HuntingRulebook

Maryland · Deer · 2026-27

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

Maryland 2026-27 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 11 – Jan 31Deer ArcheryRegion APrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Sep 11 – Jan 31Deer ArcheryRegion BPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Oct 22 – Jan 2Deer MuzzleloaderRegion APrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Oct 22 – Jan 2Deer MuzzleloaderRegion BPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Nov 14–15Junior Deer Hunt DaysRegion APrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Nov 14–15Junior Deer Hunt DaysRegion BPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Nov 28 – Dec 12Deer FirearmsRegion APrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Nov 28 – Jan 10Deer FirearmsRegion BPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Feb 1–3Primitive Deer Hunt DaysRegion APrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.
  • Feb 1–3Primitive Deer Hunt DaysRegion BPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your county.

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 Maryland digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Maryland DNR Wildlife and Heritage Service digest.

Maryland deer seasons, 2026-27

Maryland’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 11, 2026 to February 3, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the county your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the county 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 Maryland DNR Wildlife and Heritage Service digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for Maryland

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