Wildlife management area · Taylor County
Green River Lake Wildlife Management Area
21,301 acres · 37.263, -85.302 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:13 AM – 9:21 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
- 63°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Falling barometer (1014.6 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 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 Deciduous Forest · 894 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 6:13 AM – 8:51 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
- 63°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Falling barometer (1014.6 mb) Birds move ahead of a front
- Dead calm Slick water; birds raft up and loaf, and decoying is tough
- Wind out of the N Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 894 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:13 AM – 8:51 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
- 63°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 Deciduous Forest · 894 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:43 AM – 8:51 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 63°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Falling barometer (1014.6 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 Deciduous Forest · 894 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
63°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
85°F
today
Wind
3 mph N
plan your scent
Barometer
1014.6 mb
falling · -0.7 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
5.57 deer/sq mi
Taylor County took 1,481 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
894 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Land around Green River Lake (Taylor/Adair); public deer, turkey and waterfowl.
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Public-land data: KDFWR — Public Land (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.