State wildlife area · Wayne County
Killbuck Marsh Wildlife Area
5,703 acres · 40.670, -81.990 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:50 AM – 7:47 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
- 51°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 15 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 Pasture/Hay · 1026 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 6:50 AM – 7:17 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · waterfowl Zone C · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Ducks season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 51°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 15 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 Pasture/Hay · 1026 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 6:50 AM – 7:17 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · waterfowl Zone C · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 51°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 15 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 Pasture/Hay · 1026 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:50 AM – 7:17 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 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
- 51°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 15 mph wind Breezy; squirrels quiet down and stay in the dreys
- Clear & calm Bright, still mornings; squirrels move and you can spot them
- Ground Pasture/Hay · 1026 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 7:20 AM – 7:17 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 51°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 15 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Pasture/Hay · 1026 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
51°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
70°F
today
Wind
15 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1019.3 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Mostly Sunny
The ground
County herd density
6.42 deer/sq mi
Wayne County took 3,562 deer last season
Habitat
Pasture/Hay
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
1026 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Large marsh/bottomland (Wayne/Holmes) 2 mi east of Shreve. Free public deer and waterfowl 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.