way overdue....

This is what they do it's to much power shouldn't be allowed it's harassment

Assuming public land you were hunting on. Your voice is only one of many hunters and outdoors people. I appreciate the DNR and all the opportunities they give me as an avid waterfowler and resident of MN. I recommend educating yourself on what they were actually there for. They are called biologists not game wardens.

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So where are the thighs and legs, or do you waste edible part while complaining about your DNR?

Typical dog guys. Have no idea how to hunt. “Sit sit.” He really told his dog to sit instead of shooting pintails coming right over. This is why nobody on the eastern shore hunts over dogs. Because the people who train dogs are so annoying to hunt with it hurts to watch.

NOBODY can F things up like the government!!!!

Don't you know MN DNR owns everything and all land and water is their personal playground. I've lived in multiple states and MN DNR is by far the worst DNR I have ever encountered.

That’s a marsh master. No idea what they would be doing out there, the wild life department usually uses them for control burns and fire fighting up there

Wassup Thomas. I can't believe DNR would interrupt your hunt. They prob didn't know your were there enjoying riding around in the tax payers gift. You all should have invited them for breakfast. LOL. I had a friend with me one morning and I heard him say we have some company. I couldn't see and told my friend. He added must be a squirrel hunting he's wearing a blaze orange toboggan. When he paddled so I could see this person had a full face covering orange toboggan, paddled right up to us and started talking and asking if we'd seen or gotten any. Then my friend asked a strange (.I thought anyway) question. He asked if if " squirrel hunters" name was so n so. While I didnt recognize our new company, I sure recognized the name my buddy asked and instead of answering, he peeled that toboggan off. Our visitor was one of our local game wardens out hunting squirrels and I bet for gold laying on bottom of creek or in flooded areas like our spot. He had no luck hunting either around our spot. Thanks for sharing as always.

Here comes the Pirates! Get your wallets out boys time to pay those tax collectors. Remember these are the people that really care about the environment.

Great video. at Around 1:23 the spread looks good but its so calm, a jerk string or better yet some splashers/swimmers or something help a lot on days like that, even cloudy days. Sometimes I bring rocks to throw to make ripples😂. Great video my man, never had a chance to hunt the east coast. ETA: maybe not for the Canadas though, I forget about those due to them not coming down here the last few decades.

Problem: wildlife wardens are actually anti-hunting. It upsets most of us when you are sitting in your blind surrounded by decoys and wild bird trying to land and the Warden drives out in the middle of the field to check licenses and Mag capacity during prime time.

It's funny how I get checked a lot, and then when I run into the outlaws during the off season they show me the pics of their over the limit corn fed ducks. Thanks DNR!

SW Michigan ice fishing old clam igloo Me and. 3 kids under 12. Shanty had name and address on all 4 sides huge letters. Crappie just started evening bite Here come some idiots on snowmobile running circles around shanty, kids screaming thought they were going to run us over, Officers beating on shanty yanking on door zipper was frozen, kids all scared , We had 3 perch and 2 crappie they ruined our fishing for the night

Never underestimate the governments ability( and willingness) to eff things up.

There is nothing right about interfering with a man’s hunt. If you want to check for license and limits do it at the truck not in the field!

If you're hunting on state land the game warden will say things like "my woods" as he's interrupting your hunting to check licenses. That's why they don't hesitate one bit about interrupting your hunt. AGFC does it on every WMA because in their minds it's their land not ours. 😉

You pay the state for a hunting license To hunt then the morons drive around and chase the game away What a joke these game wardens really are

Classic DNR move, ruin your hunt then leave! I've heard about them watching hunters shoot over their limit and then nail them on the way out! If they're so concerned about the species surviving then why watch people shoot over their limit, stop them immediately at that point.

Those are a couple of special privilege positions, not everyone can get a job as those two have, I just love getting up to go to work, so those guys can have a easy perks PAYCHECK 😁

My God, if that would be you or I using a vehicle like that in a wetland our asses would be locked up and force us to go bankrupt!

Even in the 70's as kids hunting and trapping and fishing we were basically terrified of the MN DNR- It's great to live out in the wild west where there's a lot less badge-heavy game enforcers sneaking around- Great hunt/video-thanks for posting

Love that spot! Nice to see all that water. It's just pretty darn dry in Kansas.

Damn conservation will do anything they can to give you a ticket here in Missouri. If they can’t find anything on you it seems like they get pissed off. They want you to be doing something wrong so they can write some tickets

I feel better seeing you miss sometimes great video as usual

No bells and whistles, just solid hunting content. I click on your videos every time I see a new one. 🤘

"Listen to all those chickens." Solid reference.

It seems to me like they thought you were having too much fun and wanted to break up the hunt. There is a good chance they wanted to hunt that spot themselves and wanted you guys to leave. Unfortunately there are some good wildlife officers but also a lot of left will extremist animal rights wildlife officers that just go around harrassing officers. We had a situation years ago where a wildlife officers kept harrassing my buddy and I. It was later determined he wanted to hunt the farm we were hinting. We threatened to press charges so they transferred the officer to another district. He should have been fired.

We need wildlife officers or we wouldn't have game but here where I live in Ohio there are so few deer we all run to the door because it's rare to see a deer in this area. This is not because of coyotes or poaching. It's because of giving out too many tags because of insurance companies. It's the government's deer until you hit it then it's the insurance companies so they allow hunters to kill them all. We need a year or two where no hunting is allowed in the whole state of Ohio to get the deer herd back on track. Of course the won't do that because the don't wants the millions in revenue from deer tags. It's all about the money!!!!!

We used to deer hunt a N.W.R. every year for the deer rifle hunt. The federal wardens would walk through the woods with NO ORANGE and check people in their deer stands!

Is there a reason your mostly pass shooting? Didn’t see much attempts to work birds in the hole.

Nice! Sorry I keep asking, but where in MN do you hunt? Just wondering because idk if we hunt near each other. P.S. I have the same gun as you!

those werent game wardens, those were biologists. the people who manage the marsh youre hunting. id venture to guess the water there is pumped onto the wetland and they utilize moist soil management which is an extremly intesive style of wetland managment that requires a lot of work and a lot of infrastructure. They likely were out there to check or change water control structures or pumps in order to ensure that the water was there for you to hunt it. Unfortunately, every once in a blue moon, they might mess up somebodies hunt in order to do that. They might put some track marks through some cover, or they might intentionally destroy cover because its unproductive from a duck food standpoint in order to make more room for duck food. Cattails make great hunter cover but theyre virtually usless to a duck. These people are scientists who have devoted their life to wildlife managment and I promise they know what theyre doing. Next time that happens I highly encourage you to go talk to them and ask questions and educate yourself because there was likely a very valid reason for what they were doing.

Make sure that good dog some of the rewards

When I saw the thumbnail I thought the DWR would be busting the guys in the swamp machine but come to find out it was them driving all over screwing up the habitat!!!

Department of Natural Revenue

If you were ridden around on one of those would you be in trouble 🤔🤔 ticket citizens for doing things they do 🙄🙄🙄

Great video man! I get Excited every time you post something I just have to come check it out right away!

If the DNR drove around for 1/2 hour,,, isn’t that hunter harassment,,, charge them

At 3:50 and 7:50 you walk out to retrieve the ducks rather than sending the dog. Why?

Why not press hunter harassment charges against them ? Your video is evidence , they obviously didn’t check your licenses or verify your duck haul !

I really enjoy ur videos & just keep ‘em coming;)! But I gotta tell ya, my back hurts just from watching you guys STAND damn near the entire hunt lol! You should invest in a TideWe 360 degree hunting chair, a Marsh chair or just a regular camo colored folding chair! If I had to choose, I’m going with the TideWe 360 degree for $140.00. Just wait till u get older, you’ll be investing in a chair pretty quick & in a F’N hurry lol!

Harassing others

The only thing I will say even remotely good about my home state Pennsylvania. The Game commission officers are always superbly respectful. If they see you and you’re not doing anything wrong while actively hunting they leave you alone. Also have had complaint calls where they warned adjacent property owners of hunter harassment. Lmao as for the wildlife in my state what a joke.

In the west there a lot more friendly and respectful the southern thing needs to be stoped

Logohunter is the man🗣️🗣️

Back in 60s we had a jerk always messing with kids . He moved up to Michigan UP We laughed when we heard he got dynamited up there don’t know if story was true but we always smiled talking about it

The only thing I see wrong is tent camping over tarp and hammocks but I guess you can stay warmer with less with all your farts trapped up in one place 😂

Probably mapping on gps all the phragmites clumps to come back and spray later,very common here they spray-roll and then burn it all

Nice hunt till the Sorry DNR showed up just riding around and Destroying the Habitat. Enjoyed it Mr.Thomas

I don't mind the wardens until they get in the way of chasing cripples and then ask why you lost it.

I could smell that duck a cookin'

Hmm...fish food?

Hey hole you prob have been asked this a million times but what is the best choke for hunting like this?

New to the channel but i love the content.

A friend of mine also calls duck's right after shots fired.I laugh every time

Now that’s eating!!!

More then likely driving the fire line/ scouting for a precribed burn.

What Tactacam are you using?

Don't you support the blue?

Love the video!

Great video.

Why didn’t the guy let his dog pick up one of the ducks you killed?

Don’t have to give location but what state are you hunting?

Try understanding their job...they are there for a reason. You should be happy they're there.

They’re not wasting tax payers dollars. If they weren’t around could you imagine the poaching that would happen. You don’t get checked that often, all good boys.

CLICKBAIT!!!

Every single time y’all spoke about the law enforcement officers I lost a little more respect. Mabye they had something they were doing… assuming they were just out there for no reason is kind of silly. Lost a subscriber today. (Not that you care)

PLEASE TALK LESS, YOU TALK CONTINUOUSLY

I can’t be sure from this footage but that looks like a spray crew, out to control invasive vegetation like Phragmites australis. That’s the habitat restoration our hunting license fees are for, and the reason we have quality habitat to hunt in. It is frustrating, but some of these treatments have to be done in the fall to be effective. I used to do this job for a pond/lake management company. Those guys are out there working hard doing a physically difficult and somewhat dangerous job. I’m sorry that it disrupted your recreational hunt, but their job has to take priority over your fun.

Loving the content man!!

You Water swatters should learn to identify the ducks you are shooting... the "large diver" duck was a hen redhead it looked like not a spoonie as you said.

Marsh masters are very common, my brother runs a private company the contracts for my states habitst management. People doing that in most cases are the reason marches stay healthy and are a very important part of habitat management in my state. Likely they are mowing certain percentages of weeds for plant water use so water levels are kept at levels where geminating seed production is high, or they could be doing invasive species management. A hole slew of things, I wouldn’t say ruining the habitat, when you don’t know what they are doing. Annoying to be interrupted but could be a very very important work they are doing so you even get to hunt ducks there.

Marsh Masters are excellent machines for wetland/moist soil management. I would not say they were ducking around wasting money. There are a plethora of things they could be doing. I am a wildlife biologist, but I work for the private sector. I hate seeing DNR getting reviled because people don't understand what they are doing. Thomas, it's not a good look. I suggest you take the time to talk to the DNR and ask them what they are doing out there this time of year. They are hard working people. We all should be grateful for them managing our natural areas for us to enjoy. Nice looking area.

If I were you, I’d file a formal complaint with the MN State Attorney’s office. Destruction of public marshlands, interruption of your hunt, etc. Hold them accountable!

You need to shoot some skeet

So the DNR or biologist out doing their jobs and people cry about it. I’m sure they said to each other “hey, I hear shooting let’s go ruin these guys hunt” Nice ID job on those birds. Didn’t get a single one right on the wing. Leash the dog, unsafe to have a break dog in the marsh/blind

lol......

Don't kno what choke tube u are using But try a ic or skeet Might help u hit more birds

Confusing teal with a goose damn near 😂

Gorgeous setting to hunt in.

They would have left if you started shooting...

Nice to know you have no respect for game wardens. I guess that is what gun owners/hunters are all about.