Mississippi Coverage
North Delta Duck Migration Forecast
Tunica cutoff, Moon Lake and the Coldwater bottoms down through Quitman. First Mississippi ground a bird crosses coming off the Arkansas side.
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Season dates: Mississippi duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where North Delta is
North Delta is drawn from 7 counties in Mississippi: Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and Tunica. 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 North 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 North Delta
4 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Forrest City, AR, about 45 miles northwest, Memphis, TN, about 50 miles north, Newport, AR, about 95 miles northwest and Jonesboro, AR, about 100 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over North Delta
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KNQA, the National Weather Service radar at Memphis, about 65 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 North 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.
- North Hills Reservoirs, about 55 miles east
- Central Delta, about 65 miles south
- South Delta, about 115 miles south
- East Prairie and Noxubee, about 115 miles southeast
- Central and the Pearl, about 120 miles south
- Southwest River Bottoms, about 200 miles south
- Pine Belt, about 200 miles south
- Coastal Marsh, about 285 miles south
Across the state line
- Mississippi Delta, Arkansas, about 30 miles northwest
- Grand Prairie, Arkansas, about 65 miles west
- Southeast Delta, Arkansas, about 70 miles southwest
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.