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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.

Eagle Bluffs by season

Season	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
2021-2022	56	4,415	1,929	2.29
2022-2023	58	2,632	1,245	2.11
2023-2024	59	2,641	1,981	1.33
2024-2025	58	2,172	1,736	1.25
2025-2026	60	913	1,299	0.70

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	30	368	650	0.57
25 to 35°F	83	3,554	2,375	1.50
35 to 45°F	85	4,654	2,532	1.84
45 to 55°F	68	3,385	1,969	1.72
55°F and up	25	812	664	1.22

By morning wind, all five seasons

Wind	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Under 5 mph	35	1,173	980	1.20
5 to 10 mph	124	5,031	3,504	1.44
10 to 15 mph	92	4,499	2,682	1.68
15 mph and up	40	2,070	1,024	2.02

By river trend, all five seasons

River	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Falling	62	2,488	1,618	1.54
Steady	204	9,665	5,929	1.63
Rising	25	620	643	0.96

Falling or rising means the river moved 10% or more over the three days before the posted date. River is Missouri River at Jefferson City, 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 Columbia Regional Airport, about 12 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.

2025-2026 every posted day (60)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph	River cfs
10-25	6	6	52/61	10	40,600
11-01	16	24	35/47	7	40,600
11-02	8	25	27/51	4	40,700
11-03	15	20	37/64	6	41,300
11-04	15	22	43/74	12	41,600
11-05	18	13	43/66	11	41,000
11-06	13	31	39/67	13	40,700
11-07	8	25	49/70	7	40,800
11-08	17	22	40/60	3	40,400
11-09	30	20	25/41	21	39,900
11-15	46	20	53/75	8	40,300
11-16	13	28	38/58	7	40,300
11-17	17	24	41/62	13	40,300
11-18	10	17	44/68	8	40,000
11-19	3	17	42/50	3	39,400
11-20	4	25	46/57	5	39,000
11-21	17	16	47/55	10	39,200
11-22	3	29	41/49	5	40,300
11-23	25	28	40/47	5	41,700
11-24	4	26	45/53	6	43,800
11-25	7	21	38/56	6	43,700
11-26	7	27	32/41	18	43,000
11-27	8	32	25/41	10	42,700
11-28	19	24	19/36	4	42,000
11-29	31	29	27/44	12	41,500
11-30	21	25	21/27	13	42,700
12-01	22	22	21/24	6	43,500
12-02	16	16	21/33	6	42,400
12-03	10	22	23/38	9	40,500
12-04	11	18	12/26	8	38,200
12-05	4	12	14/45	9	36,300
12-06	12	27	27/46	4	34,600
12-07	5	27	24/43	16	33,100
12-08	5	18	21/39	3	32,100
12-09	1	9	32/58	13	31,400
12-10	53	23	28/53	25	31,000
12-11	21	23	25/38	4	30,800
12-12	9	21	28/33	8	30,400
12-13	19	27	7/31	13	30,000
12-14	2	22	4/20	8	30,000
12-15	0	7	12/46	13	30,300
12-16	1	9	29/58	12	31,300
12-17	4	20	34/55	2	32,300
12-18	52	24	24/58	20	32,100
12-19	16	24	20/40	10	31,100
12-20	37	23	32/50	8	30,100
12-21	20	26	24/48	8	29,400
12-22	44	20	33/59	10	29,000
12-23	21	20	43/60	5	28,900
12-24	39	25	48/73	9	29,300
12-26	53	27	42/62	11	30,000
12-27	21	29	43/62	12	29,800
12-28	10	20	17/71	13	29,500
12-29	4	20	11/20	19	30,000
12-30	0	16	13/38	7	31,000
12-31	4	16	29/47	8	31,700
01-01	4	21	30/35	5	32,000
01-02	7	23	28/33	9	31,600
01-03	4	28	27/40	7	30,700
01-04	1	18	24/46	7	30,400

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.