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Waterfowl Hunting with Captain Matt Marlowe on Maryland's Famous Chesapeake Bay with The Chesapeake Bay Outfitter.

2011-2012 Maryland Waterfowl Hunting Seasons
 
Maryland Waterfowl Hunting dates listed on this page are for reference only. To view the actual Maryland DNR seasons please click here to visit the MD DNR Web Page.
 
Ducks, Coots and Mergansers
October 15 - October 22
November 12 - November 25
December 13 - January 28

Black Duck

November 12 - November 25
December 13 - January 28
 

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 scaup, 2 hooded mergansers, 1 pintail, 1 fulvous tree duck, 1 mottled duck, 1 canvasback, 1 black duck (during black duck season).  In addition to the duck bag limit, hunters may take 15 coots per day. No open season for harlequin ducks.

No open season for harlequin ducks.

Sea Ducks
October 1 - January 28
 
5 (no more than 4 scoters) per day
AP Canada Goose
November 19 - November 25
December 15 - January 28
 

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.

See Map Below

*Includes Canada geese, cackling geese, and white-fronted geese singly or in aggregate.

 

AF Resident Population Canada Geese (Late Season)

November 16 - November 25
December 15 - March 3
 

5 per day