The stately greenhead rules with the duck hunting masses, but the blue-winged teal is the early bird favorite with Texas’ waterfowl crowd. Teal are always the first ducks to hightail it out of ...

This story was first published at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website. COLUMBUS – Ohio’s hunting seasons for squirrel, dove, Canada geese, teal, and more open in early September, ...

For waterfowlers across the Midwest, teal season marks the first crack at migrating ducks and the welcome return of another fall. Teal found in the Midwest are almost always blue-winged, green-winged ...

There’s not much difference between a knowledgeable teal hunter and an opportunistic one. You actually have to be a bit of both when hunting blue-wings during the early September season. Once ...

In historic first, blue-winged teal pass mallards as most abundant bird in Minnesota waterfowlers' bags The early teal season, which begins Saturday, has significantly increased the harvest of ...

COLUMBUS – Ohio’s hunting seasons for squirrel, dove, Canada geese, teal and more open in early September, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.

The Blue-winged Teal frequents open country with freshwater ponds and lush vegetation as well as marshes and lakes in the summer. In the winter it is also found in coastal grasslands, pools and ...

Teal key in on spinning-wing decoys, so you don't need to set a single floating decoy to kill early-season blue-wings this September.

Outdoors columnist Dennis Anderson joined the Star Tribune in 1993 after serving in the same position at the St. Paul Pioneer Press for 13 years. His column topics vary widely, and include canoeing, ...

Mortality: Blue-winged teal have the highest annual mortality of any of the dabbling duck species - as high as 65 percent. Long ocean migrations are thought to play a major role in mortality.

Hunting for blue-winged teal, a species that spearheads the great migration of waterfowl southward, has become an annual tradition for my family.

Along with the mild weather, another advantage to hunting blue-winged teal is that hunters can knock down the birds using any shotgun including a 28-gauge.