Wildlife management area · Carter County
Grayson Lake Wildlife Management Area
8,025 acres · 38.213, -82.987 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:53 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
- 47°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 6 mph wind A steady breeze covers your movement and noise; deer stay on their feet
- Wind out of the N 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 · 951 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
47°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
72°F
today
Wind
6 mph N
plan your scent
Barometer
1017.6 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Patchy Fog then Sunny
The ground
County herd density
3.03 deer/sq mi
Carter County took 1,240 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
sampled across the tract
Elevation
951 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Cliff-lined lake country (Carter/Elliott) in northeastern Kentucky; 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.