Wildlife management area · Berkeley County

Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area

Live · updated Sep 27, 3:52 AM 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: 6:34 AM – 7:32 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset

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

48/100

Slow conditions for Whitetail Deer today.

SLOW conditions

56°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
16 mph wind Gusty; deer seek sheltered cover and movement thins
Wind out of the NW Pick a stand that keeps your scent off the bedding and approach
52% rain A light drizzle barely slows deer and quiets your entry
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: 6:34 AM – 7:02 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset (all day)

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

54/100

Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

56°F Right in the comfortable activity band
16 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
Scattered showers Birds still gobble between cells; hunt the fields once it clears
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: 6:34 AM – 7:02 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset

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

63/100

Workable day for Squirrel.

FAIR conditions

Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
56°F Right in the comfortable activity band
16 mph wind Breezy; squirrels quiet down and stay in the dreys
52% rain Squirrels den up in the rain and wet leaves muffle the cutting
Ground Deciduous Forest · 1126 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Conditions at the pin

Dawn/dusk low

56°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

61°F

today

Wind

16 mph NW

plan your scent

Barometer

1009.5 mb

steady

Moon

99%

full

Chance Rain Showers

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.

Where it is

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