Fish & wildlife area · LaPorte County
Kingsbury Fish & Wildlife Area
7,400 acres · 41.511, -86.579 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:07 AM – 9:37 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
- 56°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 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 · 686 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:07 AM – 9:07 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset (all day — no noon closure)
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
- 5 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 · 686 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 6:07 AM – 9:07 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Ducks season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 56°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 5 mph wind Enough wind to keep birds moving
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 686 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 6:07 AM – 9:07 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 56°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 5 mph wind Enough wind to keep birds moving
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 686 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 6:37 AM – 9:07 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Mourning Dove season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 56°F (cold) A cold snap and the doves are gone south
- 5 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 · 686 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:07 AM – 9:07 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
- 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 · 686 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:37 AM – 9:07 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 56°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 5 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 686 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
56°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
83°F
today
Wind
5 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1015.9 mb
steady · -0.4 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
3.46 deer/sq mi
LaPorte County took 2,069 deer last season
Habitat
Cultivated Crops
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
686 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Marsh and old-field ground near LaPorte; public deer, upland and waterfowl hunting.
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Public-land data: Indiana DNR — Property (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.