Oklahoma Coverage
North Central Duck Migration Forecast
Kaw and Sooner and the Arkansas River coming down out of Kansas. First Oklahoma water a bird sees on that corridor.
See today’s live scoreAll of OK
Season dates: Oklahoma duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where North Central is
North Central is drawn from 8 counties in Oklahoma: Creek, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble, Osage, Pawnee and Payne. 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 Central peaks
DuckCast’s season model puts the mallard peak here around late 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 North Central
3 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Wichita, KS, about 75 miles north, Pratt, KS, about 115 miles northwest and Emporia, KS, about 135 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over North Central
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KVNX, the National Weather Service radar at Vance, about 60 miles west 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 Central 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 Oklahoma
Nearest first. Distances run between the regions’ weather points.
- Central, about 85 miles south
- Northwest and Salt Plains, about 90 miles west
- Northeast, about 100 miles east
- East and Eufaula, about 130 miles southeast
- South Central and Texoma, about 165 miles south
- Southwest, about 165 miles southwest
- Southeast and Red Slough, about 205 miles southeast
- Panhandle, about 215 miles west
Across the state line
- South Central and the Arkansas, Kansas, about 75 miles north
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.