Waterfowl Reports
Waterfowl and Wetland Status Reports are updated every other Thursday beginning on Nov. 6, 2025 - Jan. 15, 2026.
Updated: December 4, 2025
Updated: December 4, 2025
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Bird numbers continuing to increase with colder temps and rainfall beginning to fill units. Conditions are increasingly favorable for waterfowl.
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Updated: December 4, 2025
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Water fowl numbers improving with cooler weather. The WDU's are still very low with water only in the borrow pools. Hunters have reported success on wood ducks on sloughs in the timber.
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Updated: December 4, 2025
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Some huntable water in wetland units. Duck numbers are low. Goose numbers low.
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Elevation 582.23 (normal 585.0), duck numbers low, habitat conditions remain poor at current lake level.
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Lake elevation at normal pool, habitat conditions are good, duck/geese numbers low.
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More birds observed with increasingly better conditions, rainfall beginning to fill units.
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Hackberry Flat is a rainfall dependent basin. Recent rainfall events have substantially filled the reservoir and multiple units on the area.
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Reservoir approximately 3.5 feet below normal, Duck numbers have decreased a little, Goose numbers are increasing, Hunting pressure high
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Lake is 1 foot below normal, bird numbers low but have been increasing due to favorable weather conditions and risng water on shoreline habitats.
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Elevation: 0.84ft above normal pool, duck numbers improving with every front, flooded all summer long, poor food in lake.
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Lake 1.54 feet high. Fair numbers of ducks observed, but birds are very concentrated to the limited areas with food availability. Habitat conditions are poor after summer flooding. Local geese are in the area.
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Updated: December 4, 2025
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Low waterfowl numbers on WDU, few ducks on Red River arm of Texoma, mostly teal, pintail and gadwall.
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WDUs full, rivers normal, habitat fair to good, bird numbers increasing with fronts.
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Lake elevation 2.45 below normal pool, habitat conditions are good, duck/geese numbers low.
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Water fowl numbers have improved with cooler weather. Additional rainfall is needed in most units. Hunters report some success on wood ducks and mallards hunting remote sloughs in the timber.
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Elevation 0.2' above normal, few ducks and geese starting to show up. Lake flooded 45 days this summer, all low-lying areas around lake full.
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Updated: November 6, 2025
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Wetland development units at Packsaddle are rainfall dependent. Little surface water is available for waterfowl use in the WDU at this time. Opportunities will increase with significant local rainfall.
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No waterfowl report given.
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Updated: December 4, 2025
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Waterfowl numbers starting to improve with latest fronts but still fairly low.
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Lake elevation .38 above normal pool, habitat conditions are good, duck/geese numbers low
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Sooner Lake is owned by OG&E and allows waterfowl hunting on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Please follow the blind drawing procedures. They can be found at the kiosk at the east boat ramp or on the Sooner Lake hunting page.
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Migration slow, fair number of teal, scaup, bufflehead and ring-necked ducks. Canada geese present in good numbers.
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Updated: December 4, 2025
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Waterfowl Report for Ft. Gibson Lake
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Water level fluctuating a little above normal (1.5ft), high water levels through summer resulted in limited shoreline habitat, bird numbers increasing with fronts.
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Updated: November 20, 2025
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Very few ducks/geese, lake level near 2 ft below, habitat conditions in the lake are poor, habitat in WDU's excellent, still a few teal and wood ducks.
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Waterfowl report for Canton Lake
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Elevation 0.6 feet above normal. Duck and goose numbers slowly increasing but are still low.
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Updated: December 4, 2025
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Waterfowl report for Kaw Lake.
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Elevation: 1.5ft high, bird numbers low but improving with recent fronts, flooded all summer long, poor food on lake.
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Updated: December 4, 2025
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More birds observed with increasingly better conditions, rainfall beginning to fill units.