Wildlife management area · Garrett County
Mt. Nebo Wildlife Management Area
1,854 acres · 39.449, -79.390 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:39 AM – 7:37 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Workable day for Whitetail Deer.
FAIR conditions
- 49°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 20 mph wind Gusty; deer seek sheltered cover and movement thins
- 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 · 2451 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:39 AM – 7:07 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to noon (Apr 18–May 9), then to sunset (May 10–23)
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 49°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 20 mph wind Too windy; you can’t hear gobbles and birds clam up
- 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 Woody Wetlands · 2451 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 6:39 AM – 7:07 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Workable day for Ducks.
FAIR conditions
- 49°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 20 mph wind A good breeze keeps birds flying and makes the decoys look alive
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Woody Wetlands · 2451 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:39 AM – 7:07 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Squirrel.
GOOD conditions
- Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
- 49°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 20 mph wind Squirrels hole up in a hard wind and you can’t hear them cutting
- Clear & calm Bright, still mornings; squirrels move and you can spot them
- Ground Woody Wetlands · 2451 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 7:09 AM – 7:07 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 49°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 20 mph wind Gusty; tough, erratic conditions
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Woody Wetlands · 2451 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
49°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
60°F
today
Wind
20 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1016.6 mb
steady · -0.3 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Partly Sunny
The ground
County herd density
7.93 deer/sq mi
Garrett County took 5,146 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
sampled across the tract
Elevation
2451 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Upland forest near Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County (Region A); public deer & turkey.
Where it is
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Public-land data: Maryland DNR — FY25 Lands Acreage Report (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.