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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.

Duck Creek by season

Season	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
2021-2022	61	9,187	5,876	1.56
2022-2023	61	7,837	4,592	1.71
2023-2024	61	10,522	6,607	1.59
2024-2025	61	9,983	6,117	1.63
2025-2026	61	12,366	7,069	1.75

Per hunter is total ducks divided by total hunters for the season.

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.

No river row here: no USGS gauge with daily records is clearly tied to this area's water.

By morning temperature, all five seasons

Temp	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Below 25°F	12	1,643	1,141	1.44
25 to 35°F	62	11,949	6,977	1.71
35 to 45°F	100	17,266	11,085	1.56
45 to 55°F	76	11,607	6,870	1.69
55°F and up	54	7,274	4,128	1.76

By morning wind, all five seasons

Wind	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Under 5 mph	112	17,015	11,322	1.50
5 to 10 mph	118	19,018	11,459	1.66
10 to 15 mph	59	10,270	5,601	1.83
15 mph and up	16	3,592	1,879	1.91

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 Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport, about 22 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.

2021-2022 every posted day (61)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph
10-23	51	24	47/62	3
10-24	32	23	56/81	11
11-06	203	57	30/60	0
11-07	150	49	32/65	1
11-08	101	45	35/71	4
11-09	102	47	39/65	4
11-10	99	36	43/69	3
11-11	100	49	42/64	10
11-12	134	47	37/57	11
11-13	107	45	30/49	5
11-14	97	50	34/60	7
11-20	117	55	34/55	3
11-21	86	55	39/58	1
11-22	86	44	29/50	6
11-23	81	44	26/51	3
11-24	173	74	33/59	13
11-25	215	79	28/56	6
11-26	182	86	23/42	4
11-27	150	82	30/56	6
11-28	164	85	30/60	6
11-29	127	49	27/55	2
11-30	193	77	37/63	4
12-01	127	77	41/65	4
12-02	120	69	39/78	7
12-03	75	67	38/72	3
12-04	209	121	44/61	11
12-05	174	123	48/67	2
12-06	295	96	31/66	17
12-07	235	99	27/39	7
12-08	201	103	27/50	2
12-09	193	100	35/57	10
12-10	248	124	55/72	6
12-11	287	162	28/66	16
12-12	146	142	25/51	4
12-13	171	116	26/57	6
12-14	109	95	37/63	3
12-15	145	112	58/64	12
12-16	193	104	46/64	12
12-17	165	118	42/48	8
12-18	184	167	34/56	14
12-19	158	147	28/41	9
12-20	92	107	24/44	1
12-21	110	127	28/53	1
12-22	146	159	27/44	8
12-23	69	138	27/54	9
12-24	101	135	52/65	18
12-26	212	162	45/65	8
12-27	96	110	54/72	12
12-28	121	130	51/69	5
12-29	175	128	42/56	10
12-30	147	143	45/53	4
12-31	134	153	50/66	4
01-01	178	95	37/61	4
01-02	266	176	26/34	13
01-03	128	103	19/34	5
01-04	168	109	24/37	9
01-05	272	101	32/49	12
01-06	150	66	17/30	9
01-07	47	73	14/22	6
01-08	145	145	18/46	7
01-09	245	172	27/49	16

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.