Wildlife management area · Berkeley County

Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area

Live · updated Jul 29, 6:51 PM ET

Inside a CWD Disease Surveillance Area. CWD is present in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle (first detected in Hampshire County). WVDNR’s CWD Containment Area carries carcass-transport and baiting/feeding restrictions in Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and Morgan counties; Pendleton County has a baiting/feeding restriction as a proactive measure. High-risk carcass parts may not leave the Containment Area, and baiting is prohibited there (baiting/feeding is illegal on all public land statewide). WVDNR offers free CWD testing for deer taken in the area. Confirm the current boundary and rules with WVDNR.

Whitetail Deer

Legal light: 5:39 AM – 8:58 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset

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

57/100

Whitetail Deer season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

62°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
10 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 · 1126 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Wild Turkey

Legal light: 5:39 AM – 8:28 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset (all day)

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

74/100

Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.

GOOD conditions

62°F Right in the comfortable activity band
10 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
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 · 1126 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Squirrel

Legal light: 5:39 AM – 8:28 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset

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

77/100

Squirrel season is closed at this spot today.

GOOD conditions

62°F Right in the comfortable activity band
10 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 · 1126 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Conditions at the pin

Dawn/dusk low

62°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

79°F

today

Wind

10 mph NW

plan your scent

Barometer

1007.5 mb

steady

Moon

100%

full

Sunny

The ground

County herd density

6.2 deer/sq mi

Berkeley County took 1,990 deer last season

Habitat

Deciduous Forest

food + cover edge across the tract

Elevation

1126 ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: Ridge forest and lake in the eastern panhandle (Berkeley/Morgan); public deer, turkey and small game.

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