Hunting & Fishing Seasons


Waterfowl
Shooting hours are one half hour before sunrise to sunset, except teal season when hours are sunrise to sunset. All dates are inclusive. No possession limit for Snow Geese; for all other waterfowl, possession limit is twice the daily bag limit.

Webless Migratory Birds
Shooting hours are one half hour before sunrise to sunset. EXCEPT MOURNING DOVES between Sept. 2 - Oct. 19, when hours are 12 noon to sunset. All dates are inclusive. Possession limit is twice the daily bag limit.

View PDF file: Maryland Migratory Game Bird Hunting Season 2007 - 2008  

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Canada Goose Migratory  
   
Open Season              Bag Limit
Nov. 15- Nov. 23         2 Per Day

 
Atlantic Population
 
Open Season              Bag Limit
Dec. 15- Jan. 26          2 Per Day 

AP Goose Hunt Zone:
Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen
Annes, Somerset, St. Mary’s, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties; that portion of Baltimore County north of Route 138, Route 137, and Mount Carmel Road; that portion of Carroll County north of Route 88, east of Route 30 from the intersection of Route 30 and Route 88 to the intersection of Route 30 and Route 482, north of Route 482, north of Route 27 from the intersection of Route 27 and Route 482 to the intersection of Route 27 and Route 97, and east of Route 97 from the intersection of Route 27 and Route 97 to the Pennsylvania line; that portion of Anne Arundel County east of Interstate 895, Interstate 97, and Route 3; that portion of Prince Georges County east of Routes 3 and 301, and that portion of Charles County east of Route 301 to the VA state line.

Snow Goose

Open Season           Bag Limit
Oct. 27 - Nov. 23           15
Dec. 4 - Jan. 26       
        No possession limit 


Duck Season

Ducks (except Black Duck) 
Oct. 13-  Oct. 20     See Duck Limit**
Nov. 10 - Nov. 23
Dec. 11 -Jan.  26
 
Black Duck
Nov. 10-Nov. 23     See Duck Limit**
Dec. 11 -Jan. 26

**Duck Daily Bag Limit: 6 ducks (including mergansers) per day which may include no more than: 5 long-tailed ducks, 4 scoters, 4 mallards (max. 2 hen mallards), 2 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 2 scaup, 2 canvasbacks, 2 hooded mergansers, 1 pintail, 1 fulvous tree duck, 1 mottled duck, and 1 black duck (during black duck season). The possession limit is twice the daily bag limit. In addition to the duck bag limit hunters may take 15 coots per day.

No Open Season for Harlequin Duck and Swans.

Sea Ducks - In Special

Open Season      Bag Limit
Oct. 6 - Jan. 26         5

Note: Sea ducks taken outside the sea duck zone during the regular duck season count toward the regular duck daily bag limit.


Current General Hunting Regulations

Last Update 10-15-2007;
See above link for latest updates.

Maryland Striped Bass Season
Bass, Striped (Bay) - 33"

Information Will Be Updated for the 2008 Season.

Bass, Striped (Bay) - 18" - 28"

May 16 - 31, 2007
- Restricted to the mainstem Chesapeake Bay from a Line between Tolchester to the south pt. of Hart-Miller Island south to the MD/ VA Line plus areas of the Chester, Choptank and Patuxent Rivers.
Click here to see map

Charter boat captain or mate = 1/fish/boat/trip
Maximum two charterboat trips/day

June 1 - Dec. 15, 2007: Maryland's Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Charter boat captain or mate = 1/fish/boat/trip
Maximum two charterboat trips/day

Other Fishing Regulations(DNR)
Fishing Report(DNR)