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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.

Grand Pass by season

Season	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
2021-2022	57	16,300	5,177	3.15
2022-2023	57	13,154	4,333	3.04
2023-2024	61	19,406	5,843	3.32
2024-2025	61	15,521	5,631	2.76
2025-2026	60	10,236	5,066	2.02

Per hunter is total ducks divided by total hunters for the season. 3 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.

By morning temperature, all five seasons

Temp	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Below 25°F	30	4,603	2,616	1.76
25 to 35°F	104	27,862	9,949	2.80
35 to 45°F	88	24,665	7,789	3.17
45 to 55°F	53	13,127	4,375	3.00
55°F and up	21	4,360	1,321	3.30

By morning wind, all five seasons

Wind	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Under 5 mph	65	13,800	5,929	2.33
5 to 10 mph	129	31,878	11,034	2.89
10 to 15 mph	78	22,293	7,148	3.12
15 mph and up	24	6,646	1,939	3.43

By river trend, all five seasons

River	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Falling	62	13,713	5,341	2.57
Steady	206	55,395	18,315	3.02
Rising	28	5,509	2,394	2.30

Falling or rising means the river moved 10% or more over the three days before the posted date. River is Missouri River at Glasgow, MO, about 25 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 Marshall CAA Airport, about 14 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.

2024-2025 every posted day (61)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph	River cfs
10-26	164	38	37/63	9	43,400
10-27	43	31	37/70	6	43,400
11-02	232	59	43/64	9	47,100
11-03	251	67	55/66	13	49,300
11-04	121	51	59/68	6	53,200
11-05	71	64	46/64	9	58,600
11-06	174	58	37/55	5	58,000
11-07	123	48	37/55	5	55,500
11-08	168	59	37/61	5	52,900
11-09	244	68	48/54	10	51,500
11-10	223	71	43/59	12	50,000
11-16	410	75	37/61	11	46,400
11-17	237	76	52/66	6	46,900
11-18	264	74	55/63	14	47,600
11-19	216	79	46/59	11	47,900
11-20	295	73	36/50	12	49,800
11-21	355	78	32/41	14	49,400
11-22	316	80	30/37	6	50,100
11-23	329	99	27/54	3	51,200
11-24	400	93	43/68	12	50,700
11-25	405	90	30/55	15	49,300
11-26	287	89	21/43	4	48,600
11-27	369	108	34/43	4	48,100
11-28	308	100	27/34	11	47,400
11-29	303	107	21/34	13	46,100
11-30	455	110	16/30	9	43,900
12-01	372	111	12/30	2	41,500
12-02	388	97	18/30	6	40,100
12-03	171	106	12/34	2	38,400
12-04	262	93	30/52	12	36,100
12-05	170	82	14/28	13	33,800
12-06	147	96	16/39	8	31,900
12-07	181	119	30/55	9	30,200
12-08	333	108	41/55	12	29,600
12-09	308	92	39/50	3	29,600
12-10	352	100	28/37	9	29,600
12-11	458	102	25/34	15	29,300
12-12	210	100	18/34	11	28,700
12-13	153	109	18/36	12	28,100
12-14	364	105	36/46	10	29,300
12-15	165	105	37/54	5	33,100
12-16	258	109	36/55	10	33,700
12-17	215	107	30/52	2	31,800
12-18	297	111	28/43	12	30,400
12-19	373	114	27/50	9	28,800
12-20	270	115	21/30	16	27,700
12-21	71	117	18/30	3	27,100
12-22	93	112	23/48	9	26,400
12-23	154	94	37/50	9	26,800
12-24	302	103	30/39	8	27,200
12-26	406	112	39/50	6	26,600
12-27	236	120	45/50	1	26,500
12-28	233	118	43/48	0	25,600
12-29	161	127	36/50	3	25,100
12-30	187	97	32/50	9	25,800
12-31	310	117	32/41	15	26,900
01-01	335	117	28/37	10	28,100
01-02	226	113	30/41	6	29,700
01-03	240	109	21/32	10	30,800
01-04	239	112	23/28	9	30,600
01-05	118	37	16/27	16	30,200

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.