Missouri Migration Intelligence
As of Tue, Nov 3, 8:00 PM
Hottest zone for pintails right now: West Central and the Osage at 6.4, moderate movement.
Today's Hunt · Tuesday, Nov 3
West Central and the Osage →Falling 7° vs yesterday
Legal light 6:13 AMSunrise 6:43 AMSunset 5:14 PM🌗 Last quarter · 40%
Best window: Legal light (6:13 AM) to 10:00 AM
No push wind forecast; first light is the best bet
Temperatures falling about 18°F over the next 48 hours
- Drier than normal: water is patchy
Season dates · North Zone October 31 to December 29, 2026. Middle Zone November 7 to December 13, 2026 and December 19, 2026 to January 10, 2027. South Zone November 26-29, 2026 and December 7, 2026 to January 31, 2027.
Times shown for the region center. Season dates and limits change yearly and by zone: verify with Missouri Department of Conservation.
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Tap a region for the full breakdownPro shows where the scores and the upstream freeze are heading over the next three days.
All intel is generalized to the region level. Exact hunting locations are never collected or shown.
Regions Ranked by Score
West Central and the Osage
Moderate confidenceFour Rivers, Schell-Osage, Montrose and the upper arms of Truman. Freeze-thaw country that stays huntable later than the north and swings hard week to week.
- •Temperatures falling about 18°F over the next 48 hours
- •Corn harvest roughly 84% complete, heavy field feed available
Northwest Missouri
Moderate confidenceLoess Bluffs and the Missouri River bottoms up against Iowa and Nebraska. Bob Brown and Nodaway Valley fill first and freeze first, and the snow geese stack here by the hundred thousand.
- •Temperatures falling about 15°F over the next 48 hours
- •Corn harvest roughly 84% complete, heavy field feed available
North Missouri
Moderate confidenceSwan Lake and Fountain Grove in the Grand River bottoms. Big managed marsh and cut grain that peaks the last week of November and is usually iced by mid-December.
- •Temperatures falling about 16°F over the next 48 hours
- •Northwest winds building to 15 mph
Missouri River Valley
Moderate confidenceGrand Pass and Eagle Bluffs and the bottoms between them. Mid-state river ground where the mallard peak lands in early to mid-December, a couple of weeks behind the north.
- •Temperatures falling about 17°F over the next 48 hours
- •Corn harvest roughly 84% complete, heavy field feed available
Northeast and the Upper Mississippi
Moderate confidenceTed Shanks, Clarence Cannon and the river pools above St. Louis, plus Mark Twain Lake. The last of the state's north-country birds, and the coldest water holding them.
- •Temperatures falling about 18°F over the next 48 hours
- •Corn harvest roughly 84% complete, heavy field feed available
The Confluence
Moderate confidenceB.K. Leach, Marais Temps Clair and Columbia Bottom where the Missouri meets the Mississippi. Heavy pressure, but the open river keeps birds here after the marshes lock.
- •Temperatures falling about 17°F over the next 48 hours
- •Corn harvest roughly 84% complete, heavy field feed available
The Bootheel
Moderate confidenceTen Mile Pond, the rice ground and the drainage ditches down to the Arkansas line. The warmest corner of the state: it fills in December and the best hunting is often the last week of January.
- •Temperatures falling about 15°F over the next 48 hours
- •Corn harvest roughly 84% complete, heavy field feed available
Mingo Basin
Moderate confidenceDuck Creek, Mingo and Otter Slough where the Ozarks drop into the lowlands. Greentree reservoirs and cypress sloughs that fill in December and hold.
- •Temperatures falling about 15°F over the next 48 hours
- •Corn harvest roughly 84% complete, heavy field feed available
The Ozarks
Moderate confidenceHighland country from Springfield across to the river hills. Table Rock and Bull Shoals hold a few divers and the rivers stay open, but this is not duck ground.
- •Held to the season curve: conditions are better than the pintail numbers here this time of year
- •Temperatures falling about 16°F over the next 48 hours