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Wildlife management area · Henderson County

Sloughs Wildlife Management Area

11,173 acres · 37.801, -87.831 ↗

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Inside a CWD Disease Surveillance Area. CWD was first confirmed in a wild Kentucky deer on Dec 6, 2023 (western Kentucky); a second wild case was confirmed Oct 2025 in Pulaski County. KDFWR’s CWD Surveillance Zone covers 23 counties: Ballard, Breckinridge, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Fulton, Graves, Hardin, Henderson, Hickman, Laurel, Lincoln, Marshall, McCracken, McCreary, Meade, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Union, Wayne, Webster and Whitley. In the zone, whole carcasses and high-risk parts may not leave the zone (deboned meat, cleaned skull caps/antlers, hides and finished mounts may). Bringing whole carcasses/high-risk parts of deer, elk, moose or caribou into Kentucky from out of state is illegal. Baiting is prohibited on all WMAs. Confirm the current zone map and rules with KDFWR.

Whitetail Deer

Season closed today

Legal light: 5:22 AM – 8:33 PM CT · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

57/100

Whitetail Deer season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

  • 64°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • 6 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 Woody Wetlands · 350 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Ducks

Season closed today

Legal light: 5:22 AM – 8:03 PM CT · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

59/100

Ducks season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

  • 64°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • 6 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 Woody Wetlands · 350 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Canada Geese

Season closed today

Legal light: 5:22 AM – 8:03 PM CT · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

59/100

Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

  • 64°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • 6 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 Woody Wetlands · 350 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Conditions at the pin

Dawn/dusk low

64°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

86°F

today

Wind

6 mph NW

plan your scent

Barometer

1018.6 mb

steady

Moon

100%

full

Sunny

The ground

County herd density

2.92 deer/sq mi

Henderson County took 1,274 deer last season

Habitat

Cultivated Crops

food + cover edge across the tract

Elevation

350 ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: Ohio River bottomland wetlands (Henderson/Union); a premier western-Kentucky waterfowl area.

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Public-land data: KDFWR — Public Land (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.