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Five seasons of area totals.

What MDC published for each managed area, 2021-2022 through 2025-2026. Whole-area numbers only. MDC does not publish blind or pool history, so this is each area as a whole, not a spot within it.

Fountain Grove by season

Season	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
2021-2022	60	11,098	5,340	2.08
2022-2023	56	4,378	1,261	3.47
2023-2024	58	12,341	4,915	2.51
2024-2025	59	12,923	5,395	2.40
2025-2026	59	6,369	3,802	1.68

Per hunter is total ducks divided by total hunters for the season. 2 posted records are left out because MDC posted more than one for the same day or gave no hunter count.

2021-2022 day by day

Every row shares the same dates, so read straight down. Gaps are days MDC did not report, not zero-bird days. Tap a season in the table above to switch.

By morning temperature, all five seasons

Temp	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Below 25°F	21	1,467	1,161	1.26
25 to 35°F	64	9,635	4,123	2.34
35 to 45°F	99	19,444	7,791	2.50
45 to 55°F	72	11,411	5,444	2.10
55°F and up	26	2,745	1,139	2.41

By morning wind, all five seasons

Wind	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Under 5 mph	115	16,574	7,863	2.11
5 to 10 mph	143	23,888	10,433	2.29
10 to 15 mph	32	6,439	2,329	2.76
15 mph and up	2	208	88	2.36

By river trend, all five seasons

River	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Falling	115	19,071	8,334	2.29
Steady	126	18,539	8,756	2.12
Rising	51	9,499	3,623	2.62

Falling or rising means the river moved 10% or more over the three days before the posted date. River is Grand River near Sumner, MO, about 5 miles from the area. It is a river reading, not the water level in any pool, and MDC controls pool water with pumps and gates.

These tables describe past days. They are not a forecast, a small day count means a shaky number, and one thing lining up with another does not mean it caused it. Temperature and wind are from Chillicothe Agri-science Center, about 16 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.

2021-2022 every posted day (60)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph	River cfs
10-23	14	25	44/64	7	313
10-24	23	12	50/71	6	4,350
10-30	206	100	41/63	3	27,700
10-31	229	108	42/58	10	14,500
11-01	229	76	36/45	1	7,790
11-02	207	73	30/49	0	4,830
11-03	165	83	26/51	1	3,360
11-04	129	63	31/53	3	2,600
11-05	88	83	38/60	6	2,160
11-06	143	99	39/68	6	1,870
11-07	137	94	46/71	8	1,660
11-08	89	52	49/71	6	1,510
11-09	81	37	54/68	6	1,380
11-10	140	64	56/71	6	1,280
11-11	174	101	46/55	10	13,700
11-12	297	79	36/47	13	40,100
11-13	292	97	34/46	6	21,900
11-14	299	87	39/49	8	10,100
11-15	208	63	41/67	7	6,310
11-16	123	73	42/73	5	4,470
11-17	194	92	41/66	8	3,450
11-18	191	85	26/47	9	2,850
11-19	156	85	24/51	6	2,430
11-20	127	111	41/58	6	2,110
11-21	219	94	33/61	4	1,880
11-22	195	68	29/45	1	1,710
11-23	209	77	31/62	6	1,570
11-24	268	110	40/63	8	1,480
11-25	252	107	19/39	9	1,420
11-26	276	130	20/50	8	1,370
11-27	263	126	38/68	2	1,330
11-28	231	120	33/53	4	1,290
11-29	171	64	32/65	7	1,260
11-30	169	68	34/53	1	1,230
12-01	205	71	38/64	4	1,200
12-02	139	53	51/73	1	1,160
12-03	152	79	38/66	2	1,130
12-04	165	126	36/51	8	1,100
12-05	197	119	40/64	9	1,080
12-06	245	95	21/38	10	1,030
12-07	200	102	25/41	7	983
12-08	261	94	24/49	1	944
12-09	309	76	38/64	7	925
12-10	288	102	37/65	9	908
12-11	300	117	30/49	9	906
12-12	228	123	28/56	11	898
12-13	191	77	30/55	5	890
12-14	202	77	36/69	6	872
12-15	126	63	45/76	19	866
12-16	211	95	26/48	9	841
12-17	222	112	23/43	8	827
12-18	209	115	22/38	9	812
12-19	155	120	18/37	6	808
12-20	157	108	26/48	8	814
12-21	130	85	18/47	6	803
12-22	120	99	20/50	8	775
12-23	151	100	40/60	11	743
12-24	151	101	46/72	10	738
12-26	190	115	29/61	6	771
12-27	0	110	33/62	9	807

About this data

Source: Missouri Department of Conservation, Waterfowl Harvest and Hunting Updates (area daily totals); weather: NOAA GHCNh station observations. Pulled 2026-10-13.
MDC does not say whether its date is the hunt day or the day it posted the report. We show it as posted.
No species breakdown and no teal season numbers are published.