State wildlife area · Coshocton County
Woodbury Wildlife Area
19,252 acres · 40.270, -81.950 ↗
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
- 52°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 10 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 · 950 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:50 AM – 7:17 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
- 52°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 10 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 · 950 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 7:20 AM – 7:17 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Mourning Dove.
GOOD conditions
- 52°F (cold) A cold snap and the doves are gone south
- 10 mph wind A light breeze keeps doves trading between fields
- Wind out of the N Doves decoy into the wind; set up with it at your back
- Fair weather Warm, settled days keep doves working the fields
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 950 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
Prime day to hunt Squirrel.
PRIME conditions
- Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
- 52°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 10 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 · 950 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
- 52°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 10 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 950 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
52°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
71°F
today
Wind
10 mph N
plan your scent
Barometer
1017.9 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Mostly Sunny
The ground
County herd density
15.12 deer/sq mi
Coshocton County took 8,527 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
950 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Large tract 4 mi west of Coshocton; multiple parking lots off area roads. Free public deer/turkey/small-game.
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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.