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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.

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	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.

2024-2025 every posted day (53)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph
11-02	160	62	37/65	6
11-03	129	71	55/68	11
11-04	109	63	61/68	10
11-05	143	61	55/66	16
11-06	115	54	46/54	5
11-07	76	70	40/58	5
11-08	129	61	37/59	3
11-09	123	66	45/55	8
11-10	68	74	46/63	13
11-11	258	75	40/63	6
11-12	161	61	35/54	7
11-13	101	64	42/58	8
11-14	182	78	42/54	11
11-15	140	64	32/59	2
11-16	86	72	40/52	13
11-17	187	77	48/62	6
11-18 *	177	65	56/66	9
11-18 *	261	73	56/66	9
11-19	142	71	48/65	11
11-20	261	73	40/50	9
11-21	268	83	34/43	17
11-22	248	92	34/41	11
11-23	169	95	30/49	1
11-24	0	95	39/66	9
11-25	227	81	32/60	14
11-26	261	99	26/41	3
11-27	310	104	35/41	2
11-28	305	103	28/34	12
11-30	347	106	21/28	1
12-01	195	111	18/32	8
12-02	198	86	17/28	6
12-03	126	65	20/32	5
12-04	202	87	24/51	13
12-05	129	73	13/24	15
12-06	100	78	17/38	8
12-07	55	106	24/55	9
12-08	177	115	45/63	11
12-09	218	84	42/52	8
12-10	262	101	31/41	9
12-11	350	112	19/35	13
12-13	55	112	14/34	10
12-14	151	119	32/46	13
12-15	266	124	40/49	8
12-16	209	114	40/58	7
12-17	156	99	32/52	2
12-18	207	102	28/42	11
12-19	180	105	27/47	11
12-20	265	115	28/31	18
12-21	81	117	22/34	0
12-22	96	125	24/43	9
12-23	195	118	37/52	12
12-24	155	110	31/40	5
12-31	212	105	32/46	21

* 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.