Teal arriving at Lake Managua by the thousands. The winter migration of Teal is hitting Nicaragua by storm this 2015 - 16 season.
Migration has started, although we only managed to get down some black bellie ducks, we saw a lot of Blue Wing Teal already. The following pics are from HUETE peninsula on the NORTH of Lake Nicaragua. You will notice how lack of rain has left it dry and rocky with small pond formations which work very well during the windy months and the ducks cannot RAFT in the middle of the lake... We are starting to Bait these little pond for upcoming groups. (which is a legal practice in Nicaragua.)
Dry conditions cause the water to puddle, making small ponds which the ducks love to play in, and stay off the rough waters of the main lake.
Sitting up a blind on the small islands, with a few decoys has proven to be a excellent way to get the teal to come in close.
Its good to have at least 6 hunters in a group to keep the birds moving good. You can set up two hunters at different ponds, so the birds can not set down on you.
What a great job we have. Scouting for the clients, and getting to kill some ducks while doing it. Well someone has to do it, might as well be us.
Some black bellie ducks we took while scouting out this area for upcoming clients. Love our job.
For those of you wanting to hunt in Nicaragua. Now is the time to get in. Its going to be a really good year. High volume of birds, weather is looking good, its going to be a good year. Dont miss it.
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