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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.

Ted Shanks by season

Season	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
2021-2022	56	6,541	4,601	1.42
2022-2023	54	10,135	4,305	2.35
2023-2024	58	12,845	5,284	2.43
2024-2025	51	8,945	4,558	1.96
2025-2026	57	5,219	3,527	1.48

Per hunter is total ducks divided by total hunters for the season. 4 posted records are left out because MDC posted more than one for the same day or gave no hunter count.

2021-2022 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	27	2,969	1,984	1.50
25 to 35°F	62	11,936	5,425	2.20
35 to 45°F	99	16,103	8,334	1.93
45 to 55°F	66	10,306	5,167	1.99
55°F and up	22	2,371	1,365	1.74

By morning wind, all five seasons

Wind	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Under 5 mph	97	13,182	7,462	1.77
5 to 10 mph	99	15,739	8,173	1.93
10 to 15 mph	62	11,226	5,248	2.14
15 mph and up	18	3,538	1,392	2.54

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 Pittsfield Penstone Airport, about 20 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.

2021-2022 every posted day (56)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph
10-30	156	70	43/57	9
10-31	0	64	39/56	13
11-01	110	60	37/44	2
11-02	76	56	31/49	5
11-03	57	52	28/50	1
11-04	74	66	27/52	2
11-05	70	59	31/53	5
11-06	87	69	36/62	6
11-08	62	52	48/73	9
11-09	28	33	49/63	3
11-10	96	61	47/66	3
11-11	130	79	44/59	15
11-12	159	69	36/45	16
11-13	192	79	34/38	9
11-14	171	77	28/45	18
11-15	85	71	28/61	9
11-16	56	56	34/68	4
11-17	151	58	42/64	9
11-18	165	73	25/43	11
11-19	123	87	21/46	6
11-20	124	99	41/59	9
11-21	80	90	33/59	3
11-22	138	99	24/38	5
11-23	123	83	23/52	8
11-24	139	93	40/61	15
11-25	230	104	23/52	15
11-26	113	95	19/40	4
11-27	117	106	30/56	4
11-28	145	100	26/45	9
11-29	85	78	27/58	8
11-30	87	70	32/51	4
12-01	84	70	41/60	7
12-02	72	52	40/66	9
12-03	52	55	38/65	2
12-04	63	105	35/49	4
12-05	97	102	34/59	10
12-06	190	94	20/46	17
12-07	193	103	20/30	9
12-08	185	86	28/44	8
12-09	225	93	35/63	11
12-10	160	97	33/62	6
12-11	288	123	34/62	18
12-12	122	115	32/52	9
12-13	100	93	35/54	8
12-14	96	67	35/61	5
12-15	84	73	59/73	13
12-16	128	91	28/65	13
12-17	66	87	26/38	3
12-18	136	118	26/38	12
12-19	89	103	21/35	0
12-20	83	84	27/47	8
12-21	103	107	23/46	2
12-22	72	90	22/40	2
12-24	74	94	45/71	12
12-26	192	101	32/55	7
12-27	158	90	37/61	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.