Northeast Delta Duck Migration Forecast

Where Northeast Delta is

Northeast Delta is drawn from 7 parishes in Louisiana: East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas and West Carroll. Those are the parishes its shape on the DuckCast map is built from, so a hunter in any of them reads this region’s score.

When Northeast Delta peaks

DuckCast’s season model puts the pintail peak here around mid December. The timing follows the statewide curve; what differs here is how many birds the model expects, below. 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.

Which birds the model expects in Northeast Delta

In DuckCast’s season model, the species that can score highest in Northeast Delta are mallards, blue-winged teal and snow geese. Against the state as a whole, it expects more mallards in Northeast Delta and fewer gadwall, green-winged teal and wigeon.

Those weights come from harvest records, survey counts and the kind of water, not from a count taken here each season. They cap how high each species’ score can climb; the weather still has to bring the birds.

What DuckCast watches upstream of Northeast Delta

4 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Vicksburg, MS, about 30 miles northeast, Greenville, MS, about 90 miles north, Monticello, AR, about 110 miles north and Stuttgart, AR, about 165 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.

Radar over Northeast Delta

Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KDGX, the National Weather Service radar at Jackson, about 80 miles east 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 Northeast Delta are always shown at the region level. DuckCast never collects or displays exact coordinates, so filing a report here never burns a spot.