The Coast and Altamaha Delta
The old rice-field ponds at Butler Island, Champney and the Savannah refuge, plus marsh and sounds. Teal and ring-necks in the impoundments, and a six to seven foot tide runs everything.
Stable / Staging
Stable Birds / Staging
Wood Ducks score, conditions as of Thu, Oct 8, 9:00 PM
Today's Hunt · Thursday, Oct 8
The Coast and Altamaha Delta
Steady temps
Legal light 5:54 AMSunrise 6:24 AMSunset 6:04 PM🌘 Waning crescent · 9%
Best window: Legal light (5:54 AM) to 10:00 AM
No push wind forecast; first light is the best bet
Corn harvest roughly 95% complete, heavy field feed available
Season dates · First split November 21-29, 2026. Second split December 12, 2026 to January 31, 2027. Statewide, no duck zones. Youth, active-duty military and veterans day November 14-15, 2026.
Times shown for the region center. Season dates and limits change yearly and by zone: verify with Georgia DNR.
Water Status
Water on the landscape: Water on the landscape is in decent shape (26% of Georgia in drought, US Drought Monitor).
Why this score is moving
- Corn harvest roughly 95% complete, heavy field feed available
48-Hour Outlook
Fair
Corn harvest roughly 95% complete, heavy field feed available. Strongest window: Sat into Sun.
14-Day Score Outlook
Wood DucksDays 8 through 14 sit beyond the reliable forecast window and lean on season history. Read them as a trend, not a promise.
Inside the model
The score is a weighted blend of the drivers below, each rated 0 to 10 from current conditions. No black box: this is the whole model.
Flat temperature trend
NW winds to 11 mph across 1 of the next 48h
0% of upstream hours below 28°F
Little to no snow upstream
26% of the state in drought: water is patchier than normal
Outside the main migration window
Corn ~95%, beans ~23% (typical-progress estimate)
No reports in the last 72h, so this factor is not counted
North of you
ProThe freeze line across the stations upstream of this region, station by station, so you see shallow water locking up before the birds arrive on it.
Radar check
ProLast night's NEXRAD read on whether birds actually moved: how much lifted off after sunset, which way it tracked, and how fast it flew under its own power once the wind at that altitude is subtracted out.
Local conditions
| Day | Hi / Lo | Wind | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| ThuOct 8 | 80° / 68° | NNE 8 mph | |
| FriOct 9 | 78° / 70° | NE 15 mph | |
| SatOct 10 | 83° / 72° | ESE 17 mph | |
| SunOct 11 | 85° / 68° | SW 8 mph | |
| MonOct 12 | 83° / 63° | WNW 8 mph | |
| TueOct 13 | 85° / 64° | NE 4 mph | |
| WedOct 14 | 87° / 63° | SE 5 mph |
Hunter intel
ProWhat other hunters reported in this region over the last 72 hours: species, how hard they were feeding, and whether the birds looked like new arrivals. Filing your own report is free and counts toward this region's score either way.