Oklahoma Coverage
Southwest Duck Migration Forecast
Altus-Lugert, Tom Steed and Fort Cobb with the North Fork of the Red River between them. Dry country where the reservoirs are the whole story.
See today’s live scoreAll of OK
Season dates: Oklahoma duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where Southwest is
Southwest is drawn from 12 counties in Oklahoma: Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Roger Mills, Tillman and Washita. 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 Southwest 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 Southwest
3 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Liberal, KS, about 175 miles northwest, Pratt, KS, about 190 miles north and Dodge City, KS, about 200 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over Southwest
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KFDR, the National Weather Service radar at Frederick, about 40 miles south 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 Southwest 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 115 miles east
- South Central and Texoma, about 120 miles southeast
- Northwest and Salt Plains, about 120 miles north
- Panhandle, about 165 miles northwest
- North Central, about 165 miles northeast
- East and Eufaula, about 215 miles east
- Southeast and Red Slough, about 235 miles east
- Northeast, about 240 miles northeast
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.