Kansas Coverage
Quivira and the Rattlesnake Duck Migration Forecast
Salt marsh on Rattlesnake Creek down through the Reno and Pratt sand prairie. Holds three weeks past Cheyenne Bottoms and hunts a different zone.
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Season dates: Kansas duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where Quivira and the Rattlesnake is
Quivira and the Rattlesnake is drawn from 6 counties in Kansas: Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno and Stafford. 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 Quivira and the Rattlesnake peaks
DuckCast’s season model puts the pintail peak here around late October. 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 Quivira and the Rattlesnake
2 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Alma, NE, about 155 miles north and Grand Island, NE, about 205 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over Quivira and the Rattlesnake
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KICT, the National Weather Service radar at Wichita, about 60 miles east of the region’s weather point. That puts the radar just outside the region, near enough to see birds lifting off and passing close by. 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 Quivira and the Rattlesnake 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 Kansas
Nearest first. Distances run between the regions’ weather points.
- Cheyenne Bottoms, about 40 miles north
- South Central and the Arkansas, about 65 miles east
- Southwest Playas, about 110 miles west
- North Central Reservoirs, about 115 miles north
- Northwest High Plains, about 150 miles northwest
- Northeast Reservoirs and the Kaw, about 150 miles northeast
- Southeast Timber, about 170 miles east
- East Central Lakes, about 175 miles east
Across the state line
- Northwest and Salt Plains, Oklahoma, about 95 miles south
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Kansas Wildlife and Parks. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.