Opening Hunt

     This past sunday, I made my first debut in the duck blind of the 2012-2013 season.  I was so thrilled to be back in the blind with my dad after an offseason that seemed to have lasted forever.  Although we're just in teal season, It is still very similar to the regular duck season which opens in November.  Teal season is the preseason of duck hunting.  The first birds to migrate back south from Canada are a species called teal.  There are blue-winged teal and green-winged teal, we mostly kill blue wings but a green wing will come up every now and then in teal season.  Another difference between teal season and the regular duck season is that the limit in teal season is altered from 6 ducks per man to 4.
     I woke up bright and early sunday morning around 5 o'clock looking forward to a great hunt.  My dad and I  arrived in the blind and could hear the whistles from the teal, we also could see the dark blurs and hear the quick flutters of the teal's wings as they quickly buzzed over the pond.  I kept checking the clock on my phone, highly anticipating 6:29, which happened to be legal shooting time on that morning.  It was finally that time, and the blue wing slaughter began.  Our limit of 8 teal was reached very quickly and we had a great time obtaining that limit for the first time since last January, when duck season ended.  We had a very fun hunt, and had a great kickoff to the season!