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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.

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.

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.

2024-2025 every posted day (61)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph
10-26	89	27	52/69	11
10-27	46	17	42/70	6
11-02	157	52	45/69	6
11-03	162	61	54/76	6
11-04	126	46	70/77	14
11-05	59	40	65/71	13
11-06	56	53	56/71	8
11-07	58	47	51/66	12
11-08	73	45	48/65	9
11-09	71	52	54/59	6
11-10	114	56	51/76	6
11-16	81	54	37/59	5
11-17	74	48	40/70	0
11-18	57	46	61/73	9
11-19	74	40	51/69	7
11-20	72	48	41/60	10
11-21	102	39	38/51	15
11-22	124	49	35/52	7
11-23	95	52	30/47	0
11-24	77	49	34/66	5
11-25	102	47	42/67	9
11-26	90	54	30/48	3
11-27	92	57	35/47	4
11-28	182	75	30/47	10
11-29	127	77	27/45	9
11-30	164	97	29/49	5
12-01	432	136	32/47	6
12-02	330	108	26/40	3
12-03	378	104	22/35	2
12-04	347	113	32/53	15
12-05	419	125	20/47	15
12-06	311	118	18/36	2
12-07	234	130	23/53	5
12-08	320	131	43/50	12
12-09	316	115	49/54	3
12-10	168	110	39/52	12
12-11	267	124	28/44	10
12-12	231	128	24/52	6
12-13	184	130	31/48	5
12-14	246	146	39/51	3
12-15	120	148	48/58	6
12-16	260	126	43/63	15
12-17	119	111	35/56	3
12-18	146	133	38/52	14
12-19	148	136	30/47	2
12-20	108	139	30/42	17
12-21	132	172	26/38	4
12-22	140	171	23/42	3
12-23	107	144	38/48	8
12-24	150	147	43/49	3
12-26	127	147	47/54	4
12-27	148	154	48/56	9
12-28	148	155	48/55	2
12-29	204	143	46/58	10
12-30	94	124	36/57	2
12-31	197	146	38/52	19
01-01	216	170	30/45	11
01-02	123	151	29/46	2
01-03	155	170	33/45	8
01-04	204	186	28/35	4
01-05	230	98	28/35	10

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.