HuntingRulebook

Maine · Deer · 2026-27

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

Maine 2026-27 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 12 – Dec 12Expanded ArcheryDesignated areas, statewide
  • Oct 3–30Regular ArcheryStatewide
  • Oct 23–24Youth Deer HuntStatewide
  • Oct 31Maine Resident Only DayWMDs 21-25 and 29Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your wildlife management district.
  • Oct 31Maine Resident Only DayEverywhere elsePrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your wildlife management district.
  • Nov 2–28Firearms SeasonWMDs 21-25 and 29Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your wildlife management district.
  • Nov 2–28Firearms SeasonEverywhere elsePrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your wildlife management district.
  • Nov 30 – Dec 5Muzzleloader — Statewide WeekWMDs 21-25 and 29Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your wildlife management district.
  • Nov 30 – Dec 5Muzzleloader — Statewide WeekEverywhere elsePrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your wildlife management district.
  • Dec 7–12Muzzleloader — Second WeekWMDs 21-25 and 29Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your wildlife management district.
  • Dec 7–12Muzzleloader — Second WeekWMDs 12-18, 20 and 26-28Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your wildlife management district.

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 Maine digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife digest.

Maine deer seasons, 2026-27

Maine’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 12, 2026 to December 12, 2026, and what is open on a given day depends on the wildlife management district your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the wildlife management district 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 Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for Maine

  • Today in Maine 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 Maine Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in Maine Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in Maine Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in Maine When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in Maine The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in Maine 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.