Inside a CWD Disease Surveillance Area. Pennsylvania has extensive CWD, managed through Disease Management Areas (DMAs 2–8) covering much of central, southern and northwestern PA. Within a DMA it is unlawful to feed wild deer or use urine-based attractants, and high-risk carcass parts (head, backbone, spleen) may not leave the DMA except to an approved processor. The counties flagged here are those in a DMA as of the PGC’s last published boundary set — DMAs expand as new detections occur, so ALWAYS confirm the current DMA map and rules with the PA Game Commission before you hunt or move a carcass.
Whitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:27 AM – 7:25 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.
FAIR conditions
- 54°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 14 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
- 91% rain Heavy rain beds deer down; the movement comes right after it clears
- Bright moon Heavy nighttime feeding under a full moon can slow midday movement
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 1121 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:27 AM – 6:55 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to noon (May 1–15), then to sunset (May 16–31)
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.
SLOW conditions
- 54°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 14 mph wind Breezy; gobbles are hard to hear, so hunt tighter to the roost
- Wind out of the N Set up so a called bird approaches without the wind in your face
- 91% rain Steady rain quiets gobbling and keeps birds roosted
- Full moon Birds feed at night and fly down late; mornings can start slow
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 1121 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:27 AM – 6:55 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Workable day for Squirrel.
FAIR conditions
- Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
- 54°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 14 mph wind Breezy; squirrels quiet down and stay in the dreys
- 91% rain Squirrels den up in the rain and wet leaves muffle the cutting
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 1121 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
54°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
60°F
today
Wind
14 mph N
plan your scent
Barometer
1012.2 mb
steady · 0 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Rain
The ground
County herd density
14.4 deer/sq mi
Columbia County took undefined deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
1121 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: 16 scattered tracts across east-central PA (Dauphin/Schuylkill/Columbia and more); public deer & turkey.
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Public-land data: PA DCNR — State Forest (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.