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  1. 08-15-2013, 01:21 PM #1
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    This will be my second year duck hunting and first year of hunting teal, only thing is I don't know anything about hunting teal. My big problem is I'm not sure what kind of habitat to look for in order to effectively scout them. Can anyone give me a body of water to start my search, and perhaps a few pointers on what to look for. I am by no means asking for someone's spot (I know most duck hunter's spots are more secret than most military secrets), rather a good starting point so I can put in my own work. Thanks for any and all help you can spare.
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    http://www.ducks.org/hunting/hunting...for-early-teal
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    Start in any river near the coast with accessible marshes or broken rice fields.

    They do not decoy.

    Paticular flight patterns. Set up 50 yds from their line of flight, and you will be watching them buzz by all morning just out of range.

    Learn about SAVs, find benefical SAVs, and you will find the teal
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    The best tip I can give you is..........don't shoot woodducks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catdaddy View Post
    The best tip I can give you is..........don't shoot woodducks.
    Or mottled ducks
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    Duck season is close this year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Murray View Post

    They do not decoy.
    HUH?

    Are you going to try for a nomination to the DNR board next?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Waterfowler View Post
    Or mottled ducks
    or shovelers...

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    Teal is a low-saturated color, a bluish-green to dark medium, similar to medium blue-green and dark cyan. It can be created by mixing green with blue into a white base, or deepened as needed with a little bit of black or gray color.[3] The complementary color of teal is coral.[3] It is also one of the initial group of 16 HTML/CSS web colors formulated in 1987.
    The first recorded use of Teal as a color name in English was in 1917.[4]

    Teal Blue
    About these coordinates Color coordinates
    Hex triplet #367588
    sRGBB (r, g, b) (54, 117, 136)
    Source Bravo9.com, Plochere
    B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Murray View Post
    Start in any river near the coast with accessible marshes or broken rice fields.

    They do not decoy.

    Paticular flight patterns. Set up 50 yds from their line of flight, and you will be watching them buzz by all morning just out of range.

    Learn about SAVs, find benefical SAVs, and you will find the teal


    explain that fine piece of bullshit to us duck commander...
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    Yep.

    No need to even bring decoys.

    They respond very well to calling though...
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    Quote Originally Posted by sftull View Post
    Duck season is close this year.
    What's it close to?
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    Teal hunting will make you cool!! know dat!! And they decoy very well actually.

    Honestly.. Scout, identify, kill. Its that simple.
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    They already came through! They are gone.
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    They also don't care for boat blinds or camo...air horns are a plus
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    Camo shirt, khaki shorts, flip flops for clothing

    find some shallow water

    find some teal

    put out a few decoys

    kill the piss out of them

    go home and eat them
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catdaddy View Post
    The best tip I can give you is..........don't shoot woodducks.
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    Thank y'all very much all your help and advice is greatly appreciated!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catdaddy View Post
    The best tip I can give you is..........don't shoot woodducks.
    Quote Originally Posted by Waterfowler View Post
    Or mottled ducks
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    or shovelers...
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    Doesn't NC have a law that you cannot hunt early teal west of 17? That is an excellent idea
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