Mississippi Coverage
East Prairie and Noxubee Duck Migration Forecast
Noxubee refuge, the Tombigbee waterway and the black prairie ponds. Quiet water well east of the flyway's main line, and better than it looks.
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Season dates: Mississippi duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where East Prairie and Noxubee is
East Prairie and Noxubee is drawn from 9 counties in Mississippi: Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster and Winston. 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 East Prairie and Noxubee 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 East Prairie and Noxubee
3 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Bolivar, TN, about 125 miles north, Dyersburg, TN, about 185 miles north and Paris, TN, about 200 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over East Prairie and Noxubee
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KGWX, the National Weather Service radar at Columbus, about 40 miles northeast 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 East Prairie and Noxubee 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.
- Central and the Pearl, about 75 miles southwest
- North Hills Reservoirs, about 75 miles northwest
- Central Delta, about 110 miles west
- North Delta, about 115 miles northwest
- South Delta, about 125 miles west
- Pine Belt, about 130 miles south
- Southwest River Bottoms, about 185 miles southwest
- Coastal Marsh, about 200 miles south
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.