HuntingRulebook

Rhode Island · Deer · 2026-27

This is every Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island 2026-27 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 12–13Youth Archery WeekendZones 1 and 2Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Sep 15 – Jan 31ArcheryZones 1 and 2Printed in 3 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Oct 13–16Special Season for Disabled HuntersZone 3Printed in 1 column — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Oct 15–30ArcheryZone 4 — Block IslandPrinted in 3 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Oct 17–18Youth Archery WeekendZone 3Printed in 2 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Oct 19 – Jan 31ArcheryZone 3Printed in 3 columns — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Oct 31 – Nov 1Youth Muzzleloader WeekendZones 1 and 2Printed in 1 column — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Nov 2 – Feb 12Block Island — All WeaponsZone 4 — New ShorehamPrinted in 1 column — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Nov 7 – Dec 4MuzzleloaderZones 1 and 2Printed in 1 column — check which covers your deer management zone.
  • Dec 5–31ShotgunZones 1 and 2Printed in 1 column — check which covers your deer management zone.

Transcribed from the published 2026-27 Rhode Island digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Fish and Wildlife digest.

Rhode Island deer seasons, 2026-27

Rhode Island’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 12, 2026 to February 12, 2027, 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 Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Fish and Wildlife digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for Rhode Island

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