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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.

Nodaway Valley by season

Season	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
2021-2022	59	3,606	1,689	2.13
2022-2023	52	3,819	1,498	2.55
2023-2024	58	4,893	1,850	2.64
2024-2025	59	3,461	1,735	1.99
2025-2026	54	1,916	1,135	1.69

Per hunter is total ducks divided by total hunters for the season. 2 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	28	1,230	685	1.80
25 to 35°F	78	5,103	2,215	2.30
35 to 45°F	101	6,706	2,953	2.27
45 to 55°F	60	3,622	1,675	2.16
55°F and up	15	1,034	379	2.73

By morning wind, all five seasons

Wind	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Under 5 mph	79	4,431	2,266	1.96
5 to 10 mph	92	5,138	2,463	2.09
10 to 15 mph	73	4,709	2,062	2.28
15 mph and up	38	3,417	1,116	3.06

By river trend, all five seasons

River	Days	Ducks	Hunters	Per hunter
Falling	42	2,294	1,171	1.96
Steady	235	15,178	6,617	2.29
Rising	5	223	119	1.87

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 26 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 St Joseph Rosecrans Memorial Airport, about 24 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.

2024-2025 every posted day (59)

Date	Ducks	Hunters	Lo/Hi °F	Wind mph	River cfs
11-02	77	32	47/60	6	44,900
11-03	76	25	62/70	6	45,400
11-04	19	20	59/65	7	46,500
11-05	72	29	41/61	11	46,500
11-06	39	25	37/61	1	45,900
11-07	60	29	39/60	5	46,100
11-08	29	27	41/56	5	44,600
11-09	84	32	50/63	14	43,300
11-10	72	32	43/61	14	43,200
11-11	91	29	37/64	2	42,800
11-12	44	26	39/62	10	42,100
11-13	40	24	48/52	8	42,200
11-14	72	35	37/59	6	43,400
11-15	58	29	30/69	0	44,600
11-16	93	35	47/66	17	44,100
11-17	90	28	52/57	6	44,000
11-18	106	27	55/67	15	43,600
11-19	85	34	45/57	13	44,500
11-20	148	29	37/53	19	47,200
11-21	186	39	32/45	15	48,300
11-22	132	38	28/49	6	47,500
11-23	57	36	27/61	3	46,600
11-24	86	37	47/65	11	46,700
11-25	118	29	26/46	20	46,100
11-26	76	37	21/47	5	45,200
11-27	109	43	31/44	2	43,200
11-28	106	36	24/40	11	40,700
11-29	113	47	20/37	4	38,400
11-30	51	46	24/37	9	36,700
12-01	78	42	22/38	4	33,500
12-02	83	26	17/32	20	30,400
12-03	49	23	15/39	11	27,700
12-04	68	26	27/57	9	26,000
12-05	40	20	16/28	14	26,100
12-06	16	24	17/46	11	25,600
12-07	35	43	22/62	8	25,500
12-08	62	30	41/58	12	25,200
12-09	57	36	31/56	0	24,300
12-10	78	29	24/43	5	24,400
12-11	62	28	24/36	15	26,600
12-12	27	21	19/33	11	27,000
12-13	5	17	17/39	13	25,500
12-14	27	34	37/43	9	24,800
12-15	45	35	34/57	11	24,000
12-16	27	29	30/56	12	22,800
12-17	36	21	24/54	1	22,600
12-18	29	22	27/43	11	22,300
12-19	22	18	28/61	10	22,800
12-20	19	33	16/28	13	23,900
12-21	11	21	13/37	5	23,400
12-22	2	16	24/54	11	23,000
12-23	7	16	25/48	8	23,200
12-24	9	10	27/35	7	21,800
12-26	23	17	41/51	5	21,400
12-27	18	25	34/52	2	22,800
12-28	44	36	32/46	3	23,700
12-29	28	37	34/55	3	23,500
12-30	21	31	37/45	8	23,300
12-31	44	34	34/40	19	23,800

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.