New migratory bird regs in FL this year

[Dani]

Well, FWC has approved the migratory bird season. Due to the bwt population, the extra teal only days in our September season is being removed.

They have also upped the pintail bag from 1 to 3.

Are other states getting reduced days in their teal seasons this year?

 

[Kevin Layne]

Not us but we don't have a special teal season. We just get our normal 100+ day season for all ducks. The pintail limit going to 3 is going to be really nice on some days!

 

[Carl]

I seem to remember that teal season in other states would be 9 days this year??

 

[HenryHawthorne]

NC is going from 16 to 9 days for Sept teal.

 

[Jeff Reardon]

Are there any northern states that have an early teal season? We've never had one in Maine. I think we are also going to 3 pintail limit, which would exceed the total number of pintails I have shot in ~20 years of duck hunting. I did get one nice drake two season's ago, and an immature one a few years before that. I've only ever seen them in mixed flocks of birds decoying, usually with mallards.

 

[RM Anderson]

Minnesota has early teal. I seem to remember reading in DU magazine that the feds are giving states the option of reducing the length of season or reducing bag limits. I've never hunted early season cause it's usually too damn hot. Richard

 

[Ed L.]

We lost 8 days of early Teal but daily limit stayed the day at 6 here in Illinois.

 

[Clinton John]

I'm not even sure if LA has had their meeting yet.

Doesn't really matter anyways, they don't listen to anyone other then who is stuffing money in their pockets.

I will say this, Im not even sure we get enough pintails wintering in LA for us to even be able to shoot 1 per day. 20 years ago sure, now??? Hell I haven't seen a mallard in three seasons

 

[Brad Bortner]

Yes the special teal seasons are reduced due to the low count below the threshold for the longer season. The harvest strategy for the teal seasons is old and likely unnecessarily restrictive. The flyways and folks have been busy focusing on pintails and AHM modifications and haven't gotten to teal yet or scaup models. I hope they have the capacity to make the changes but there is a tremendous brain drain going on at present.

 

[Vince Pagliaroli]

There has not been a early Teal Season in NY for many years. The 3 Pintails a day will be welcome by many NY waterfowl hunters as they do stop and pass thru in decent numbers on their way to NC.

my 2 cents

 

[Tony hall]

Michigan has 9 day season for teal. Not sure what last year was. Where I hunt people get them it’s just usually to hot for me, plus kids football cheer eats my September/October

 

[jode hillman]

I'm not even sure if LA has had their meeting yet.

Doesn't really matter anyways, they don't listen to anyone other then who is stuffing money in their pockets.

I will say this, Im not even sure we get enough pintails wintering in LA for us to even be able to shoot 1 per day. 20 years ago sure, now??? Hell I haven't seen a mallard in three seasons

As far as I understand the data showed that Hunter harvest was not a significant driver in Pintail decline.

Not that there are actually more pintails,,But that hunting pressure was not making a difference on the decline.

Whether that warranted raising the limit to three I'm not quite sure.

I do know there was a large push from Pacific flyway especially California to get that in place.