skimerhorn
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Anybody have any tips for teal? I got a spot in can hunt them now, this will be my first year trying for them
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Get good at on-wing species identification if you are hunting a dedicated "teal only" season. Body size of teal is quite small compared to mallards, but nearly equal to woodducks and do I dare say, coots. Teal flight habits, wing flap speed and coloration all help in this endeavor.
2 season's ago, a marsh I was hunting was holding about 50% teal and 50% wood ducks. Very tricky to tell the difference especially at first light. Game warder waited at the parking lot and handed out a half dozen tickets or so. Don't let it scare you, but do some scouting and if you know the area is heavy with woodies be cautious. That's the only year in the past 10 years I can remember having a large population of woodies in the area during teal season.
As for decoys, a dozen hen mallards and a hen Mojo will do wonders. Make sure not to "flock shoot" or you'll never hit a thing. Make sure you're picking specific birds out... easier said than done with the excitement.
Have fun. Eat em. They're amazing.
One of my best college memories is getting a 6 man limit in under 15 minutes and still being able to make it to our 8:30 AM class... of course we didn't go to class... but we could have made it is the point ha.
Take lots of ammo. They are fun little buggers to shoot. Early season they usually decoy in very well. I've had them come in so fast before that they landed in my decoys before I could even get my shotgun up.
Its amazing to watch them land in your spread right before legal light.
Seems like they always want to land 10 minutes early, doesn't it?