Wildlife management area · Braxton County
Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area
12,579 acres · 38.830, -80.595 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 5:50 AM – 9:06 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.
SLOW conditions
- 56°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Dead calm Scent hangs and carries; deer are edgy, so play the wind carefully
- 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 · 1271 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 5:50 AM – 8:36 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.
GOOD conditions
- 56°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 3 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
- 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 · 1271 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 5:50 AM – 8:36 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Squirrel season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 56°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 3 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 · 1271 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
56°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
81°F
today
Wind
3 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1011.9 mb
steady · 0 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Widespread Fog then Sunny
The ground
County herd density
4.39 deer/sq mi
Braxton County took 2,242 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
sampled across the tract
Elevation
1271 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Land around Burnsville Lake in Braxton County; public deer, turkey and waterfowl.
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Public-land data: WVDNR — Public Land (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.