Whitetail Deer
Legal light: 7:09 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
- Falling barometer (1018.3 mb) Feeds and moves ahead of a pressure drop
- 5 mph wind A steady breeze covers your movement and noise; deer stay on their feet
- Wind out of the NNE 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 · 623 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 7:09 AM – 7:36 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
- 49°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- Falling barometer (1018.3 mb) An incoming front shuts gobbling down
- 5 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
- Wind out of the NNE 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 Deciduous Forest · 623 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 7:09 AM – 7:36 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Prime day to hunt Squirrel.
PRIME conditions
- Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
- 49°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 5 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 Deciduous Forest · 623 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 7:39 AM – 7:36 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 49°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- Falling barometer (1018.3 mb) A change in the weather gets rabbits moving
- 5 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 623 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 NNE
plan your scent
Barometer
1018.3 mb
falling · -0.7 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Patchy Fog then Sunny
The ground
County herd density
5.16 deer/sq mi
Martin County took 1,735 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
623 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Forest northeast of Shoals in Martin County; public deer & turkey hunting.
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Public-land data: Indiana DNR — Property (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.