https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/the-climate-and-hunting-why-are-the-ducks-ducking-missouri/article_fa132bfe-fbb6-11eb-b33a-eb4d7d5c8e11.html

• BY GRACE ZOKOVITCH
• Aug 12, 2021

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If you’ve regularly spent time hunting ducks in Missouri, you’ve likely noticed unusual shifts in their migration patterns in the past couple of years.

Migration changes aren’t terribly unusual in general. Continuous adaptation to variable hunting seasons is a regular element of the sport — more ducks, fewer ducks, ducks here one year, there another.

But nonetheless, recent changes have stood out to hunters looking up at ducks flying higher overhead through Missouri and making fewer stops in the state.

“The last, I think, four or five years we’ve been hearing the duck numbers are up…