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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.

Columbia Bottom by season

SeasonDaysDucksHuntersPer hunter
2021-2022596427960.81
2022-2023515280.54
2023-2024Nothing published
2024-2025Nothing published
2025-2026Nothing published

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

2022-2023 day by day

DUCKS HARVESTED · birds702022-10-29: 2 birds2022-10-30: 7 birds2022-10-31: 0 birds2022-11-01: 6 birds2022-11-02: 0 birdsHUNTERS · people1302022-10-29: 13 people2022-10-30: 8 people2022-10-31: 1 people2022-11-01: 4 people2022-11-02: 2 peopleTEMPERATURE, LOW TO HIGH · °F73352022-10-29: 35 to 68 °F2022-10-30: 52 to 61 °F2022-10-31: 44 to 57 °F2022-11-01: 39 to 72 °F2022-11-02: 44 to 73 °FMORNING WIND · mph8.52.7RIVER FLOW · cfs94k91k10-2911-02

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

TempDaysDucksHuntersPer hunter
Below 25°F215350.43
25 to 35°F9491430.34
35 to 45°F303553890.91
45 to 55°F202082170.96
55°F and up330400.75

By morning wind, all five seasons

WindDaysDucksHuntersPer hunter
Under 5 mph15941630.58
5 to 10 mph231922850.67
10 to 15 mph192862681.07
15 mph and up7851080.79

By river trend, all five seasons

RiverDaysDucksHuntersPer hunter
Falling152342011.16
Steady423735310.70
Rising750920.54

Falling or rising means the river moved 10% or more over the three days before the posted date. River is Mississippi River at St. Louis, MO, about 12 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 Alton St Louis Regional Airport, about 8 miles away, for sunrise to mid-morning on MDC's posted date.

2022-2023 every posted day (5)
DateDucksHuntersLo/Hi °FWind mphRiver cfs
10-2921335/68492,500
10-307852/61993,900
10-310144/57792,200
11-016439/72391,600
11-020244/73490,800

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.