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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.

2025-2026 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.

2025-2026 every posted day (57)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph
11-01	181	69	32/50	4
11-02	118	61	27/53	1
11-03	131	58	37/64	7
11-04	172	60	36/71	7
11-05	198	60	40/65	13
11-06	132	58	31/65	6
11-07	122	52	48/72	9
11-08	143	73	39/56	1
11-09	303	81	28/39	19
11-10	241	69	23/37	12
11-11	212	79	27/53	12
11-12	150	71	42/64	6
11-13	131	68	36/68	2
11-14	68	73	48/78	7
11-15	45	70	51/75	13
11-16	107	72	36/56	6
11-17	114	61	35/59	6
11-18	114	71	46/57	3
11-19	120	73	46/49	1
11-20	95	75	46/52	5
11-21	137	85	45/51	9
11-22	123	93	38/50	2
11-23	95	74	41/55	0
11-24	95	80	45/52	7
11-25	106	80	39/55	4
11-26	162	94	33/43	21
11-27	155	98	24/39	11
11-28	174	110	19/24	2
11-30	153	107	19/30	13
12-01	128	93	18/27	3
12-02	57	39	19/30	5
12-03	76	54	19/37	8
12-04	36	47	9/21	2
12-05	40	48	10/36	11
12-06	53	87	30/41	3
12-07	47	54	19/39	11
12-08	5	24	14/34	2
12-09	5	35	32/52	11
12-10	48	35	32/46	23
12-11	6	12	27/32	1
12-12	3	25	30/34	4
12-13	33	60	7/30	6
12-14	7	4	3/18	9
12-15	0	5	12/45	18
12-16	5	16	28/54	11
12-17	2	8	34/54	3
12-18	33	17	25/57	19
12-19	15	32	19/36	10
12-20	19	75	32/52	11
12-21	28	75	27/45	4
12-22	29	56	34/54	8
12-23	8	50	39/63	6
12-24	27	43	41/59	6
12-26	49	86	43/61	10
12-27	105	82	45/54	8
12-28	98	97	18/70	5
12-29	160	93	14/23	17

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.