Wildlife management area · Anderson County
Taylorsville Lake Wildlife Management Area
9,417 acres · 37.981, -85.119 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 7:02 AM – 8:00 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Whitetail Deer.
GOOD conditions
- 46°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 8 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 Deciduous Forest · 591 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 7:02 AM – 7:30 PM ET · 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
- 46°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 8 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
- Wind out of the N 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 · 591 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 7:02 AM – 7:30 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset (Sept 1 opener: 11 a.m. to sunset)
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Mourning Dove.
GOOD conditions
- 46°F (cold) A cold snap and the doves are gone south
- 8 mph wind A light breeze keeps doves trading between fields
- Wind out of the N Doves decoy into the wind; set up with it at your back
- Fair weather Warm, settled days keep doves working the fields
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 591 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
46°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
75°F
today
Wind
8 mph N
plan your scent
Barometer
1017.3 mb
steady · -0.3 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
10.1 deer/sq mi
Anderson County took 2,040 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
591 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Land around Taylorsville Lake (Spencer/Anderson/Nelson) near Louisville; 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.