Wildlife management area · Floyd County
Dewey Lake Wildlife Management Area
9,172 acres · 37.703, -82.747 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:01 AM – 9:12 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.
SLOW conditions
- 58°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Dead calm Scent hangs and carries; deer are edgy, so play the wind carefully
- 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 Shrub/Scrub · 1327 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
58°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
82°F
today
Wind
3 mph N
plan your scent
Barometer
1013.6 mb
steady · -0.3 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
2.24 deer/sq mi
Floyd County took 881 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
sampled across the tract
Elevation
1327 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Steep eastern-Kentucky forest around Dewey Lake in Floyd County; 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.