State wildlife area · Belmont County
Egypt Valley Wildlife Area
18,011 acres · 40.040, -81.110 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:46 AM – 7:44 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
- 53°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 12 mph wind A steady breeze covers your movement and noise; deer stay on their feet
- Wind out of the NW 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 Pasture/Hay · 1055 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:46 AM – 7:14 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset (to noon for the season’s first 9 days)
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 53°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 12 mph wind Breezy; gobbles are hard to hear, so hunt tighter to the roost
- Wind out of the NW 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 Pasture/Hay · 1055 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 6:46 AM – 7:14 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · waterfowl Zone C · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Ducks season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 53°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 12 mph wind A good breeze keeps birds flying and makes the decoys look alive
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Pasture/Hay · 1055 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 6:46 AM – 7:14 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · waterfowl Zone C · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 53°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 12 mph wind A good breeze keeps birds flying and makes the decoys look alive
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Pasture/Hay · 1055 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 7:16 AM – 7:14 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Mourning Dove.
GOOD conditions
- 53°F (cold) A cold snap and the doves are gone south
- 12 mph wind A light breeze keeps doves trading between fields
- Wind out of the NW Doves decoy into the wind; set up with it at your back
- Fair weather Warm, settled days keep doves working the fields
- Ground Pasture/Hay · 1055 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:46 AM – 7:14 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Squirrel.
GOOD conditions
- Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
- 53°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 12 mph wind Breezy; squirrels quiet down and stay in the dreys
- Clear & calm Bright, still mornings; squirrels move and you can spot them
- Ground Pasture/Hay · 1055 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 7:16 AM – 7:14 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 53°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 12 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Pasture/Hay · 1055 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
53°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
72°F
today
Wind
12 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1017.3 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Mostly Sunny
The ground
County herd density
7 deer/sq mi
Belmont County took 3,725 deer last season
Habitat
Pasture/Hay
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
1055 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Reclaimed strip-mine hill country (Belmont/Guernsey) near Morristown; access off I-70 and SR 800.
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Public-land data: ODNR Find-a-Property (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.