Fish & wildlife area · LaGrange County
Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife Area
11,794 acres · 41.685, -85.279 ↗
Live · updatedInside a CWD Disease Surveillance Area. CWD has been confirmed in wild Indiana deer since spring 2024 (first positive: a deer taken in LaGrange County during the 2023-24 season). The CWD Positive Area covers northeast Indiana: LaGrange, Steuben, DeKalb, Allen, Whitley and Noble counties. New 2025-26 positives added Franklin and Rush counties (southeast). Enhanced (voluntary) surveillance also ran in Posey, Gibson and Vanderburgh (southwest). In the Positive Area, moving live deer out of the area is prohibited. Statewide: baiting is illegal, and carcass-import rules restrict bringing high-risk cervid parts into Indiana. Confirm the current DSA map with the DNR before moving a carcass.
Whitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:02 AM – 9:32 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
- 58°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 5 mph wind A steady breeze covers your movement and noise; deer stay on their feet
- Wind out of the NW 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 Developed, Low Intensity · 909 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:02 AM – 9:02 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
- 58°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 5 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
- Wind out of the NW 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 Developed, Low Intensity · 909 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 6:02 AM – 9:02 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
- 58°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 5 mph wind Enough wind to keep birds moving
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Developed, Low Intensity · 909 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 6:02 AM – 9:02 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
- 58°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 5 mph wind Enough wind to keep birds moving
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Developed, Low Intensity · 909 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 6:32 AM – 9:02 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Mourning Dove season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 58°F (cold) A cold snap and the doves are gone south
- 5 mph wind A light breeze keeps doves trading between fields
- Wind out of the NW Doves decoy into the wind; set up with it at your back
- Fair weather Warm, settled days keep doves working the fields
- Ground Developed, Low Intensity · 909 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:02 AM – 9:02 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
- 58°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 Developed, Low Intensity · 909 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:32 AM – 9:02 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 58°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 5 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Developed, Low Intensity · 909 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
58°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
84°F
today
Wind
5 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1015.2 mb
steady · -0.4 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
7.56 deer/sq mi
LaGrange County took 2,871 deer last season
Habitat
Cultivated Crops
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
909 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Marsh/upland complex along the Pigeon River (LaGrange/Steuben/Noble); strong waterfowl and upland ground.
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Public-land data: Indiana DNR — Property (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.