Wildlife management area · Floyd County
Dewey Lake Wildlife Management Area
9,172 acres · 37.703, -82.747 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:52 AM – 7:51 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
- 45°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 NNW 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 Shrub/Scrub · 1327 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
45°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
71°F
today
Wind
5 mph NNW
plan your scent
Barometer
1018.3 mb
steady · 0 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Areas Of Fog then Sunny
The ground
County herd density
2.24 deer/sq mi
Floyd County took 881 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
sampled across the tract
Elevation
1327 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Steep eastern-Kentucky forest around Dewey Lake in Floyd County; public deer & turkey.
Where it is
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Public-land data: KDFWR — Public Land (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.