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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.

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.

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.

2025-2026 every posted day (63)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph	River cfs
10-25	206	65	52/59	7	39,400
10-26	56	22	50/52	9	39,300
11-01	242	60	36/46	7	39,700
11-02	185	56	30/54	2	40,600
11-03 *	150	56	36/64	5	40,800
11-03 *	150	56	36/64	5	40,800
11-03 *	150	56	36/64	5	40,800
11-04	169	48	41/72	9	40,000
11-05	212	63	43/61	9	39,900
11-06	143	51	37/64	10	39,800
11-07	176	52	48/68	6	39,300
11-08	212	72	39/59	5	38,800
11-09	372	75	23/39	17	38,200
11-15	361	71	52/73	9	39,600
11-16	239	71	37/59	6	39,400
11-17	319	71	39/63	12	38,900
11-18	131	75	43/68	2	38,400
11-19	139	72	39/46	0	38,100
11-20	105	74	45/55	2	37,800
11-21	198	73	45/52	10	39,000
11-22	173	84	41/46	2	41,000
11-23	179	89	41/46	2	43,400
11-24	119	87	45/52	6	42,900
11-25	104	90	36/55	6	42,600
11-26	325	106	32/41	15	42,200
11-27	248	92	25/39	6	41,400
11-28	220	91	21/34	5	40,500
11-29	390	109	28/45	14	40,600
11-30	158	113	19/28	13	41,000
12-01	181	96	16/27	2	41,200
12-02	112	86	19/32	5	39,300
12-03	93	75	21/36	6	37,000
12-04	46	50	12/27	5	34,900
12-05	31	83	18/43	11	32,700
12-06	26	91	27/37	3	31,200
12-07	130	83	21/37	13	30,300
12-08	46	78	19/37	2	29,500
12-09	125	96	34/52	11	29,200
12-10	293	88	30/50	22	29,100
12-11	346	114	28/37	6	28,600
12-12	289	103	28/32	7	28,500
12-13	316	117	10/30	11	28,700
12-14	56	77	7/21	6	29,300
12-15	29	48	14/45	14	30,800
12-16	33	87	30/54	10	31,800
12-17	56	105	32/54	1	30,800
12-18	321	93	23/55	16	29,400
12-19	91	93	19/37	5	28,300
12-20	263	105	30/48	5	27,500
12-21	166	103	23/46	6	27,100
12-22	280	95	32/55	9	27,200
12-23	263	103	36/55	2	27,900
12-24	192	86	45/72	6	28,400
12-26	254	110	39/63	8	28,100
12-27	156	120	41/59	10	28,000
12-28	258	118	18/66	11	29,000
12-29	105	115	12/23	18	29,900
12-30	43	86	14/41	6	30,500
12-31	46	92	28/48	3	30,500
01-01	50	93	32/34	2	29,600
01-02	77	76	28/34	9	28,800
01-03	43	92	28/37	3	28,500
01-04	39	77	23/48	7	27,400

* 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.