State wildlife area · Mahoning County
Berlin Lake Wildlife Area
8,518 acres · 41.010, -80.990 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 5:46 AM – 9:13 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.
GOOD conditions
- 55°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 9 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 Developed, Open Space · 1033 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 5:46 AM – 8:43 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · waterfowl Zone B · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Ducks season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 55°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 9 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 Developed, Open Space · 1033 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 5:46 AM – 8:43 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · waterfowl Zone B · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 55°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 9 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 Developed, Open Space · 1033 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 5:46 AM – 8:43 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
- 55°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 9 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 Developed, Open Space · 1033 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:16 AM – 8:43 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 55°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 9 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Developed, Open Space · 1033 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
55°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
80°F
today
Wind
9 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1012.2 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
6.72 deer/sq mi
Mahoning County took 2,768 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
1033 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Scattered NE Ohio tracts adjacent to Berlin Lake along US 224 (Mahoning/Portage/Stark).
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Public-land data: ODNR Find-a-Property (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.