Wildlife management area · McCreary County

Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area

Live · updated Sep 26, 8:27 PM ET

Inside a CWD Disease Surveillance Area. CWD was first confirmed in a wild Kentucky deer on Dec 6, 2023 (western Kentucky); a second wild case was confirmed Oct 2025 in Pulaski County. KDFWR’s CWD Surveillance Zone covers 23 counties: Ballard, Breckinridge, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey, Fulton, Graves, Hardin, Henderson, Hickman, Laurel, Lincoln, Marshall, McCracken, McCreary, Meade, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Union, Wayne, Webster and Whitley. In the zone, whole carcasses and high-risk parts may not leave the zone (deboned meat, cleaned skull caps/antlers, hides and finished mounts may). Bringing whole carcasses/high-risk parts of deer, elk, moose or caribou into Kentucky from out of state is illegal. Baiting is prohibited on all WMAs. Confirm the current zone map and rules with KDFWR.

Whitetail Deer

Legal light: 6:59 AM – 7:57 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset

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

68/100

Good day to hunt Whitetail Deer.

GOOD conditions

45°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 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 Mixed Forest · 912 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Conditions at the pin

Dawn/dusk low

45°F

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Daytime high

75°F

today

Wind

6 mph N

plan your scent

Barometer

1016.9 mb

steady · 0.3 hPa/3h

Moon

100%

full

Sunny

The ground

County herd density

1.03 deer/sq mi

McCreary County took 440 deer last season

Habitat

Mixed Forest

food + cover edge across the tract

Elevation

912 ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: Rugged forest WMA within Daniel Boone NF (McCreary/Pulaski); public deer & turkey.

Where it is

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