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Post by meateater on Aug 17, 2023 9:33:49 GMT -5
i enjoy duck hunting but would never consider myself a experienced duck hunter, basically i can tell a mottled duck from a teal when there flying by me but a teal from a wood duck or any others i would just be guessing. heres my question ,,,, do teal live in south florida year round, i have been seeing small groups of 4 to 10 birds last couple weeks and a huge pile of them this week at a glades wma while helping look for a buck. do some migrate or what i have been seeing are resident birds or early migrators.
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Post by joekat46 on Aug 17, 2023 10:04:47 GMT -5
Hunted them often in OH and KY. Always a special early fall season. Always heard they migrated into South America. Never saw one after October. Bet you're seeing migrators. This is their traveling time. If you aren't allowed a wood duck mistake they can be real tough to quickly distinguish from a female woody. Good luck. Excellent eating.
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Post by meateater on Aug 17, 2023 10:12:02 GMT -5
thats exactly why i dont mess with teal only season , being able to positively id what im shooting. ,, that and its 100 degrees out.
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 17, 2023 11:27:19 GMT -5
A few migrators showing up meat. I have seen a couple pairs throughout the summer out there but I attribute that to healed up cripples or just a fluke.
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Post by cracker4112 on Aug 17, 2023 15:30:39 GMT -5
Migrators. I saw a big bunch in the gulf headed south on Tuesday.
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early teal
Aug 20, 2023 18:15:32 GMT -5
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Post by duckman on Aug 20, 2023 18:15:32 GMT -5
This is the time they first start showing up...
They migrate on photoperiod not weather...so it's the same approximate time every season.
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early teal
Aug 20, 2023 18:21:58 GMT -5
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 20, 2023 18:21:58 GMT -5
Are you seeing any numbers around Sébastien, Joe?
The west coast offshore is starting to trickle down.
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early teal
Aug 24, 2023 18:23:50 GMT -5
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Post by duckman on Aug 24, 2023 18:23:50 GMT -5
I saw a 8 pack moving down the IRL about a week ago...
I never really look till 3 - 5 days in front of opener...deal are here today and gone tomorrow. Some of these early ducks go to Cuba and the Carribean.
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early teal
Aug 25, 2023 17:26:57 GMT -5
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 25, 2023 17:26:57 GMT -5
Call Chet. Early teal season is now his bread and bite butter.
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Post by pinman on Aug 25, 2023 18:35:36 GMT -5
No Teal yet on the rice but plenty of Mott, BB and Fulv.....
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Post by duckman on Aug 26, 2023 4:38:44 GMT -5
Call Chet. Early teal season is now his bread and bite butter. That's a name that brings back memories 😄 I wonder where him and his 247 friends got off to now on the web... BB's are dead... |
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Post by duckman on Aug 26, 2023 4:40:41 GMT -5
And...I like Phil.
I met him I R L at the big B bar ranch fiasco...
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early teal
Aug 26, 2023 11:06:39 GMT -5
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Post by One Man Gang on Aug 26, 2023 11:06:39 GMT -5
We have hunted together some, but the regular duck seasons have been so lousy that I don't bother with it much anymore. Killing deer has become so much easier than finding enough ducks to bother with that I have morphed into a pseudo deer hunter.  I was supposed to be deer hunting today but I just got home from relocating a boat. I'll burn my permit and a ton of points just to hunt tomorrow morning with my son. On the bright side, I have enough flying fish from this trip from Tampa that I will have a big fish fry tonight. Nothing better than a flying fish sammich... except having a flying fish sammich while in a tree stand! |
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early teal
Aug 26, 2023 15:59:47 GMT -5
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Post by duckman on Aug 26, 2023 15:59:47 GMT -5
I'm hoping to go to Tennessee...I know a guy 😄
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Post by micciman on Sept 7, 2023 21:27:02 GMT -5
WD's usually fly higher and if they decoy they come in out of no where, fast. If you see them from a distance their heads are usually looking left to right, moving.
Teal are smaller but look big because of their long wings. They usually fly just above the water 5-10' or so. They will come in quick as well.
This is based on where I hunt.
Good luck.
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Post by richm on Sept 8, 2023 6:52:09 GMT -5
Been seeing a lot of BBWD in retention ponds and such, all paired up - are they hatching broods?
For me, teal always seem to be a low flying mass of confusion, up, down, up down, "ooh - decoys!" up and into the decoys. Love that.
Just can't get into early teal season, preferring cooler weather.
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Post by duckman on Sept 8, 2023 15:58:46 GMT -5
Been seeing a lot of BBWD in retention ponds and such, all paired up - are they hatching broods? Black bellies will nest 3 times a year in good habitat conditions. Me and my son seen fuzzy chicks scouting for opening day in November. |
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Post by cyclist on Sept 16, 2023 8:33:02 GMT -5
My buddy and I limited on wooducks this am. 2 drakes and 2 hens. Lochloosa swamps.
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Post by 4ward on Sept 16, 2023 10:42:41 GMT -5
My buddy and I limited on wooducks this am. 2 drakes and 2 hens. Lochloosa swamps. Awesome Pete, lots of activity for sure. Just iced a young buck that was already nose down on a doe. We are going to try the ducks in the morning. |
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Post by 4ward on Sept 16, 2023 10:53:52 GMT -5
Double post on bad shitternet
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early teal
Sept 16, 2023 12:17:43 GMT -5
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Post by cyclist on Sept 16, 2023 12:17:43 GMT -5
My buddy and I limited on wooducks this am. 2 drakes and 2 hens. Lochloosa swamps. Awesome Pete, lots of activity for sure. Just iced a young buck that was already nose down on a doe. We are going to try the ducks in the morning. Thanks! 4 shells for me...I never shoot that good. We saw maybe 15 and they were calling on the water at 830ish. Two small decoy spreads and several came in to them. Good luck tomorrow. |
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Post by 4ward on Sept 18, 2023 20:55:48 GMT -5
Awesome Pete, lots of activity for sure. Just iced a young buck that was already nose down on a doe. We are going to try the ducks in the morning. Thanks! 4 shells for me...I never shoot that good. We saw maybe 15 and they were calling on the water at 830ish. Two small decoy spreads and several came in to them. Good luck tomorrow. Well, I stayed on the deer for the weekend. Boys however, took a 4 man limit of woodies this morning before work. I wish I still had that much energy. |
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