Mississippi Coverage
Central Delta Duck Migration Forecast
Bolivar, Sunflower and Leflore, the flooded rice and bean ground either side of Highway 61. The heart of it, and where the aerial survey counts the most birds.
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Season dates: Mississippi duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where Central Delta is
Central Delta is drawn from 5 counties in Mississippi: Bolivar, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower and Washington. 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 Delta 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 Delta
4 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Forrest City, AR, about 100 miles north, Memphis, TN, about 115 miles north, Searcy, AR, about 135 miles northwest and Newport, AR, about 145 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over Central Delta
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KDGX, the National Weather Service radar at Jackson, about 95 miles southeast 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 Central Delta 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 50 miles south
- North Delta, about 65 miles north
- Central and the Pearl, about 75 miles southeast
- North Hills Reservoirs, about 95 miles northeast
- East Prairie and Noxubee, about 110 miles east
- Southwest River Bottoms, about 135 miles south
- Pine Belt, about 150 miles southeast
- Coastal Marsh, about 235 miles southeast
Across the state line
- Southeast Delta, Arkansas, about 45 miles northwest
- Grand Prairie, Arkansas, about 85 miles northwest
- Mississippi Delta, Arkansas, about 85 miles north
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.