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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.

Four Rivers by season

Season	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
2021-2022	59	3,674	1,942	1.89
2022-2023	58	5,179	1,994	2.60
2023-2024	59	3,595	1,892	1.90
2024-2025	59	4,413	2,303	1.92
2025-2026	59	4,522	2,404	1.88

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

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	20	1,236	654	1.89
25 to 35°F	87	6,786	3,290	2.06
35 to 45°F	88	6,637	3,260	2.04
45 to 55°F	64	4,654	2,253	2.07
55°F and up	35	2,070	1,078	1.92

By morning wind, all five seasons

Wind	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Under 5 mph	77	5,148	2,888	1.78
5 to 10 mph	127	9,093	4,578	1.99
10 to 15 mph	71	5,589	2,452	2.28
15 mph and up	19	1,553	617	2.52

By river trend, all five seasons

River	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Falling	105	6,891	3,539	1.95
Steady	92	7,158	3,640	1.97
Rising	50	4,225	1,832	2.31

Falling or rising means the river moved 10% or more over the three days before the posted date. River is Little Osage River at Horton, MO, about 5 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 Clinton Memorial Airport, about 40 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.

2025-2026 every posted day (59)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph	River cfs
11-01	141	51	37/50	7	1
11-02	51	39	28/55	3	1
11-03	48	30	36/64	3	1
11-04	15	9	45/73	11	1
11-05	27	17	43/66	9	1
11-06	47	24	41/70	11	1
11-07	32	31	43/72	3	1
11-08	19	36	41/63	2	1
11-09	115	40	23/43	18	1
11-15	136	42	52/73	9	1
11-16	90	35	41/61	6	1
11-17	50	35	45/61	9	1
11-18	32	34	45/72	4	1
11-19	22	28	39/50	6	1
11-20	44	29	48/59	2	1
11-21	62	35	48/64	2	2
11-22	52	45	45/52	6	1
11-23	104	45	43/54	6	1
11-24	18	32	45/54	6	1
11-25	28	43	39/59	4	1
11-26	52	42	32/45	14	1
11-27	55	44	27/43	3	1
11-28	72	40	27/43	6	1
11-29	116	41	28/46	8	1
11-30	79	42	21/28	9	2
12-01	71	42	23/27	2	3
12-02	99	29	19/37	5	3
12-03	138	43	27/39	3	4
12-04	177	41	18/32	7	4
12-05	159	44	19/46	9	4
12-06	163	54	27/45	5	3
12-07	171	46	23/43	14	3
12-08	137	46	19/41	2	3
12-09	85	41	34/57	13	3
12-10	139	50	34/50	22	3
12-11	67	41	32/57	8	3
12-12	86	43	28/34	9	3
12-13	119	51	12/30	9	3
12-14	18	51	7/23	4	2
12-15	41	37	18/46	16	2
12-16	53	46	30/57	10	2
12-17	96	42	28/59	1	2
12-18	121	38	23/61	15	2
12-19	128	41	18/43	6	2
12-20	94	43	30/54	4	2
12-21	60	45	27/54	8	2
12-22	43	41	37/63	10	3
12-23	62	43	45/64	4	3
12-24	42	37	52/75	8	3
12-26	55	45	43/68	7	3
12-27	50	47	41/73	7	3
12-28	143	50	19/72	17	3
12-29	133	53	14/27	15	3
12-30	55	53	14/41	5	3
12-31	30	48	25/54	6	3
01-01	40	52	30/46	6	3
01-02	72	44	32/34	9	3
01-03	56	44	25/43	5	3
01-04	12	44	21/54	7	3

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.