National forest · Lyon County
Land Between the Lakes NRA
170,000 acres · 36.950, -88.070 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:14 AM – 7:12 PM CT · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Slow conditions for Whitetail Deer 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 NE 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 · 498 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:14 AM – 6:42 PM CT · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset (all day — no noon closure)
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Wild Turkey.
GOOD conditions
- 58°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 3 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
- Wind out of the NE 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 · 498 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:14 AM – 6:42 PM CT · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Prime day to hunt Squirrel.
PRIME conditions
- Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
- 58°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 · 498 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 6:14 AM – 6:42 PM CT · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Ducks season is closed at this spot today.
SLOW conditions
- 58°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Dead calm Slick water; birds raft up and loaf, and decoying is tough
- Wind out of the NE Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 498 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 6:14 AM – 6:42 PM CT · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Slow conditions for Canada Geese today.
SLOW conditions
- 58°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Dead calm Slick water; birds raft up and loaf, and decoying is tough
- Wind out of the NE Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 498 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
58°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
74°F
today
Wind
3 mph NE
plan your scent
Barometer
1016.3 mb
steady · -0.3 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Mostly Sunny
The ground
County herd density
3.98 deer/sq mi
Lyon County took 852 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
sampled across the tract
Elevation
498 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: USFS National Recreation Area between Kentucky & Barkley lakes (Lyon/Trigg in KY); public hunting under KDFWR/USFS regs.
Where it is
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Public-land data: USDA Forest Service — Land Between the Lakes NRA (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.