Northeast North Dakota Duck Migration Forecast

The Devils Lake basin. Big water that holds mallards late, with heavy field feeds toward the Red River Valley.

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

Where Northeast North Dakota is

Northeast North Dakota is drawn from 4 counties in North Dakota: Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey and Walsh. 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 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 Northeast North Dakota

3 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Portage la Prairie, MB, about 120 miles north, Winnipeg, MB, about 130 miles northeast and Brandon, MB, about 135 miles northwest. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.

Radar over Northeast North Dakota

Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KMVX, the National Weather Service radar at Grand Forks, about 65 miles southeast 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 Northeast 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.

East Central North Dakota, about 60 miles south
Central North Dakota, about 105 miles southwest
North Central North Dakota, about 120 miles west
Southeast North Dakota, about 135 miles south
South Central North Dakota, about 150 miles southwest
West Central North Dakota, about 210 miles west
Northwest North Dakota, about 225 miles west
Southwest North Dakota, about 255 miles southwest

Live migration map

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