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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.

2023-2024 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.

2023-2024 every posted day (60)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph	River cfs
10-28	369	87	31/41	8	370
10-29	415	87	34/38	7	386
10-30 *	317	79	26/42	6	389
10-30 *	317	79	26/42	6	389
10-31	312	82	24/40	11	334
11-01	207	73	19/47	6	284
11-02	290	77	32/61	7	257
11-03	254	87	46/63	11	242
11-04	201	86	37/55	0	231
11-05	338	90	31/67	2	226
11-06	207	59	48/73	2	219
11-07	176	68	40/74	5	212
11-08	166	63	52/71	1	206
11-09	177	78	33/60	1	190
11-10	188	88	30/54	5	180
11-11	161	89	28/53	5	176
11-12	138	85	38/66	7	177
11-13	100	62	31/70	1	177
11-14	123	57	31/68	5	178
11-15	101	65	41/71	6	175
11-16	122	56	41/61	9	172
11-17	230	78	30/58	6	176
11-18	209	99	28/63	2	183
11-19	173	89	33/56	3	178
11-20	322	79	42/48	6	183
11-21	249	87	33/45	6	193
11-22	148	97	25/48	2	190
11-23	175	100	31/50	8	191
11-24	322	101	27/35	10	192
11-25	287	102	21/38	4	191
11-26	322	100	21/36	6	205
11-27	295	91	17/36	4	211
11-28	131	76	11/37	2	207
11-29	250	70	22/51	2	199
11-30	332	87	39/54	5	195
12-01	420	90	34/41	9	310
12-02	244	106	35/38	1	688
12-03	219	102	35/40	6	565
12-04	185	87	34/43	2	571
12-05	245	69	25/40	9	542
12-06	241	87	21/49	7	429
12-07	136	56	39/65	10	346
12-08	176	97	44/60	2	303
12-09	266	115	33/47	7	362
12-10	129	117	25/43	6	396
12-11	119	88	27/47	2	313
12-12	126	61	25/40	6	272
12-13	112	51	28/47	4	242
12-14	117	59	25/54	2	228
12-15	165	78	42/53	3	220
12-16	366	122	38/45	6	221
12-17	140	103	36/51	5	229
12-18	242	84	20/37	11	234
12-19	132	75	19/45	8	232
12-20	131	65	35/54	6	214
12-21	149	100	49/56	5	206
12-22	222	103	50/54	3	205
12-23	155	100	48/57	2	220
12-24	156	78	51/59	10	273
12-26	258	127	32/38	11	7,020

* Posted more than once for this day, or no hunter count. Shown as posted, left out of totals.

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.