Texas Coverage
South Texas and Laguna Madre Duck Migration Forecast
The Laguna Madre and the brush country behind it. Hypersaline lagoon that holds the continent's largest redhead concentration, and it never freezes.
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Season dates: Texas duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where South Texas and Laguna Madre is
South Texas and Laguna Madre is drawn from 19 counties in Texas: Atascosa, Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Starr, Webb, Willacy and Zapata. 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 South Texas and Laguna Madre peaks
DuckCast’s season model puts the pintail peak here around mid January. This follows the statewide pintail 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 South Texas and Laguna Madre
3 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Ardmore, OK, about 475 miles north, Lawton, OK, about 500 miles north and Altus, OK, about 500 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over South Texas and Laguna Madre
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KCRP, the National Weather Service radar at Corpus Christi, about 70 miles east 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 South Texas and Laguna Madre 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 Texas
Nearest first. Distances run between the regions’ weather points.
- Mid Coast Bays, about 140 miles northeast
- Hill Country and Edwards, about 230 miles north
- Upper Coast Rice Prairie, about 235 miles northeast
- Post Oak Savannah, about 275 miles northeast
- Pineywoods, about 390 miles northeast
- Rolling Plains, about 410 miles north
- Blackland Prairie, about 410 miles north
- High Plains Playas, about 550 miles north
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Texas Parks and Wildlife. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.