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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.

2025-2026 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.

2025-2026 every posted day (61)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph
10-25	68	25	54/66	6
10-26	66	25	53/58	9
11-01	98	77	43/52	5
11-02	65	65	35/54	1
11-03	72	61	34/64	8
11-04	61	52	40/70	4
11-05	96	47	46/74	7
11-06	134	49	46/69	8
11-07	74	50	49/76	11
11-08	54	56	45/72	1
11-09	155	68	28/51	18
11-15	194	58	55/76	12
11-16	115	64	41/66	8
11-17	99	51	37/63	5
11-18	86	51	60/76	13
11-19	61	50	48/57	9
11-20	209	61	50/58	6
11-21	174	71	57/67	4
11-22	164	94	50/59	9
11-23	130	101	45/59	3
11-24	188	89	46/56	8
11-25	195	107	50/64	3
11-26	179	115	39/50	17
11-27	375	135	32/47	9
11-28	355	146	31/42	5
11-29	314	157	37/46	11
11-30	430	158	25/41	8
12-01	368	137	25/31	6
12-02	387	125	25/33	9
12-03	335	132	26/32	7
12-04	393	123	23/33	11
12-05	221	110	19/40	1
12-06	319	151	28/47	2
12-07	327	153	36/48	0
12-08	352	126	29/42	9
12-09	302	134	29/41	13
12-10	330	161	29/56	13
12-11	229	126	25/47	2
12-12	230	142	29/45	9
12-13	191	165	22/38	4
12-14	138	146	12/25	13
12-15	70	90	14/36	8
12-16	190	91	33/49	8
12-17	192	118	37/56	4
12-18	242	121	35/59	15
12-19	240	141	25/46	7
12-20	182	159	30/55	10
12-21	175	158	34/50	10
12-22	98	158	30/54	2
12-23	251	129	55/72	11
12-24	236	141	57/75	6
12-26	300	159	54/77	12
12-27	246	177	52/66	2
12-28	361	200	33/73	19
12-29	341	179	22/33	15
12-30	209	168	19/41	3
12-31	159	165	26/55	5
01-01	151	172	28/55	4
01-02	192	162	34/39	10
01-03	102	197	27/44	8
01-04	96	170	23/44	2

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.