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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.

Otter Slough by season

Season	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
2021-2022	61	9,924	4,627	2.14
2022-2023	61	10,516	4,562	2.31
2023-2024	61	10,709	4,836	2.21
2024-2025	61	10,571	4,882	2.17
2025-2026	61	12,208	5,205	2.35

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	6	703	378	1.86
25 to 35°F	51	9,777	4,141	2.36
35 to 45°F	99	16,165	7,898	2.05
45 to 55°F	86	15,228	6,862	2.22
55°F and up	61	11,766	4,700	2.50

By morning wind, all five seasons

Wind	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Under 5 mph	79	13,170	6,305	2.09
5 to 10 mph	124	22,356	9,938	2.25
10 to 15 mph	68	11,550	5,256	2.20
15 mph and up	34	6,852	2,613	2.62

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 Malden FAA Airport, about 11 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	202	49	54/70	12
10-27	133	47	46/72	6
11-02	409	91	46/72	6
11-03	232	90	57/79	8
11-04	150	77	70/79	18
11-05	222	90	64/72	18
11-06	106	80	59/72	7
11-07	109	83	54/64	13
11-08	120	75	50/66	11
11-09	94	89	54/63	4
11-10	127	83	59/75	6
11-16	221	78	37/61	3
11-17	122	82	45/72	7
11-18	97	76	61/73	8
11-19	175	79	54/70	5
11-20	124	77	43/61	14
11-21	230	75	41/52	17
11-22	216	75	37/52	9
11-23	206	92	34/52	2
11-24	252	83	41/66	11
11-25	229	77	45/70	12
11-26	175	73	34/48	5
11-27	219	86	36/50	6
11-28	166	85	32/46	8
11-29	223	90	30/45	9
11-30	248	89	30/52	6
12-01	278	90	32/45	8
12-02	304	85	28/43	2
12-03	281	84	28/36	6
12-04	272	80	34/54	19
12-05	359	84	23/46	16
12-06	282	78	21/36	0
12-07	334	89	28/55	7
12-08	385	94	43/52	14
12-09	225	88	50/55	5
12-10	225	87	41/52	11
12-11	239	78	32/45	12
12-12	216	86	30/54	5
12-13	158	83	34/52	1
12-14	229	100	36/54	5
12-15	116	91	50/61	6
12-16	136	70	48/64	16
12-17	108	78	39/59	3
12-18	71	71	37/52	17
12-19	98	74	34/48	3
12-20	93	69	32/45	17
12-21	46	83	30/39	6
12-22	144	83	28/45	4
12-23	89	67	37/50	11
12-24	40	77	45/54	4
12-26	77	89	46/59	1
12-27	82	77	48/59	14
12-28	79	82	50/59	3
12-29	67	88	48/59	17
12-30	124	86	41/61	5
12-31	136	81	41/54	22
01-01	101	71	32/43	11
01-02	94	66	32/46	5
01-03	75	63	34/43	10
01-04	83	79	32/36	5
01-05	118	60	32/36	11

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.