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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.

Montrose by season

Season	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
2021-2022	54	397	393	1.01
2022-2023	58	1,742	1,053	1.65
2023-2024	46	1,122	373	3.01
2024-2025	59	1,048	744	1.41
2025-2026	Nothing published

Per hunter is total ducks divided by total hunters for the season. 2 posted records are left out because MDC posted more than one for the same day or gave no hunter count.

2022-2023 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	13	244	145	1.68
25 to 35°F	69	2,098	977	2.15
35 to 45°F	68	1,231	824	1.49
45 to 55°F	45	606	466	1.30
55°F and up	22	130	151	0.86

By morning wind, all five seasons

Wind	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Under 5 mph	55	1,090	659	1.65
5 to 10 mph	84	1,747	1,040	1.68
10 to 15 mph	65	1,143	691	1.65
15 mph and up	13	329	173	1.90

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 Clinton Memorial Airport, about 15 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.

2022-2023 every posted day (58)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph
10-22	18	7	63/84	13
11-05	57	20	39/57	17
11-06	39	12	45/66	6
11-07	20	6	45/61	12
11-08	19	21	48/63	8
11-09	9	8	59/81	10
11-10	8	10	41/79	14
11-11	44	17	28/41	16
11-12	29	14	21/32	11
11-13	33	10	16/41	2
11-19	45	20	16/37	13
11-20	38	23	14/45	7
11-21	45	16	32/57	12
11-22	18	13	32/61	6
11-23	21	11	34/61	8
11-24	33	14	39/55	1
11-25	41	20	28/55	7
11-26	6	22	25/54	2
11-27	18	15	32/46	11
11-28	25	13	27/57	5
11-29	8	4	27/68	18
11-30	69	21	21/39	9
12-01	50	25	19/48	9
12-02	25	23	36/61	19
12-03	45	33	21/36	6
12-04	24	34	27/46	2
12-05	17	18	41/48	6
12-06	24	28	39/45	9
12-07	24	11	41/50	0
12-08	12	13	46/52	6
12-09	24	28	30/50	9
12-10	45	24	34/46	3
12-11	37	27	36/43	6
12-12	18	16	37/46	11
12-13	40	18	43/57	11
12-14	26	27	32/45	9
12-15	71	24	30/37	15
12-16	84	31	27/36	17
12-17	89	41	23/34	11
12-18	100	34	12/39	0
12-19	43	17	32/43	9
12-20	45	26	25/34	10
12-21	37	15	23/41	8
12-22	6	9	-6/36	20
12-23	0	2	-6/9	14
12-27	0	5	5/39	11
12-28	0	4	37/63	17
12-29	0	6	45/72	16
12-30	0	10	28/48	6
12-31	17	21	28/63	6
01-01	32	19	32/64	2
01-02	28	37	41/68	7
01-03	12	15	37/61	13
01-04	16	15	36/48	13
01-05	30	21	28/43	12
01-06	15	13	21/52	0
01-07	42	24	30/41	13
01-08	21	22	28/45	1

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.