Fish & wildlife area · Greene County
Goose Pond Fish & Wildlife Area
9,098 acres · 38.993, -87.186 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:16 AM – 9:33 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Whitetail Deer season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 61°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) Feeds and moves ahead of a pressure drop
- Dead calm Scent hangs and carries; deer are edgy, so play the wind carefully
- Wind out of the NE Pick a stand that keeps your scent off the bedding and approach
- Bright moon Heavy nighttime feeding under a full moon can slow midday movement
- Ground Cultivated Crops · 469 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:16 AM – 9:03 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset (all day — no noon closure)
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 61°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) An incoming front shuts gobbling down
- 3 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
- Wind out of the NE Set up so a called bird approaches without the wind in your face
- Clear morning Bluebird calm mornings are classic gobbling weather
- Full moon Birds feed at night and fly down late; mornings can start slow
- Ground Cultivated Crops · 469 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 6:16 AM – 9:03 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Ducks season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 61°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) Birds move ahead of a front
- Dead calm Slick water; birds raft up and loaf, and decoying is tough
- Wind out of the NE Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Cultivated Crops · 469 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 6:16 AM – 9:03 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 61°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) Birds move ahead of a front
- Dead calm Slick water; birds raft up and loaf, and decoying is tough
- Wind out of the NE Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Cultivated Crops · 469 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 6:46 AM – 9:03 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Mourning Dove season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 61°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) An incoming front will push the doves out overnight
- Dead calm Calm and quiet
- Wind out of the NE Doves decoy into the wind; set up with it at your back
- Fair weather Warm, settled days keep doves working the fields
- Ground Cultivated Crops · 469 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:16 AM – 9:03 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Squirrel season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 61°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 3 mph (light) Calm and quiet; you can hear them cutting and spot the shaking limbs
- Clear & calm Bright, still mornings; squirrels move and you can spot them
- Ground Cultivated Crops · 469 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:46 AM – 9:03 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 61°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) A change in the weather gets rabbits moving
- Dead calm Calm and quiet
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Cultivated Crops · 469 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
61°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
86°F
today
Wind
3 mph NE
plan your scent
Barometer
1013.6 mb
falling · -0.6 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
4.02 deer/sq mi
Greene County took 2,180 deer last season
Habitat
Cultivated Crops
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
469 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Restored wetland complex near Linton in Greene County; a premier Indiana waterfowl area.
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Public-land data: Indiana DNR — Property (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.