Wildlife management area · Summers County
Bluestone Lake Wildlife Management Area
17,744 acres · 37.600, -80.885 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:45 AM – 7:43 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
- 46°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 13 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 Deciduous Forest · 2146 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:45 AM – 7:13 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset (all day)
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 46°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 13 mph wind Breezy; gobbles are hard to hear, so hunt tighter to the roost
- Wind out of the NW 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 · 2146 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:45 AM – 7:13 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
- 46°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 13 mph wind Breezy; squirrels quiet down and stay in the dreys
- Clear & calm Bright, still mornings; squirrels move and you can spot them
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 2146 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 7:15 AM – 7:13 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 46°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 13 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 2146 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 6:45 AM – 7:13 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Mourning Dove.
GOOD conditions
- 46°F (cold) A cold snap and the doves are gone south
- 13 mph wind A light breeze keeps doves trading between fields
- Wind out of the NW 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 · 2146 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 6:45 AM – 7:13 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Ducks season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 46°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 13 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 Deciduous Forest · 2146 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 6:45 AM – 7:13 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 46°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 13 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 Deciduous Forest · 2146 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
46°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
68°F
today
Wind
13 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1018.3 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny
The ground
County herd density
4.73 deer/sq mi
Summers County took 1,709 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
2146 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Land around Bluestone Lake (Summers/Mercer/Monroe) in southern WV; public deer & turkey.
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Public-land data: WVDNR — Public Land (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.