Teal hunters in Texas and the Central Flyway will again see a nine-day season in 2026 after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2025 waterfowl population status report showed another decrease in blue ...

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 you find ...

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 their ...

Teal season is the kick-off to duck season. Because blue-wings typically arrive in earnest in late August and early September, it’s a chance for waterfowlers to shake off the rust after months without ...

TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced that this year’s teal hunting season starts on Saturday and lasts till Sept. 29. According to TPWD, hunters should be happy ...

The inclination today is to dress up this column in reader-friendly terms and headline it, "Five takeaways from this weekend's continuing teal hunt 'experiment.' " But that would trivialize the ...

Like most Minnesota duck hunters Saturday, Vern Starke will be counting on blue-winged teal to help fulfill the season's opening day. Besides offering what is perhaps the best-tasting meal of any duck ...

Among the smallest and most widespread puddle ducks, teal are found all over the world. They are surface and shallow-water feeders that prefer small marshes and ponds, sheet-water, and any other ...