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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.

2023-2024 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.

2023-2024 every posted day (60)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph
10-28	233	61	37/43	8
10-29	249	59	35/42	9
10-30	269	62	26/39	10
10-31	300	58	26/39	13
11-01	211	61	25/46	4
11-02	220	64	33/61	8
11-03	205	47	42/66	12
11-04	189	68	39/62	3
11-05	189	68	33/67	3
11-06	195	56	52/71	13
11-07	120	58	41/74	5
11-08	113	54	53/77	9
11-09	172	72	38/56	4
11-10	159	72	30/52	6
11-11	139	77	27/53	4
11-12	161	67	37/62	7
11-13 *	127	55	34/67	5
11-13 *	127	55	34/67	5
11-14	131	65	31/64	7
11-15	142	62	39/70	7
11-16	205	76	42/66	8
11-17	236	83	31/61	13
11-18	133	84	26/56	3
11-19	164	93	31/60	1
11-20	257	74	43/50	8
11-21	263	94	40/46	12
11-22	193	94	36/46	5
11-23	219	109	35/52	7
11-24	315	97	30/38	10
11-25	241	98	27/43	3
11-26	366	98	30/35	6
11-27	271	91	23/35	7
11-28	178	84	15/31	4
11-29	244	80	28/58	8
11-30	300	87	41/56	9
12-01	333	113	39/46	6
12-02	219	117	37/40	1
12-03	280	112	33/43	11
12-04	213	98	36/45	5
12-05	337	105	37/41	10
12-06	220	103	30/46	6
12-07	226	106	38/66	8
12-08	229	103	49/60	10
12-09	273	137	36/55	10
12-10	305	131	26/38	10
12-11	202	95	24/48	7
12-12	264	107	31/44	9
12-13	217	103	29/47	4
12-14	184	101	28/58	5
12-15	161	109	37/60	7
12-16	275	121	40/49	9
12-17	302	118	35/42	8
12-18	364	116	22/35	19
12-19	197	115	17/39	7
12-20	185	97	31/53	6
12-21	193	112	43/53	6
12-22	148	121	47/53	6
12-23	117	127	48/58	4
12-24	150	120	46/62	11
12-26	269	124	35/43	11

* Posted more than once for this day, or no hunter count. Shown as posted, left out of totals.

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.