The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reduced the length of the special September teal season to nine days in 2025.
Iowa law requires a nine-day teal season to open on the first Saturday in September, which is Sept. 6. This also ensures two full weekends were available for hunting and matches the migration chronology of blue-winged teal. Iowa’s 2025 September teal season dates are Sept. 6 to 14.
Hunters are reminded that if they hunt migratory game birds that they are required to register for HIP annually, either through the Go Outdoors Iowa app on their smartphone or through a link at www.iowadnr.gov/waterfowl. Migratory game birds include doves, ducks, geese, coots, woodcock and snipe.