State forest · Pike County

Pike State Forest

12,531 acres · 39.090, -83.300 ↗

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Whitetail Deer

Season closed today

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

65/100

Whitetail Deer season is closed at this spot today.

GOOD conditions

  • 56°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) Feeds and moves ahead of a pressure drop
  • 7 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 Deciduous Forest · 814 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Wild Turkey

Season closed today

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

66/100

Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.

GOOD conditions

  • 56°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) An incoming front shuts gobbling down
  • 7 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 Deciduous Forest · 814 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Squirrel

Season closed today

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

77/100

Squirrel season is closed at this spot today.

GOOD conditions

  • 56°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • 7 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 Deciduous Forest · 814 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Dawn/dusk low

56°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

82°F

today

Wind

7 mph N

plan your scent

Barometer

1013.6 mb

falling · -0.6 hPa/3h

Moon

100%

full

Patchy Fog then Sunny

County herd density

4.9 deer/sq mi

Pike County took 2,156 deer last season

Habitat

Deciduous Forest

sampled across the tract

Elevation

814 ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: 13 scattered tracts in western Pike/eastern Highland; popular deer forest. Hunt with a license under statewide ODNR regs.

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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.