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: 5:28 AM – 8:54 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Whitetail Deer season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 60°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
- 9 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 · 1121 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 5:28 AM – 8:24 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
Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.
PRIME conditions
- 60°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- High pressure building (1007.5 mb) Stable, rising pressure; calm clear mornings and hard-gobbling toms
- 9 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 · 1121 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 5:28 AM – 8:24 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2026-27 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Squirrel season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 60°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 9 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 · 1121 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
60°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
76°F
today
Wind
9 mph N
plan your scent
Barometer
1007.5 mb
rising · 0.7 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Partly Sunny
The ground
County herd density
14.4 deer/sq mi
Columbia County took undefined deer last season
Habitat
Deciduous Forest
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
1121 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: 16 scattered tracts across east-central PA (Dauphin/Schuylkill/Columbia and more); 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.