Teal hunting doesn’t have to be gear-intensive. A few decoys, a spinner, a gun, and bucket apiece was all we had to carry on the long walk in. We set our buckets in some tallish weeds and put the ...

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 ...

It was just last year that the Department of Natural Resources launched a trial teal season in Minnesota. It was met with approval by most waterfowl hunters so a second early teal season was recently ...

For the first time in nearly 50 years, Minnesota duck hunters were granted a special early teal-hunting season, which opened Saturday at sunrise statewide. The season is allowed for three years under ...

Arkansas duck hunters are getting a crack at some early birds now that teal season is open. The season started Sept. 15 and runs through Saturday. Teal, especially blue-winged teal, are the first ...

ERIE — What a difference a year makes. Or, for that matter, even a day. Opening morning of waterfowl season, which is for Canada goose and teal ducks only, found me in a panel blind on a pothole in a ...

Teller County is not exactly overflowing with water, but we do have a fair amount of lakes, ponds and rivers that attract some waterfowl. Teal are a smaller-bodied group of ducks with striking colors ...

Today marks the start of teal and dove hunting seasons in Iowa. Nate Carr, a conservation officer with the Iowa DNR, says non-toxic shot is required and guns must be restricted to hold no more than ...

Mother Nature is certainly taking her time to bring in some much-wanted cooler weather. I've been waiting patiently for a dinner of braised teal ducks or perhaps mallards slow-baked in a black-iron ...

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 ...

Duck hunting seems to draw two emotions from hunters. Either they are hardcore enthusiasts who live to see birds circling ...