The green-winged teal holds the distinction of being the smallest North American dabbling duck. Often weighing less than a pound, the hen greenwing is overall a drab, unassuming, mottled brown.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 78th-annual spring breeding duck survey conducted in May showed an index of about ...

Green-winged teal are later migrators than the early-departing blue-winged cousins that kick off migration of waterfowl ...

The mallard population in those areas climbed by 8 percent and wigeons by a whopping 55 percent. Green-winged teal numbers were up 20 percent since 2023, and the scaup population jumped by 16 percent.

They love spinning-wing decoys more than a country boy loves Hank Williams. Consistently locating teal is the key. Over the years, I my buddy Joe Weimer and I have found different ways to target ...

Green-Winged Teal, Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp, U.S. Department of the Interior Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more ...

Green-winged teal are later migrators than the early-departing blue-winged cousins that kick off migration of waterfowl southward. Still, the surge in greenwing numbers is a good sign for hunters.

Green-winged teal numbers in 2024 were 20% above 2023 numbers and 38% above the long-term average. Blue-winged teal have experienced a decline, though. According to the report, ...

Early Canada goose hunting runs from Saturday, Sept. 7, to Sunday, Sept. 15, and early teal (blue-winged and green-winged) hunting is Saturday, Sept. 7, to Sunday, Sept. 22.