dnr.maryland.gov/huntersguide/lwfchart.aspProposed Maryland Late Waterfowl Seasons
and Bag Limits for 2008-2009 Hunting Year
Migratory Game Bird Regulations
Note: (1) Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. All dates are inclusive. No possession limit for snow geese; for all other waterfowl, the possession limit is twice the daily bag limit; (2) Waterfowl hunting is closed on Sundays in Maryland by federal regulation to compensate for the prohibition of hunting on Sundays by Maryland law; (3) No open season for canvasback, harlequin duck, and swans.
DUCKS, COOTS, and MERGANSERS
Season Dates:
Oct. 11 - Oct. 18
Nov. 8 - Nov. 28
Dec. 16 - Jan. 24
Black Duck
Nov. 8 - Nov. 28
Dec. 16 - Jan. 24
Duck Daily Bag and Possession Limits: 6 ducks (including mergansers) per day which may include no more than: 5 long-tailed ducks, 4 scoters, 4 mallards (max. 2 hen mallards), 3 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 2 hooded mergansers, 1 pintail, 1 fulvous tree duck, 1 mottled duck, 1 black duck (during black duck season), 1 scaup per day during Oct. 11 - Oct. 18, Nov. 8 - Nov. 28, and Dec. 16 - Jan. 1; and 2 scaup per day during Jan. 2 - Jan. 24. No open season for canvasback and harlequin ducks. In addition to the duck bag limit, hunters may take 15 coots per day.
SEA DUCKS (Scoters, Long-tailed Duck, and Eiders)
Season Dates and
Daily Bag Limit
in Sea Duck Zone
Oct. 4 - Jan. 24
5
(no more than 4 scoters)
per day
ATLANTIC POPULATION (AP) CANADA GOOSE
Season Dates and
Daily Bag Limit
Nov. 15 - Nov. 28
Dec. 18 - Jan. 24
2 per day*
AP Hunt Zone: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, Howard, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, St. Mary’s, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties; that portion of Carroll County east of Route 31 to the intersection of Route 97, and east of Route 97 to the Pennsylvania line; that portion of Prince Georges County east of Routes 3 and 301; and that portion of Charles County east of Route 301 to the Virginia line.
AF RESIDENT POPULATION CANADA GEESE (LATE SEASON)
Season Dates and
Daily Bag Limit
Nov. 15 - Nov. 28
Dec. 16 - Mar. 4
5 per day*
AFRP Hunt Zone: Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, Montgomery, and Washington, Counties; that portion of Carroll County west of Route 31 to the intersection of Route 97, and west of Route 97 to the Pennsylvania line; that portion of Prince George’s County west of Route 3 and Route 301; and that portion of Charles County west of Route 301 to the Virginia line.
ATLANTIC BRANT
Season Dates and
Daily Bag Limit
Oct. 11 - Oct. 18
Nov. 8 - Nov. 28
Dec. 16 - Jan. 24
3 per day
SNOW GEESE
Season Dates and
Daily Bag Limit
Oct. 25 - Nov. 28
Dec 6 - Jan. 31
Dec 11 - Mar. 10
15 per day**
No possession limit.
NATIONAL YOUTH WATERFOWL HUNTING DAY
Season Date
Nov. 1
Daily Bag and Possession Limits: 2 Canada goose*, 15 snow geese**, 3 brant, 15 coot, and 6 ducks (including mergansers) per day which may include no more than: 5 long-tailed ducks, 4 scoters, 4 mallards (max. 2 hen mallards), 3 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 2 scaup, 2 hooded mergansers, 1 pintail, 1 black duck, 1 fulvous tree duck, and 1 mottled duck. No open season for canvasback, harlequin duck, and swans.
*Hunters 15 years of age or younger may participate in the National Youth Waterfowl Hunting Day if the individual possesses a valid hunting license or is exempt from Maryland hunting license requirements. The individual must possess a Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp, and must be accompanied in the field by an individual who:
Is 21 years old or older.
Possesses a valid Maryland hunting license, or is exempt from hunting license requirements.
Is not afield with a firearm, bow or other hunting device.
*The Canada goose daily bag limit may include Canada geese, cackling geese, and white-fronted geese singly or in aggregate.
**The snow goose daily bag limit may include greater snow geese, lesser snow geese, and Ross’s geese singly or in aggregate.
