State forest · Clark County

Clark State Forest

25,604 acres · 38.559, -85.813 ↗

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Whitetail Deer

Season closed today

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

57/100

Whitetail Deer season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

  • 61°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • 5 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 · 671 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Ducks

Season closed today

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

59/100

Ducks season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

  • 61°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • 5 mph wind Enough wind to keep birds moving
  • Wind out of the N Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
  • Ground Deciduous Forest · 671 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Canada Geese

Season closed today

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

59/100

Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

  • 61°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • 5 mph wind Enough wind to keep birds moving
  • Wind out of the N Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
  • Ground Deciduous Forest · 671 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Squirrel

Season closed today

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

77/100

Squirrel season is closed at this spot today.

GOOD conditions

  • 61°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • 5 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 · 671 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Dawn/dusk low

61°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

84°F

today

Wind

5 mph N

plan your scent

Barometer

1012.5 mb

steady · -0.3 hPa/3h

Moon

100%

full

Sunny

County herd density

3.7 deer/sq mi

Clark County took 1,375 deer last season

Habitat

Deciduous Forest

food + cover edge across the tract

Elevation

671 ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: Indiana’s oldest state forest near Henryville (Clark/Scott/Washington). Public hunting under DNR regs.

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Public-land data: Indiana DNR — Property (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.