Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis), the smallest species of dabbling duck found in North America, handsomely standing out with contrasting rusty colored head and vivid emerald green facial markings outlined with thin tannish stripe. Breeding drake green-winged teal small tufts on the backs of their necks. White vertical stripes are visible on the sides of their vermiculated chests. Eurasian, or Common, Green-winged Teal (A. c. crecca) drakes lack this feature but have a horizontal stripe consisting of their tertial feathers. The 2 subspecies otherwise appear identical. Other useful identification characteristics are diagonal creamy stripe on each side of the tail and green specula, which are readily seen in flight. Both sexes have similar gray bills, but the hen displays a lightly lighter shade than the drake and may be mottled. The legs match the somewhat dappled tan plumage on their stomachs.
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Arkansas Duck Hunting
Arkansas duck hunting camp experience on one of the state's most coveted properties. Location, location, location - smack in the middle of a 6,000- acre federal sanctuary, the area literally swarms with ducks daily.
...read more- Exclusive property surrounded by federal sanctuary holds many ducks for the entire Arkansas duck hunting season.
- Predominately mallards, pintail, gadwalls, green-wings and more
- Spacious, covered blind holds up 8-10 guns is very easily accessed with short, dry walk. Leave the waders at home!
- Large, deluxe 4-suite lodging
- Excellent home-cooked meals provided
- Located 30 minutes from Bastrop, 1 hour from Monroe, LA
- Corporate group rates
Rate: $650 day -
Kansas Duck and Goose Hunting
Big Kansas Outdoors delivers high-energy, action packed Kansas duck and goose hunting in Central Kansas. It's the kind of waterfowl hunting for which Kansas has become famous.
...read more- Dry-field and wetland hunts for ducks and geese
- Waterfowl-only and waterfowl-upland combos
- Value-priced packages include lodging and meals
- Full-time scouts find the active feeds, full-time guides make it happen
- Within a day’s drive for most of the US
- As featured on The Grind and Heartland Waterfowl
Rate: $1,800+ (3-day waterfowl-only) -
Kansas Duck Hunting
Kansas Duck Hunting at Carter's Big Island Hunt Club is about mallards and more mallards. This is Kansas mallard hunting over water at its finest.
...read more- Mallards, mallards, mallards
- All-day duck hunts or until limits
- Lodging and meals not included
- Private, family-owned properties
- Flooded green-timber reservoir
- Flooded grain-crops (corn, milo, millet)
- Pitblinds, sled blinds
Rate: $850 day -
Louisiana Duck Hunting – Coastal Marsh at Venice
Never more than 3 steps away from the duck blind - Inclusive package for individuals, families, and corporate groups that want to cast or blast (or cast and blast) while living it up like cajun kings.
...read more- Coastal Louisiana duck hunting, inshore or offshore fishing, perfect Cast & Blast
- Premium lodging and excellent chef-prepared meals featuring regional specialties
- Spacious lodge sleeps up to 18
- Accepts booking 1-18+ (no mixed groups)
- Excellent early blue-winged teal hunting (September), regular duck season November-January)
- Plus inshore and offshore fishing
Rate: $500/day -
Mexico Duck Hunting Mazatlan
Mexico duck hunting Mazatlan ("honeymoon duck hunt") is the South-of-the-border duck hunting experience that surpasses all others.
...read moreMexico Duck Hunting Mazatlan is the easiest duck hunt you’ll ever get your wife onboard with because she’ll have just as much fun. Win-win duck hunting vacation as ever existed.
- Honeymoon duck hunting, non-hunting spouses enjoy it as much as hunters!
- January through mid-March (Valentine’s Day always sells-out first!)
- Resort hotel lodging, guaranteed great views (choose your own reservations and amenity levels while booking directly)
- Over 15 trophy duck species including Cinnamon Teal
- Generous 25-duck daily bag limits
- Many fun non-hunting activities
Rate: from $3,420 -
Mexico Duck Hunting Nayarit
I invite you to experience authentic Mexico duck and dove hunting at its very best. INCLUSIVE Mexico Duck Hunting Nayarit Combo is genuine yesteryear Mexico duck hunting
...read moreAvailable only through GetDucks.com, the Nayarit Mexico duck hunt combo package represents superior bang-for-the-buck value and is truly inclusive, including everything but flying into to Mazatlan and the ammo you shoot.
- Includes everything but flying into Mazatlan and your ammo. That’s it!
- Morning ducks, afternoon doves, 6 hunts, generous limits
- Prized species include blue-winged teal, cinnamon teal, green-winged teal, northern shovelers, black-bellied whistlers, fulvous whistlers, more.
- Minimum 4 hunters, maximum 6, exclusive groups only.
- Best, most authentic meals in Mexico.
Rate: $3,990 INCLUSIVE -
Mexico Duck Hunting Obregon
Mexico duck hunt combo for real duck hunters. All-day hunts for broad variety of Central Flyway and Pacific Flyway duck species.
...read moreMexico duck hunting combo in Obregon is an action-packed “real duck hunters duck hunt” for ducks, doves, options for trophy bass fishing and quail.
- Trophy duck species for nearly all Central and Pacific flyway species to include cinnamon teal, Mexican mallard, more!
- Generous bag limits
- Elegant and Gambel’s quail, trophy largemouth bass fishing options
- Premium, 9-bedroom estancia and unequalled guest services
- Featured – Wildfowl, World of Beretta, MOJO TV, Outdoor Life, NRA Hunter, more
Rate: $4,880 (4-day hunt) -
Mexico Duck Hunting Sonora
Mexico Duck Hunt package is intended for private groups of 4-7 hunters.
...read moreMexico Duck Hunting Sonora Combo was developed at the request of many repeat clients who wanted to enjoy morning Mexican duck hunting, afternoon dove hunts, with their own exclusive groups.
- 4-night, 3-day packages, January-February
- For private groups of 4-6 hunters
- Morning duck hunts, afternoon dove hunts
- Premium, 4-bedroom estancia, all bedrooms with ensuite facilities
- Excellent waterfowl species selection
Rate: $4,080 (3-day hunts) -
Mississippi Duck Hunting – Tallahatchie Hunts
Mississippi duck hunting at its very best in fabled Tallahatchie County
...read moreSuperior combination of friendly, experienced guides, comfortable private lodging, and excellent Mississippi duck hunting on some of the most coveted duck hunting properties in Mississippi.
- Guided Mississippi duck hunting
- High-success rates, easy hunt access
- With or without lodging
- Huge southern breakfasts provided daily
- Afternoon hunting options deer, rabbits, quail
- Convenient to Memphis airport and non-hunting attractions
Rate: $350-500 -
Missouri Duck Hunting
Missouri is usually where many mallards hang out until until hard water and snow cover finally drives drive them further south.
...read more- Greenheads, gadwalls, green-wings, pintails and specklebellies
- Rice, beans, flooded timber. Properties most rested week-days
- 3-day packages include lodging, home-cooked meals, guided hunts
- Comfortable blinds
- For 4-8 guests. Solo hunters welcomed (share bind)
- November through early January
Rate: $1,500 for 3-days
Green-winged Teal during the breeding season take advantage of Alaska, most of Canada, and down into the northern half of the United States. Commonly found along river deltas, this species will breed in dense vegetation, where they may also forage. They also use woody or burned areas and use the weedy vegetation as cover. The expansive area used by Green-winged teal during the wintering period follows along the west coast of Canada, the west coast of the Unites States (and the southern half as well), and down into the majority of Mexico. During this time, this species will choose any type of shallow wetland where it is common to see them foraging in flooded rice fields.
The Green-winged Teal’s diet depends on seeds and aquatic invertebrates but truly are not picky and will eat what is available. As with many other ducks, this species will feed in shallow waters or agricultural fields, however, they also take advantage of foraging on mudflats and probe the ground in search of any invertebrate close enough to the surface.
Green-winged teal are a common bird in North America and have doubled the long-term average for their species since 2015. Currently it is estimated that there are 4 million breeding individuals.
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