State wildlife area · Athens County
Waterloo Wildlife Area
2,659 acres · 39.350, -82.270 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:51 AM – 7:48 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
- 50°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 · 890 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 6:51 AM – 7:18 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.
GOOD conditions
- 50°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 · 890 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:51 AM – 7:18 PM ET · 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
- 50°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 8 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 · 890 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 7:21 AM – 7:18 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 50°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 8 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Deciduous Forest · 890 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
50°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
72°F
today
Wind
8 mph N
plan your scent
Barometer
1018 mb
steady · 0.4 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
1.82 deer/sq mi
Athens County took 917 deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
sampled across the tract
Elevation
890 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Rugged, heavily forested SE Ohio tract (2,659 ac) ~10 mi west of Athens (jct SR 56/356). Free public deer/turkey hunting.
Where it is
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Public-land data: ODNR Division of Wildlife — Waterloo Wildlife Area map (2,659.39 ac) (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.