Whitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:54 AM – 7:52 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
- 48°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 6 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 · 750 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:54 AM – 7:22 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
- 48°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 6 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 · 750 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:54 AM – 7:22 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Prime day to hunt Squirrel.
PRIME conditions
- Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
- 48°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 6 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 · 750 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
48°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
73°F
today
Wind
6 mph N
plan your scent
Barometer
— mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
4.22 deer/sq mi
Scioto County took 2,576 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
750 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Ohio's largest state forest ('the Little Smokies') — over 63,000 acres in western Scioto/eastern Adams west of Portsmouth. Hunt with a license under statewide ODNR regs.
Where it is
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Public-land data: ODNR Division of Forestry — Shawnee State Forest brochure (“over 63,000 acres”) (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.