Ouachita and Boeuf Duck Migration Forecast

Where Ouachita and Boeuf is

Ouachita and Boeuf is drawn from 6 parishes in Louisiana: Caldwell, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita and Union. 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 Ouachita and Boeuf 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 Ouachita and Boeuf

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

4 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: El Dorado, AR, about 60 miles northwest, Monticello, AR, about 80 miles north, Pine Bluff, AR, about 120 miles north and Stuttgart, AR, about 140 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.

Radar over Ouachita and Boeuf

Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KSHV, the National Weather Service radar at Shreveport, about 100 miles west 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 Ouachita and Boeuf are always shown at the region level. DuckCast never collects or displays exact coordinates, so filing a report here never burns a spot.