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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.

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.

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.

2023-2024 every posted day (61)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph
10-21	75	29	44/88	7
10-22	22	13	47/72	3
11-04	261	63	48/71	7
11-05	158	63	49/69	6
11-06	101	53	50/77	10
11-07	99	57	59/79	6
11-08	165	50	62/74	15
11-09	123	48	47/66	13
11-10	114	58	42/67	3
11-11	95	56	38/54	8
11-12	79	52	35/63	4
11-18	199	65	35/62	5
11-19	108	57	30/58	1
11-20	233	57	47/54	8
11-21	147	66	41/52	11
11-22	134	70	33/53	5
11-23	151	86	29/58	2
11-24	127	77	36/51	12
11-25	244	106	30/48	8
11-26	250	97	29/47	7
11-27	233	79	26/48	6
11-28	169	57	26/43	6
11-29	229	80	25/58	9
11-30	333	102	32/56	5
12-01	391	107	40/59	3
12-02	293	154	35/48	5
12-03	280	155	41/57	7
12-04	266	116	32/51	10
12-05	221	106	32/56	9
12-06	196	115	36/46	5
12-07	182	108	33/56	11
12-08	142	117	44/59	10
12-09	151	163	45/61	7
12-10	177	139	27/50	11
12-11	176	116	24/51	2
12-12	162	109	25/57	1
12-13	183	141	30/55	7
12-14	196	127	33/58	5
12-15	176	140	33/57	3
12-16	192	169	43/51	6
12-17	175	158	30/48	3
12-18	173	116	26/46	9
12-19	151	120	20/41	3
12-20	155	135	28/53	3
12-21	108	132	27/54	2
12-22	121	135	43/58	4
12-23	142	147	51/62	5
12-24	113	133	46/65	7
12-26	250	155	32/48	8
12-27	196	155	35/48	7
12-28	159	146	34/42	8
12-29	134	154	36/41	9
12-30	111	162	30/50	7
12-31	139	158	30/46	8
01-01	242	151	34/37	11
01-02	105	145	27/40	3
01-03	122	117	25/49	2
01-04	173	117	24/41	11
01-05	148	125	24/37	4
01-06	206	171	36/42	5
01-07	166	152	30/49	9

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.