HuntingRulebook

Connecticut · Deer · 2026-27

This is every Connecticut deer season and the day it opens, the whole state at once. A pin turns it into a day-by-day calendar for one deer management zone, with your own tags marked against it.

Connecticut 2026-27 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 15 – Dec 31Archery DeerZones 11 and 12Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Sep 15 – Dec 31Archery DeerAll other zonesPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Nov 1 – Dec 31Free Landowner DeerThe landowner's own qualifying land
  • Nov 18 – Dec 8Private Land Shotgun, Rifle or RevolverZones 2 and 4APrinted in 4 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Nov 18 – Dec 8Private Land Shotgun, Rifle or RevolverZone 7Printed in 4 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Nov 18 – Dec 8Private Land Shotgun, Rifle or RevolverZones 11 and 12Printed in 4 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Nov 18 – Dec 8Private Land Shotgun, Rifle or RevolverEverywhere elsePrinted in 4 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Nov 18 – Dec 8State Land No-lottery DeerOpen state land
  • Nov 18 – Dec 8State Land and Controlled Hunt LotteryLottery areas
  • Dec 9–31Private Land MuzzleloaderZones 2 and 4APrinted in 4 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Dec 9–31Private Land MuzzleloaderZone 7Printed in 4 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Dec 9–31Private Land MuzzleloaderZones 11 and 12Printed in 4 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Dec 9–31Private Land MuzzleloaderEverywhere elsePrinted in 4 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Dec 9–22State Land MuzzleloaderOpen state land

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 Connecticut digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection digest.

Connecticut deer seasons, 2026-27

Connecticut’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 15, 2026 to December 31, 2026, and what is open on a given day depends on the deer management zone your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the deer management zone off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for Connecticut

  • Today in Connecticut — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map in Connecticut — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in Connecticut — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in Connecticut — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in Connecticut — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in Connecticut — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in Connecticut — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

The other states

Every state — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.