Mississippi Coverage
Central and the Pearl Duck Migration Forecast
Ross Barnett, the upper Pearl and the Big Black bottoms around Jackson. Reservoir roosts with river and creek feeds either side.
See today’s live scoreAll of MS
Season dates: Mississippi duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where Central and the Pearl is
Central and the Pearl is drawn from 9 counties in Mississippi: Attala, Carroll, Hinds, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Montgomery, Rankin and Scott. 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 Central and the Pearl peaks
DuckCast’s season model puts the gadwall peak here around early January. This follows the statewide gadwall 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 Central and the Pearl
3 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Memphis, TN, about 165 miles north, Forrest City, AR, about 165 miles north and Searcy, AR, about 205 miles northwest. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over Central and the Pearl
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KDGX, the National Weather Service radar at Jackson, about 35 miles southwest of the region’s weather point. That is close enough for the radar to sample the air over the region itself. 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 Central and the Pearl 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 Mississippi
Nearest first. Distances run between the regions’ weather points.
- South Delta, about 60 miles west
- East Prairie and Noxubee, about 75 miles northeast
- Central Delta, about 75 miles northwest
- Pine Belt, about 80 miles south
- Southwest River Bottoms, about 105 miles southwest
- North Hills Reservoirs, about 120 miles north
- North Delta, about 120 miles north
- Coastal Marsh, about 160 miles south
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.