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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.

Bob Brown by season

Season	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
2021-2022	58	6,482	2,143	3.02
2022-2023	Nothing published
2023-2024	Nothing published
2024-2025	Nothing published
2025-2026	58	4,398	1,692	2.60

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.

2021-2022 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	12	588	346	1.70
25 to 35°F	34	2,829	1,046	2.70
35 to 45°F	37	3,989	1,298	3.07
45 to 55°F	29	3,140	1,016	3.09
55°F and up	4	334	129	2.59

By morning wind, all five seasons

Wind	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Under 5 mph	23	2,153	722	2.98
5 to 10 mph	49	4,442	1,605	2.77
10 to 15 mph	32	3,076	1,102	2.79
15 mph and up	12	1,209	406	2.98

By river trend, all five seasons

River	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Falling	19	1,284	560	2.29
Steady	94	9,220	3,177	2.90
Rising	3	376	98	3.84

Falling or rising means the river moved 10% or more over the three days before the posted date. River is Missouri River at St. Joseph, 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 Falls City Brenner Field, about 20 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.

2021-2022 every posted day (61)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph	River cfs
10-30	173	35	31/68	1	55,700
10-31	209	42	40/53	8	50,500
11-01	159	35	37/43	3	45,900
11-02	156	34	30/49	0	44,300
11-03	118	25	31/49	2	43,300
11-04	117	28	37/56	9	43,100
11-05	145	32	36/60	14	43,000
11-06	155	42	37/68	6	42,500
11-07	135	37	46/75	11	41,800
11-08	127	31	46/67	4	41,100
11-09	85	24	44/64	7	40,800
11-10	107	27	49/59	6	40,600
11-11	135	36	39/54	15	48,000
11-12	163	38	32/41	25	44,400
11-13	159	35	24/45	5	42,900
11-14	135	36	39/53	11	42,100
11-15	140	37	40/68	6	41,200
11-16	95	34	40/70	9	41,000
11-17	139	30	32/51	12	40,700
11-18	111	36	26/46	15	40,300
11-19	146	42	25/51	14	39,500
11-20	73	47	35/57	3	39,200
11-21	99	40	27/55	9	39,400
11-22	97	39	26/49	5	40,000
11-23	121	38	28/67	9	40,000
11-24	161	43	35/59	8	39,800
11-25	141	38	22/36	13	39,500
11-26	166	42	26/57	8	39,400
11-27	89	44	37/66	6	38,900
11-28	78	43	26/51	4	36,800
11-29 *	115	41	34/71	7	35,100
11-29 *	115	41	34/71	7	35,100
11-29 *	115	41	34/71	7	35,100
11-30	46	43	37/51	3	33,700
12-01	80	37	37/64	8	31,500
12-02	50	30	43/71	6	29,500
12-03	79	37	38/62	12	28,200
12-04	99	43	33/49	10	28,100
12-05	82	40	34/57	10	28,000
12-06	131	34	21/32	14	27,700
12-07	109	36	25/43	11	27,300
12-08	78	37	23/52	7	27,000
12-09	178	38	37/60	9	26,700
12-10	111	38	33/48	15	26,500
12-11	114	44	30/48	15	26,300
12-12	105	34	33/57	12	25,600
12-13	90	35	30/56	4	25,400
12-14	72	38	37/62	9	25,200
12-15	98	31	35/75	23	24,900
12-16	54	35	24/46	12	25,200
12-17	114	38	27/44	13	25,300
12-18	154	42	18/30	16	25,300
12-19	49	39	13/38	11	25,400
12-20	46	34	20/41	5	25,800
12-21	68	38	14/48	10	25,600
12-22	27	33	17/53	9	24,300
12-23	54	35	40/63	10	23,500
12-24	152	47	37/62	4	23,800
12-26	107	37	27/56	13	23,700
12-27	89	42	30/47	11	24,900
12-28	112	38	17/52	8	25,500

* 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.