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Why don't teal like south central/ southeast LA marsh?
Posted on 9/12/16 at 11:42 am
Posted on 9/12/16 at 11:42 am
Can anyone give me some kind of explanation to this? On my lease in Dularge we have phenomenal big duck seasons (all we shoot is gray ducks and greenwings but i'll take whatever I can get) but as far as teal season we never have jack sh$t, while southwest LA seems to always be loaded down with birds this time of year, it seems like the only place those blue rockets like down this-a-way is Venice. Does anyone have any thoughts as to why those birds just don't come to us in September? Marsh looks great, weather is still too hot, but rode the entire area saturday and may have seen 40-50 birds. not enough to even think about hunting, and thats every year
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Posted on 9/12/16 at 11:45 am to lbarfi1
Teal r generally very picky eaters. They tend to like vegetation in shallow ponds in rice fields and in fresh and brackish marshes more. Esp given the option. Doesnt mean they wont get in a salt marsh at all. But limited numbers of birds will congregate in the most desirable areas 1st.
Posted on 9/12/16 at 12:15 pm to lbarfi1
I imagine because rice taste better
Posted on 9/12/16 at 12:17 pm to lbarfi1
We have had some good hunts on on our lease on coast during early season. But they never stay long, I think the BW just stage there before heading to mexico. What's also strange is we rarely kill GW's in our freshwater marshes and have yet to kill a BW down south in salt marsh during regular season. But every year starting in late feb we have thousands that roost across canal from camp.
ETA: I think the water level and the habitat they utilize during regular season plays a big factor. All our "teal holes" are covered with lilies right now.
ETA: I think the water level and the habitat they utilize during regular season plays a big factor. All our "teal holes" are covered with lilies right now.
This post was edited on 9/12/16 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 9/12/16 at 3:53 pm to lbarfi1
Cause the rice fields are full of food. Why pass that up to go to a marsh.
It's that simple
It's that simple
Posted on 9/13/16 at 6:01 am to lbarfi1
Outside of this year, lots of people in SELA have really good teal seasons. It's not rice field good, but plenty of birds get killed.
This post was edited on 9/13/16 at 6:05 am
Posted on 9/13/16 at 7:52 am to lbarfi1
Salinity would be my guess.
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