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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.

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	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.

2022-2023 every posted day (54)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph
10-29	146	63	32/66	0
10-30	61	59	49/55	0
10-31	139	55	45/64	1
11-01	130	57	39/72	0
11-02	58	53	39/75	0
11-03	57	57	55/76	8
11-04	175	40	64/81	16
11-05	323	71	46/66	19
11-06	316	71	45/65	3
11-07	200	50	41/58	4
11-08	170	55	38/63	2
11-09	153	53	54/80	1
11-10	110	59	47/77	11
11-11	352	80	29/46	14
11-12	301	79	29/32	9
11-13	224	82	26/37	1
11-14	254	74	22/42	4
11-15	242	85	33/37	0
11-16	338	83	27/33	11
11-17	316	87	23/41	6
11-18	279	75	19/29	14
11-19	309	106	19/32	14
11-20	133	90	15/40	1
11-21	195	79	26/55	11
11-22	165	82	26/59	2
11-23	227	94	38/62	0
11-24	365	110	43/51	0
11-25	356	101	31/55	1
11-26	257	111	29/55	2
11-27	275	105	42/50	11
11-28	232	77	37/51	2
11-29	207	87	30/66	14
11-30	203	85	25/34	15
12-01	191	88	18/41	1
12-02	229	94	40/61	10
12-03	199	110	20/47	6
12-04	162	117	20/43	0
12-05	161	88	29/51	0
12-06	124	86	41/48	0
12-07	73	69	42/53	0
12-08	140	61	39/44	0
12-09	193	95	39/47	7
12-10	66	112	37/44	0
12-11	158	102	34/39	0
12-12	161	94	32/38	0
12-13	219	89	32/50	6
12-14	97	93	35/54	2
12-15	254	103	32/37	7
12-16	274	113	28/34	16
12-17	102	118	22/28	10
12-18	48	109	16/30	9
12-19	3	23	18/35	0
12-20	13	18	23/38	1
12-21	0	8	21/30	0

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.