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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.

2024-2025 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.

2024-2025 every posted day (59)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph	River cfs
11-02	98	63	44/65	4	590
11-03	209	67	59/68	9	951
11-04	63	54	61/68	6	1,160
11-05	159	58	50/66	7	2,530
11-06	121	58	41/59	2	2,180
11-07	114	57	37/55	3	1,520
11-08	117	68	38/58	1	1,300
11-09	195	69	51/58	9	960
11-10	126	79	40/61	7	744
11-11	174	64	39/64	3	607
11-12	115	55	39/58	6	551
11-13	136	68	48/55	5	561
11-14	175	61	39/58	7	501
11-15	51	74	37/65	1	486
11-16	84	71	48/61	9	615
11-17	96	68	54/61	3	651
11-18	193	50	57/67	9	551
11-19	196	63	49/60	8	562
11-20	346	78	39/51	8	1,020
11-21	402	79	34/44	10	1,640
11-22	291	85	32/45	6	1,250
11-23	354	99	30/54	2	892
11-24	273	93	46/65	7	745
11-25	386	84	39/53	11	630
11-26	329	90	25/47	3	550
11-27	348	93	36/43	1	494
11-28	266	104	31/43	9	450
11-29	352	105	22/39	8	413
11-30	405	111	31/52	6	390
12-01	289	112	n/a	4	376
12-02	6	94	n/a	5	359
12-03	210	62	n/a	6	342
12-04	331	95	31/54	8	325
12-05	195	83	n/a	8	318
12-06	0	99	n/a	9	288
12-07	284	110	n/a	9	296
12-08	388	168	n/a	10	302
12-09	341	104	n/a	1	325
12-10	372	102	n/a	6	331
12-11	423	110	n/a	12	328
12-12	185	94	n/a	8	314
12-13	90	109	15/37	9	258
12-14	362	109	34/43	8	330
12-15	242	113	37/50	5	947
12-16	263	95	31/54	7	1,280
12-17	240	101	29/49	0	1,100
12-18	262	106	31/44	6	866
12-19	232	96	29/55	10	683
12-20	278	111	22/31	10	564
12-21	78	114	20/39	2	478
12-22	47	85	25/49	9	381
12-23	198	112	35/48	5	367
12-24	190	113	30/36	5	387
12-26	343	117	39/51	4	397
12-27	153	192	41/51	4	399
12-28	152	111	34/47	2	403
12-29	136	107	39/49	4	424
12-30	149	88	36/46	7	446
12-31	310	115	32/38	10	597

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.