Missouri Coverage
Missouri River Valley Duck Migration Forecast
Grand Pass and Eagle Bluffs and the bottoms between them. Mid-state river ground where the mallard peak lands in early to mid-December, a couple of weeks behind the north.
See today’s live scoreAll of MO
Season dates: Missouri duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where Missouri River Valley is
Missouri River Valley is drawn from 9 counties in Missouri: Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Lafayette, Moniteau, Pettis and Saline. 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 Missouri River Valley peaks
DuckCast’s season model puts the mallard peak here around early December. This follows the statewide mallard 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 Missouri River Valley
4 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Havana, IL, about 175 miles northeast, Riverton, IA, about 190 miles northwest, Muscatine, IA, about 195 miles northeast and Missouri Valley, IA, about 245 miles northwest. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over Missouri River Valley
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KEAX, the National Weather Service radar at Kansas City, about 80 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 Missouri River Valley 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 Missouri
Nearest first. Distances run between the regions’ weather points.
- West Central and the Osage, about 65 miles southwest
- North Missouri, about 70 miles northwest
- Northeast and the Upper Mississippi, about 80 miles northeast
- The Ozarks, about 105 miles south
- The Confluence, about 110 miles east
- Northwest Missouri, about 130 miles northwest
- Mingo Basin, about 185 miles southeast
- The Bootheel, about 235 miles southeast
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Missouri Department of Conservation. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.