East Central North Dakota Duck Migration Forecast

Sheyenne River corridor with heavy row-crop feed. Strong field hunting when new birds arrive.

Season dates: North Dakota duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing

Where East Central North Dakota is

East Central North Dakota is drawn from 8 counties in North Dakota: Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele, Stutsman and Traill. 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 Central North Dakota peaks

DuckCast’s season model puts the mallard peak here around early November. 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 East Central North Dakota

3 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Winnipeg, MB, about 175 miles north, Portage la Prairie, MB, about 180 miles north and Brandon, MB, about 195 miles northwest. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.

Radar over East Central North Dakota

Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KMVX, the National Weather Service radar at Grand Forks, about 30 miles east of the region’s weather point. That is close enough for the radar to sample the air over the region itself. 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 Central North Dakota 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 North Dakota

Nearest first. Distances run between the regions’ weather points.

Northeast North Dakota, about 60 miles north
Southeast North Dakota, about 75 miles south
Central North Dakota, about 110 miles west
South Central North Dakota, about 125 miles southwest
North Central North Dakota, about 150 miles northwest
West Central North Dakota, about 220 miles west
Northwest North Dakota, about 255 miles west
Southwest North Dakota, about 255 miles west

Live migration map

Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with ND Game and Fish. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.