I Found the Mother Load of Mallards On the River! Such a Unique Hunt! (MUST SEE) 

haha....she gets pretty hyped!

Agree, I wasn't too hard on her. There were so many mallards all over the place. She's a high energy dog. It's tough to expect her to be perfect. She'll be fine

@@FreelanceDuckHunting Idk if it’s maryland or what but this years been terrible for killing any ducks. A few divers but that’s all that’s been here all season. How do i talk to people to find more land to hunt/ scout. Good video but i wish i could see this many ducks

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate your watching and your kind words.

It was a great hunt !

You are an incredible marksman and conservationist. Thank you for looking after your piece of the world, and for such incredible footage of you and your mates doing what needs to be done. Inspirational mate. p.s. watching your channel is like Xmas everyday.

Thanks so much!! I’ll keep it real!

Thanks 🙏

Wow, thank you

Thank you so much!

Glad it helped! There’s a saying, I’ve heard professional trainers use. It’s not a matter of if the dogs going to break. It’s a matter of when. All dogs have their moments. Glad this was helpful for you.

Thanks for the comment. Birds see trash around all the time. Not every non-natural color is worth worrying about.

Great job hope to see more

Thanks Mike. This hunt was two days before my heart attack. Crazy how things work sometimes.

That’s what I say to my wife every time we go to the airport with my 5 kids

@user-qy1mo6mq2t lmfao 🤣. Dude, I have 5 kids as well. 4 of which are girls. I'm right there with ya, brother. Lol.

What part of the Rio? I hunt it also

yeah, and i was so amped up and she was getting that vibe from me. I wasn't too mad at her honestly. She'll be fine

Thank you so much! Really appreciate the kind words!

​@@FreelanceDuckHuntingessas caçadas, seriam um sonho pra mim. Moro no Brasil e crio estás espécies de marreco. Não há marreco destas espécies selvagens aqui no Brasil. Um forte abraço

Thank you! She is an absolute beast! Those Flatlander Kennel dogs are the best of the best.

agree! Sand is a killer for semi automatics

Thanks 👍

Yes, this was Saturday evening and my heart attack was Monday morning. Thank God it didnt happen during this hunt. I might be dead.

yeah, she's fine. We were both just soooo excited!

Thanks 👍

Shotkam

yeah, she was over due for a break. She's good girl!

Yes it was!

Just more of the same bank/river

A lot of them were just barely out of range.

Thanks 👍

Both, it's low right now but those banks are always tall.

Many thanks!

I hunted this same place yesterday and we only shot 2. Birds just weren't there. I'm off to different places now.

Thank you for the input. It’s the first time she has broke in the last 3 years. She’s fine

Lode... looked it up and your correct. I have never heard of that lode = the original source of something. That's the first time Georgie has all out broken in a number of years. She'll be fine.

Yes indeed!

Federal 3's - Modified

I think your right. I said “get back” back is go for blinds. My fault not Georgies. Lets face it. She’s a better dog than I am dog handler. Lol .

@@FreelanceDuckHunting I trained labs and ran field trials for 10 years. The situation in your video is probably the most difficult for steady she will see while hunting. You were alone and you had live loud mallards flying close all around her. So I've seen rock steady dogs but they usually are very low energy and not fun to watch work. Many didn't have the exuberance to get through tough situations and gave up the hunt. On the other hand ......I've seen dogs that creeped bounced and whined half way to the bird in field trials. Very high energy!!! You can't hunt those dogs safely. You have a dog that is working with you and has an energy level that you can work with. She has alot of power and is fun to watch. Off season stay calm during training. Try steady platforms or mats. You can try a "place" command. Live birds gunners and calling farther away. Then move the situation closer as she steadies. If she gets over excited with that stop. Go run blind retrieves and take the energy out of her. Take a few days off and take her on walks and practice heeling then hunt em up..... heel hunt em up. Sit to the toss of a bumper. A few ideas off the top of my head. Goodluck!

They were landing on the sand bar on my side of the river. I think I probably could have sat on the opposite bank and had better shots.

@FreelanceDuckHunting The reason I ask is. I have a hunch that ducks when they're nervous will land on a steep bank more than a flat bank. But it's just a theises right meow... You probably think I watch just to pick at you. But I truly enjoy your videos. I have since you, your dad and Golden boy religiously would start a fire and warm up soup every hunt. It was your guys thing. The prayer has disappeared same as chasing green and the boys kinda stopped. Either way prayer or no prayer, soup no soup. You have taught me a lot and I enjoy the videos.

Thanks 🙏

It happens. High powered dogs are going to have their moments

What’s the problem? They don’t have a desire to retrieve birds?

Federal Steel 3's

@@FreelanceDuckHunting Which one then choke?

Modified choke

I’ve been waiting for that mallard x all season!

@@FreelanceDuckHunting You found it brother! God bless you!

Shotkam

@@FreelanceDuckHunting awesome thanks. First time on the channel. Love the content

@@ryanwiggins8643 thanks so much for watching!

Oh I do, Just didn't call that much in this situation. It didnt seem to be helping. Alot of it also got edited out of the video.

Ducklander Calls

Weatherby 18i. I love it! it’s a great gun.

@@FreelanceDuckHunting thanks!

Weatherby 18i

I'm not really sure. Only thing I can think is there were getting some invertebrates off the mud flat point they were wanting to be at. I thought about trying to move but it was obvious with patience I could get it done and that was the best hide option.

lol, it’s the @;&;@(&;;@ river

I think your right!

Thanks Dan! She'll be fine. I just need to control my emotions. I was so amped up and there were so many mallards flying everywhere she just couldn't handle it. I'm not too worried about it.

Thank you so much for the input Bruce. I'll probably talk about this on the next podcast. I have tried "nicing" Georige many many many times. It only makes the whining worse. On the Flatlander Kennel podcast I talked to both Chris Jobman and Chris Akin about the whinning issue. They both agreed there isn't really any fix for this issue and as you said they told me I can get worse and develop into a bark. With Georgie I don't think it will get worse than it is now. As you heard in the video it's not a loud whine. It's a whiny/whimper. I hate it but at this point trying to keep my emotions calm and say "quite, quite" is the only thing that helps at all.

@@FreelanceDuckHunting I had a rock star lab that was vocal he was a retrieving machine, steady, smart, but I had to retire him from the blind and then the line. You cant fix it, most trainers agree the dog doesnt even realize its doing it. I could tolerate Georgie's whine, but it sucks when your on a solo hunt and your dog breaks that is so hard to make a correction and its usually too late. Great spot and great hunt. Enjoyed it.

@@e.j.thorne3349 thanks man! I would be devastated if I had to retire G

Yes, this was two days before my heart attack. On the walk out I got so exhausted I laid on my cart for awhile. I was suprised at how difficult the walk out was. Now I guess I know why.

Thanks for the tip!

Haha

Yep, on both of them I said “back” my fault 100%

Agree 💯

@@FreelanceDuckHunting now for us it’s a lot more important bc of the gators in south Florida but man I made that mistake one time and she acted like a absolute fool off her ecollar😂

If you watch closely, right before it hits the water it recovers and flies off. I couldn't believe it didnt go down.

Haha,,, funny comment

Lol, very true. Right on by.

Before you can monetize you have to have a certain number of views and subscribers. Making money on RU-vid is not an easy thing.

@@FreelanceDuckHunting thanks, i know about this thing but i was confused that hunting channels doesn't meet monetization policy amd cant be monitized. So therefore i was asking

You are 100% correct. Here’s tomorrow’s video release. I talk about this during the video. It was my fault. Late Season Mallard Flocks Decoy Perfectly! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8nD-3ppZhlI.html

I've been thinking about that. When I want her to move back a couple feet I say "get back,,,get back" But when I send her on a blind I say "back" I said "move back" and she jumped over the log. Probably more my fault than hers.

I called some but it wasn’t helping so it was minimal.

whatever that means

Nah, trashed that sits around for long braids of time and birds are around that they get used to it. They see trash all the time.

Agree 100% , lesson learned

Yeah, it’s a constant battle with her

Most people have hunted enough to know that there are many factors that contribute to ducks decoying. No serious hunter is going to blame the decoys.