State forest · Brown County

Yellowwood State Forest

24,163 acres · 39.203, -86.343 ↗

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Whitetail Deer

Open today: youth, general

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

68/100

Good day to hunt Whitetail Deer.

GOOD conditions

  • 47°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • 6 mph wind A steady breeze covers your movement and noise; deer stay on their feet
  • Wind out of the NNE 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 · 770 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Wild Turkey

Season closed today

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

74/100

Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.

GOOD conditions

  • 47°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • 6 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
  • Wind out of the NNE 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 · 770 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Squirrel

Open today: general

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

89/100

Prime day to hunt Squirrel.

PRIME conditions

  • Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
  • 47°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • 6 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 · 770 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Dawn/dusk low

47°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

74°F

today

Wind

6 mph NNE

plan your scent

Barometer

1019 mb

steady

Moon

100%

full

Patchy Fog then Sunny

County herd density

4.78 deer/sq mi

Brown County took 1,490 deer last season

Habitat

Deciduous Forest

sampled across the tract

Elevation

770 ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: Brown County hill forest around Yellowwood Lake; heavy public deer & turkey use.

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