Fish & wildlife area · Daviess County

Glendale Fish & Wildlife Area

8,060 acres · 38.663, -87.046 ↗

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Whitetail Deer

Season closed today

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

56/100

Whitetail Deer season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

  • 62°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) Feeds and moves ahead of a pressure drop
  • Dead calm Scent hangs and carries; deer are edgy, so play the wind carefully
  • Wind out of the ENE 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 Developed, Low Intensity · 526 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Wild Turkey

Season closed today

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

66/100

Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.

GOOD conditions

  • 62°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) An incoming front shuts gobbling down
  • 3 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
  • Wind out of the ENE 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 Developed, Low Intensity · 526 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

  • 62°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) Birds move ahead of a front
  • Dead calm Slick water; birds raft up and loaf, and decoying is tough
  • Wind out of the ENE Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
  • Ground Developed, Low Intensity · 526 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

  • 62°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) Birds move ahead of a front
  • Dead calm Slick water; birds raft up and loaf, and decoying is tough
  • Wind out of the ENE Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
  • Ground Developed, Low Intensity · 526 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Mourning Dove

Season closed today

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

63/100

Mourning Dove season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

  • 62°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) An incoming front will push the doves out overnight
  • Dead calm Calm and quiet
  • Wind out of the ENE Doves decoy into the wind; set up with it at your back
  • Fair weather Warm, settled days keep doves working the fields
  • Ground Developed, Low Intensity · 526 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

  • 62°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 Developed, Low Intensity · 526 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Cottontail Rabbit

Season closed today

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

67/100

Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.

GOOD conditions

  • 62°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • Falling barometer (1013.6 mb) A change in the weather gets rabbits moving
  • Dead calm Calm and quiet
  • Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
  • Ground Developed, Low Intensity · 526 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Dawn/dusk low

62°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

86°F

today

Wind

3 mph ENE

plan your scent

Barometer

1013.6 mb

falling · -0.6 hPa/3h

Moon

100%

full

Patchy Fog then Sunny

County herd density

3.31 deer/sq mi

Daviess County took 1,425 deer last season

Habitat

Cultivated Crops

sampled across the tract

Elevation

526 ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: Woods, fields and the Dogwood Lake complex in Daviess County; public deer, turkey and waterfowl.

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