HuntingRulebook

Rhode Island · Deer · 2026-27

Weather needs a spot

Wind, temperature and the scent cone are a forecast for somewhere. Drop a pin and this fills in for that exact spot, hour by hour.

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.