Hunt clock, weather & AI overview

Humboldt Bay NWR

Hunt Day Performance Dashboard

Blind leaderboard

Current season

2025/2026

Covering hunts from Oct 18 to Oct 25.

Season birds in the bag

26

Hunters checked in

25

Expected birds per hunter (season)

1

Skunk rate

46%

Blinds hunted

7

Recorded hunt days
3

Total calendar days that have at least one blind logged for this season.

Hunt entries logged
13 hunts

6 of those hunts recorded a skunk.

Weekend vs. weekday
Weekend 1.3 / Weekday 0.2

Skunk rate: weekend 33% vs weekday 75%.

Season records

Refuge best day

16 birds

Oct 25 · 4 hunts · 7 hunters

Blind best hunt

14 birds

Blind 11 · Oct 25 · 2 hunters

Season phase standouts

Early season

Oct 11 – Nov 15

Blind 11

3.2 expected birds per hunter avg · 19 ducks · 3 hunts

Mid season

Nov 16 – Dec 21

No hunts logged for this window.

Late season

Dec 22 – Jan 25

No hunts logged for this window.

General Humboldt County duck season (North Coast Zone) typically opens the second Saturday of October and closes the last Sunday of January; for 2025/2026 that's Oct 11 – Jan 25.

How the refuge is hunting

Dive into skunk-day risk, expected birds per hunter pace, pressure, and hot streaks. These visuals are geared for hunters in the field who need fast reads on which blinds are reliable and when the marsh turns on.

Season bird totals by blind

See which blinds have stacked the most birds so far.

Expected birds per hunter by blind

Quick gauge of how many birds each hunter typically pulls from a blind.

Season birds stacking up

Watch the refuge total climb as hunts get logged.

Recent expected birds per hunter trend

Seven-day rolling average of expected birds per hunter that highlights when the refuge heats up or slows down.

Blank day rate by blind

Which blinds most often send parties home empty-handed.

Skunk day trend

Seven-day rolling percentage of hunts ending skunked.

How steady each blind hunts

Lower bars mean more predictable expected birds per hunter results.

Hunters vs. birds per blind

Match party size pressure against expected birds per hunter payoff.

Day-of-week expected birds per hunter

Compare average pull on weekends versus midweek draws.

Hunters vs. birds logged by blind

Shows where hunter pressure is piling up relative to birds harvested.

Odds of hitting common bird goals

Overall refuge odds of tagging at least X expected birds per hunter.

Field-ready signals

Need a quick brief before the draw? These callouts surface hot streaks, blinds to rest, and the best days to chase birds.

Hot streak alerts

No blinds are on a 3-hunt heater right now. Watch the rolling expected birds per hunter chart for the next warm-up.

Skunk watch

  • Blind 7

    100% skunks (1/1 hunts)

  • Blind 8

    100% skunks (1/1 hunts)

  • Blind 9

    67% skunks (2/3 hunts)

Overall skunk rate sits at 46% across the refuge.

When to chase birds

Weekends: 1.3 expected birds per hunter · 33% skunks.

Weekdays: 0.2 expected birds per hunter · 75% skunks.

Best day logged: Sat with 1.3 expected birds per hunter.

Toughest day: Tue skunked 75% of hunts.

Weekends are hotter by 1.1 expected birds per hunter.

Blind leaderboard

Ranked by expected birds per hunter with skunk rate, recent trends, and traffic as tie breakers. Lean on this when you need the steadiest options for your party.

RankBlindExpected birds per hunterSkunk rateRecent birds trendTotal ducksHunters logged
🥇Blind 11
3.2Expected birds per hunter (season average)
0%0/3 hunts
Last 3 hunts
Oct 18: 2 expected birds per hunter; Oct 21: 0.5 expected birds per hunter; Oct 25: 7 expected birds per hunter
196
🥈Blind 5
1Expected birds per hunter (season average)
50%1/2 hunts
Last 2 hunts
Oct 18: 1.5 expected birds per hunter; Oct 21: 0 expected birds per hunter
33
🥉Blind 9
0.4Expected birds per hunter (season average)
67%2/3 hunts
Last 3 hunts
Oct 18: 0 expected birds per hunter; Oct 21: 0 expected birds per hunter; Oct 25: 1 expected birds per hunter
25
#4Blind 13
0.3Expected birds per hunter (season average)
0%0/1 hunts
Last 1 hunts
Oct 18: 0.3 expected birds per hunter
13
#5Blind 14
0.2Expected birds per hunter (season average)
50%1/2 hunts
Last 2 hunts
Oct 18: 0.3 expected birds per hunter; Oct 21: 0 expected birds per hunter
15
#6Blind 7
0Expected birds per hunter (season average)
100%1/1 hunts
Last 1 hunts
Oct 25: 0 expected birds per hunter
01
#7Blind 8
0Expected birds per hunter (season average)
100%1/1 hunts
Last 1 hunts
Oct 25: 0 expected birds per hunter
02

Season expected birds per hunter heatmap

Scrub through the season to see how each blind's birds-per-hunter returns evolved. Marker color and size scale with expected birds per hunter.

Selected date

Oct 18

5 hunts · 9 ducks · 12 hunters

Season range: Oct 18 Oct 25

Peak expected birds per hunter: 7

Oct 18Oct 25

Top blinds on this date

  • Blind 112 birds/hunter

    4 ducks · 2 hunters · 1 hunts

  • Blind 51.5 birds/hunter

    3 ducks · 2 hunters · 1 hunts

  • Blind 130.3 birds/hunter

    1 ducks · 3 hunters · 1 hunts

  • Blind 140.3 birds/hunter

    1 ducks · 3 hunters · 1 hunts

  • Blind 90 birds/hunter

    0 ducks · 2 hunters · 1 hunts

Lower expected birds per hunter
Higher expected birds per hunter

Marker size scales with expected birds per hunter.

Weather patterns vs. hunt success

Explore how logged birds per hunter line up with temperature, precipitation, and other conditions captured during the build.

Correlations currently draw from 5 month(s), 16 week(s), and 29 individual hunt day(s) with resolved weather data.

Weather coverage
29 / 29
100% of logged hunt days
Daily samples
29
Hunt days with weather
Weekly samples
16
Week-long groupings
Monthly samples
5
Calendar months logged

Weather that helps birds fly

  • Pressure (mb)

    Strongest r 0.88 · Avg 0.66

    Monthly 0.88Weekly 0.59Daily 0.50
  • Precipitation (in)

    Strongest r 0.16 · Avg 0.09

    Monthly 0.16Weekly 0.07Daily 0.05
  • Relative humidity (%)

    Strongest r 0.21 · Avg 0.06

    Monthly 0.21Weekly 0.01Daily -0.04

Conditions that cool the hunt

  • High temperature (°F)

    Strongest r -0.41 · Avg -0.22

    Monthly -0.41Weekly -0.11Daily -0.13
  • Average temperature (°F)

    Strongest r -0.39 · Avg -0.20

    Monthly -0.39Weekly -0.14Daily -0.06
  • Dew point (°F)

    Strongest r -0.34 · Avg -0.18

    Monthly -0.34Weekly -0.12Daily -0.06

Correlation by weather metric

See how each weather reading lines up with expected birds per hunter across different time slices.

Weather influence radar

Higher values mean that weather metric has a stronger tie to hunt success.

Pearson correlation coefficient r (−1 to 1). Positive values indicate higher expected birds per hunter as the weather metric rises; negative values suggest tougher hunts.

Monthly expected birds per hunter vs average temperature

Each point represents a month with logged hunts and resolved weather conditions.

Weekly expected birds per hunter vs precipitation

Shows how wetter weeks stack up against birds-per-hunter returns.