National forest · Menifee County
Daniel Boone National Forest
708,879 acres · 37.841, -83.619 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:05 AM – 9:16 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.
SLOW conditions
- 58°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Dead calm Scent hangs and carries; deer are edgy, so play the wind carefully
- 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 Mixed Forest · 937 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:05 AM – 8:46 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
- 3 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 Mixed Forest · 937 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:05 AM – 8:46 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
- 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 Mixed Forest · 937 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:35 AM – 8:46 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
- Dead calm Calm and quiet
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Mixed Forest · 937 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 6:05 AM – 8:46 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Ducks season is closed at this spot today.
SLOW conditions
- 58°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Dead calm Slick water; birds raft up and loaf, and decoying is tough
- Wind out of the NNE Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Mixed Forest · 937 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 6:05 AM – 8:46 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.
SLOW conditions
- 58°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Dead calm Slick water; birds raft up and loaf, and decoying is tough
- Wind out of the NNE Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Mixed Forest · 937 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
58°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
81°F
today
Wind
3 mph NNE
plan your scent
Barometer
1013.5 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Patchy Fog then Sunny
The ground
County herd density
1.07 deer/sq mi
Menifee County took 218 deer last season
Habitat
Mixed Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
937 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Federal public land across ~21 eastern-Kentucky counties on the Cumberland Plateau; open under Kentucky regs. Acreage is the forest-wide USFS figure.
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Public-land data: USDA Forest Service — Daniel Boone National Forest (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.