Missouri Coverage
Northeast and the Upper Mississippi Duck Migration Forecast
Ted Shanks, Clarence Cannon and the river pools above St. Louis, plus Mark Twain Lake. The last of the state's north-country birds, and the coldest water holding them.
See today’s live scoreAll of MO
Season dates: Missouri duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where Northeast and the Upper Mississippi is
Northeast and the Upper Mississippi is drawn from 12 counties in Missouri: Audrain, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland and Shelby. 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 Northeast and the Upper Mississippi peaks
DuckCast’s season model puts the mallard peak here around late November. Northeast and the Upper Mississippi carries its own mallard timing rather than the statewide curve, because the season here runs on a different clock from the rest of the state. 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 Northeast and the Upper Mississippi
4 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Havana, IL, about 100 miles east, Muscatine, IA, about 115 miles north, Spring Valley, IL, about 175 miles northeast and Savanna, IL, about 180 miles northeast. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over Northeast and the Upper Mississippi
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KLSX, the National Weather Service radar at St. Louis, about 100 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 Northeast and the Upper Mississippi 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.
- Missouri River Valley, about 80 miles southwest
- North Missouri, about 80 miles west
- The Confluence, about 100 miles southeast
- West Central and the Osage, about 145 miles southwest
- Northwest Missouri, about 160 miles west
- The Ozarks, about 165 miles south
- Mingo Basin, about 205 miles southeast
- The Bootheel, about 255 miles southeast
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Missouri Department of Conservation. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.