Conditions dashboard
Migration Center
Live weather and water conditions, with an auto-generated forecast for the area you pick.
Conditions dashboard
Live weather and water conditions, with an auto-generated forecast for the area you pick.
Conditions dashboard
Live weather and water conditions, with an auto-generated forecast for the area you pick.
Where do you want to hunt?
14 areas in Missouri. Switching state opens its best-scoring one.
mostly cloudy at first light
Legal light
7:07 AM
At dawn
57°F
Wind
6 mph S
Pressure
Steady
Best-scoring areas right now, ranked by conditions and the latest survey counts.
Ranked by Hunt Score adjusted for confidence — an area backed by real survey counts outranks one scored on weather alone at the same number.
What's pushing birds south across the Mississippi flyway — freeze, fronts and north wind — with the measured counts on top. Click the map to open it full size.
Coverage is the Mississippi flyway for now — the Atlantic, Central and Pacific flyways are coming.
Change since each area’s previous survey — arrow up filling, arrow down emptying, and the number is birds per day.
24 of 96 areas have only one stored survey, so they have no change to show — they appear grey.
627 ducks counted here · as of Oct 13
First report for this survey area — no seasonal baseline to compare against yet.
An engineering estimate that blends live weather, water, and the latest official survey count — not a validated prediction. Missing inputs lower confidence, not the number.
It's 57°F at Schell-Osage CA, Missouri with 5 mph wind from the S. A 5°F drop in daytime highs is forecast over the next day or two — a cooling front that can nudge fresh birds south. Regional water levels are stable. The latest survey counted 627 ducks here (Oct 13).
Each morning scored at first light for Schell-Osage CA, Missouri. Best looks like Sat — 7°f drop · 53% precip.
Mostly Cloudy
57°F at dawn · 72/56°
Partly Cloudy
59°F at dawn · 80/58°
Mostly Clear
61°F at dawn · 82/60°
Schell-Osage CA, Missouri
7 AM
57°
5S
8 AM
56°
5S
9 AM
59°
6S
NWS hourly forecast for the legal-light window, on the area's local clock. Wind arrows point the way the wind is blowing; the letters are the direction it comes from.
What the dashboard reads
A sharp drop in the daytime highs, a north wind pushing behind it, and water holding on the marsh — that's the mix that fills the sky. The drivers below are those exact signals, read live.
Schell-Osage CA, Missouri · as of Oct 27, 7:00 AM CT
5°F
Cold Front
Next-day high drop (front)
5 mph
Wind
From the S
Auto-generated from live NWS/USGS conditions and the latest official survey count.
5°F drop
61°F at dawn · 77/60°
7°F drop · 53% precip
58°F at dawn · 70/58°
Best morning
Slight Chance Rain Showers
57°F at dawn · 74/57°
Scored over the dawn window (5–10am local) from the NWS hourly forecast, using the same model as the Hunt Score. Water and survey counts don't have a per-day forecast, so they are held level across the strip — the day-to-day movement here is weather.
Full moon
98% lit — birds may feed overnight and sit tight at dawn
Federal shooting hours are a half hour before sunrise to sunset; some states narrow this. Confirm with the state agency.
Stable
Water Levels
6.6 ft · Missouri R. (regional)
Open
Freeze & push
No freeze in 72h · no push from the north (32 areas open)
Steady
Pressure
30.17 inHg, steady over 3h
Where to read Missouri's waterfowl counts straight from the agency.
Counts from these reports are stored and used to anchor the Hunt Score and the migration heatmap. Figures belong to the publishing agency — follow the link for the current numbers.
Straight from Missouri's agency — we link rather than repeat them.
Season dates, zones and limits change every year and differ by zone. Confirm with the agency before you hunt — their page is the only version that counts.