State wildlife area · Brown County
Indian Creek Wildlife Area
1,695 acres · 39.170, -83.900 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:03 AM – 9:20 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
- 57°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Falling barometer (1013.9 mb) Feeds and moves ahead of a pressure drop
- 9 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 Cultivated Crops · 977 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:03 AM – 8:50 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset (to noon for the season’s first 9 days)
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 57°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- Falling barometer (1013.9 mb) An incoming front shuts gobbling down
- 9 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
- Wind out of the N 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 Cultivated Crops · 977 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:03 AM – 8:50 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
- 57°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 Cultivated Crops · 977 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:33 AM – 8:50 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 57°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Falling barometer (1013.9 mb) A change in the weather gets rabbits moving
- 9 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Cultivated Crops · 977 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
57°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
81°F
today
Wind
9 mph N
plan your scent
Barometer
1013.9 mb
falling · -0.7 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
6.17 deer/sq mi
Brown County took 3,023 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
977 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: SW Ohio 1 mi SE of Fayetteville; free public deer and small-game hunting.
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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.