Arkansas Coverage
South Arkansas Duck Migration Forecast
Millwood, the Red River bottoms and the pine belt across to Felsenthal. Fewer birds than the delta, and far fewer hunters.
See today’s live scoreAll of AR
Season dates: Arkansas duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where South Arkansas is
South Arkansas is drawn from 16 counties in Arkansas: Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita, Pike, Sevier and Union. Those are the counties its shape on the DuckCast map is built from, so a hunter in any of them reads this region’s score.
When South Arkansas peaks
DuckCast’s season model puts the pintail peak here around mid December. This follows the statewide pintail curve. That is a modelled typical curve, not a prediction for any single year. The actual push depends on cold fronts and freeze-up upstream, which is what the daily score tracks. Always confirm season dates with the state wildlife agency, linked below.
What DuckCast watches upstream of South Arkansas
3 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Springfield, MO, about 250 miles north, Poplar Bluff, MO, about 275 miles northeast and Columbia, MO, about 375 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over South Arkansas
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KSHV, the National Weather Service radar at Shreveport, about 85 miles south of the region’s weather point. That is well outside the region, so treat the radar reading as area context rather than a measurement of this ground. Radar sees every bird in the air, not only ducks, so it confirms or questions the score rather than moving it.
Locations stay generalized
Hunter reports for South Arkansas are always shown at the region level. DuckCast never collects or displays exact coordinates, so filing a report here never burns a spot.
Also covered in Arkansas
Nearest first. Distances run between the regions’ weather points.
- Central Arkansas, about 90 miles northeast
- Arkansas River Valley, about 110 miles north
- Southeast Delta, about 115 miles east
- Grand Prairie, about 125 miles northeast
- Cache and White River Bottoms, about 160 miles northeast
- Mississippi Delta, about 170 miles northeast
- Ozarks and Ouachitas, about 175 miles north
- Northeast Delta, about 225 miles northeast
Across the state line
- Red River and Northwest, Louisiana, about 90 miles south
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Arkansas Game and Fish. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.