"If it wasn't for the teal, our opener would be poorer,'' said Fred Froehlich of Nicollet, a veteran of more than 40 Minnesota duck seasons. "And I'd take a limit of blue-winged teals any day of ...

Blue-wing teal, by contrast, swim away and ... • Wood ducks — the drake of which is prized for its spectacular plumage — are the second-most abundant duck in Minnesota waterfowlers' bags in ...

“Teal season is essentially six bonus hunting days for waterfowl hunters outside of the regular duck season where you can shoot teal only,” Carr says, “so we’re talking about blue wing ...

Many blue-winged teal will start their migration movement in early September. By the time the traditional waterfowl season opens in late September, many of our local teal are gone.

The annual U.S. Fish & Wildlife survey shows the first overall increase in nationwide duck numbers since 2015, but blue-winged teal didn't fare as well as some other species ...

Texas' 2024 teal hunting season runs Sept. 14-29, but the 2025 season will be cut to nine days due to a dip in blue-winged teal population numbers. Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

On the upside, those conditions tend to improve hunting prospects for puddle ducks such as mallards, pintails and blue-winged teal. Duck production at Thief Lake WMA was good this year, the ...

A cinnamon teal duck. ... Concern Score, placing them on the Yellow Watch List. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recorded 800,000 cinnamon and blue-winged teal taken by hunters each year.

However, there is a two-week period each fall when duck hunters get a reprieve from the worst of conditions and that is the early teal season running Sept. 10 through Sept. 25.