State forest · Huntingdon County

Rothrock State Forest

Live · updated Jul 29, 6:51 PM ET

Inside a CWD Disease Surveillance Area. Pennsylvania has extensive CWD, managed through Disease Management Areas (DMAs 2–8) covering much of central, southern and northwestern PA. Within a DMA it is unlawful to feed wild deer or use urine-based attractants, and high-risk carcass parts (head, backbone, spleen) may not leave the DMA except to an approved processor. The counties flagged here are those in a DMA as of the PGC’s last published boundary set — DMAs expand as new detections occur, so ALWAYS confirm the current DMA map and rules with the PA Game Commission before you hunt or move a carcass.

Whitetail Deer

Legal light: 5:34 AM – 8:59 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

59/100

Whitetail Deer season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

59°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
Rising barometer (1007.5 mb) Cold, clear high pressure behind a front; often still good
13 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 Deciduous Forest · 1928 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Wild Turkey

Legal light: 5:34 AM – 8:29 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to noon (May 1–15), then to sunset (May 16–31)

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

69/100

Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.

GOOD conditions

59°F Right in the comfortable activity band
High pressure building (1007.5 mb) Stable, rising pressure; calm clear mornings and hard-gobbling toms
13 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 Deciduous Forest · 1928 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Squirrel

Legal light: 5:34 AM – 8:29 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

64/100

Squirrel season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

59°F Right in the comfortable activity band
13 mph wind Breezy; squirrels quiet down and stay in the dreys
Clear & calm Bright, still mornings; squirrels move and you can spot them
Ground Deciduous Forest · 1928 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Cottontail Rabbit

Legal light: 6:04 AM – 8:29 PM ET · sunrise to sunset

2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

61/100

Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

59°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
Rising barometer (1007.5 mb) Cold, clear high pressure behind a front; often still good
13 mph wind A light breeze is fine
Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
Ground Deciduous Forest · 1928 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Conditions at the pin

Dawn/dusk low

59°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

76°F

today

Wind

13 mph NW

plan your scent

Barometer

1007.5 mb

rising · 0.7 hPa/3h

Moon

100%

full

Mostly Sunny

The ground

County herd density

7.78 deer/sq mi

Huntingdon County took undefined deer last season

Habitat

Deciduous Forest

food + cover edge across the tract

Elevation

1928 ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: Ridge forest south of State College (Huntingdon/Centre/Mifflin); public deer & turkey.

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Public-land data: PA DCNR — State Forest (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.