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← IntelFive 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.
Marais Temps Clair by season
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.
By morning temperature, all five seasons
| Temp | Days | Ducks | Hunters | Per hunter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Below 25°F | 14 | 77 | 159 | 0.48 |
| 25 to 35°F | 36 | 272 | 418 | 0.65 |
| 35 to 45°F | 53 | 471 | 639 | 0.74 |
| 45 to 55°F | 50 | 436 | 591 | 0.74 |
| 55°F and up | 12 | 49 | 133 | 0.37 |
By morning wind, all five seasons
| Wind | Days | Ducks | Hunters | Per hunter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 mph | 51 | 285 | 612 | 0.47 |
| 5 to 10 mph | 62 | 455 | 667 | 0.68 |
| 10 to 15 mph | 34 | 328 | 442 | 0.74 |
| 15 mph and up | 18 | 237 | 219 | 1.08 |
By river trend, all five seasons
| River | Days | Ducks | Hunters | Per hunter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falling | 36 | 269 | 428 | 0.63 |
| Steady | 109 | 875 | 1,301 | 0.67 |
| Rising | 20 | 161 | 211 | 0.76 |
Falling or rising means the river moved 10% or more over the three days before the posted date. River is Mississippi River at St. Louis, MO, about 23 miles from the area. It is a river reading, not the water level in any pool, and MDC controls pool water with pumps and gates.
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 St Charles County Airport, about 2 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.
2023-2024 every posted day (33)
| Date | Ducks | Hunters | Lo/Hi °F | Wind mph | River cfs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-28 | 49 | 18 | 40/47 | 9 | 105,000 |
| 10-29 | 24 | 15 | 38/46 | 9 | 109,000 |
| 10-30 | 4 | 11 | 29/44 | 9 | 125,000 |
| 11-03 | 2 | 10 | 30/68 | 9 | 130,000 |
| 11-05 | 8 | 10 | 34/66 | 1 | 140,000 |
| 11-06 | 3 | 8 | 50/76 | 10 | 137,000 |
| 11-10 | 4 | 16 | 38/56 | 7 | 104,000 |
| 11-11 | 3 | 11 | 31/55 | 4 | 92,600 |
| 11-12 | 6 | 15 | 33/63 | 6 | 85,200 |
| 11-13 | 0 | 1 | 34/69 | 2 | 87,600 |
| 11-17 | 4 | 9 | 40/62 | 12 | 89,200 |
| 11-18 | 2 | 10 | 27/58 | 1 | 98,200 |
| 11-19 | 3 | 8 | 30/61 | 0 | 93,900 |
| 11-20 | 1 | 4 | 46/50 | 9 | 86,900 |
| 11-24 | 19 | 16 | 31/42 | 15 | 89,800 |
| 11-25 | 6 | 11 | 27/45 | 6 | 89,700 |
| 11-26 | 19 | 15 | 33/39 | 7 | 95,000 |
| 11-27 | 5 | 17 | 26/43 | 10 | 92,000 |
| 12-01 | 26 | 10 | 42/55 | 8 | 93,300 |
| 12-02 | 8 | 11 | 39/42 | 2 | 93,400 |
| 12-03 | 17 | 16 | 36/50 | 14 | 89,700 |
| 12-04 | 10 | 8 | 37/46 | 9 | 85,300 |
| 12-08 | 17 | 11 | 43/59 | 7 | 87,200 |
| 12-09 | 20 | 13 | 38/60 | 9 | 85,500 |
| 12-10 | 17 | 17 | 27/42 | 13 | 86,200 |
| 12-11 | 9 | 8 | 23/50 | 6 | 87,900 |
| 12-15 | 15 | 14 | 33/61 | 8 | 78,600 |
| 12-16 | 11 | 16 | 41/49 | 9 | 78,000 |
| 12-17 | 18 | 20 | 33/44 | 10 | 81,000 |
| 12-18 | 10 | 9 | 25/38 | 21 | 79,000 |
| 12-22 | 13 | 18 | 48/54 | 4 | 75,700 |
| 12-23 | 20 | 18 | 44/60 | 4 | 80,400 |
| 12-24 | 5 | 14 | 45/65 | 10 | 78,700 |
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.