National forest · Perry County
Hoosier National Forest
205,000 acres · 38.198, -86.636 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 7:08 AM – 8:06 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Whitetail Deer.
GOOD conditions
- 49°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 5 mph wind A steady breeze covers your movement and noise; deer stay on their feet
- 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 Deciduous Forest · 707 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
49°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
74°F
today
Wind
5 mph NE
plan your scent
Barometer
1018.3 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Mostly Sunny
The ground
County herd density
4.79 deer/sq mi
Perry County took 1,831 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
707 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Federal public land across ~9 south-central Indiana counties; open to hunting under Indiana regs. Acreage is the forest-wide USFS figure.
Where it is
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Public-land data: USDA Forest Service — Hoosier National Forest (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.