{"id":37907,"date":"2022-12-02T12:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=37907"},"modified":"2022-12-02T12:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:48:53","slug":"strong-opening-weekend-for-maryland-deer-firearm-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/12\/02\/strong-opening-weekend-for-maryland-deer-firearm-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Opening Weekend for Maryland Deer Firearm Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mixed Weather Still Yields Success for Many Hunters<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Photo by Steve Edwards, submitted to 2018 Maryland DNR Photo Contest.<\/p><\/div>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a>\u00a0announced that hunters reported 10,116 deer taken on the opening weekend of the\u00a0<\/span>2022 Maryland firearm season<\/span><\/a>, Nov. 26-27. Despite bad weather on Sunday, the overall harvest was just 3% lower than last year\u2019s official opening weekend harvest of 10,446 deer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The harvest total included 5,090 antlered and 4,697 antlerless white-tailed deer, and 162 antlered and 167 antlerless sika deer. The two-week deer firearm season runs through Dec. 10.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHunters experienced excellent deer hunting conditions across the state on Saturday, but rain across most of Maryland slowed the harvest on Sunday,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Director Paul Peditto said. \u201cThe weekend harvest was still strong, and hunters have plenty of time remaining in the season to put some venison in their freezers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunters in Region A, which includes Allegany, Garrett, and western Washington counties, harvested 1,142 antlered deer, an 11% increase. Hunters in Region B, comprising the rest of the state, harvested 4,110 antlered and 4,864 antlerless deer. The antlered harvest was up 5% while the antlerless harvest declined 11% from last year in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Junior hunters harvested 2,056 deer during the\u00a0<\/span>Junior Deer Hunt Days<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Nov. 12-13. The harvest was 4% higher than the official harvest of 1,972 last year. Juniors registered 1,412 antlered and 644 antlerless deer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unofficial results by county are as follows:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
County<\/th>\nJunior Hunt,
\nNov. 12-13, 2022<\/strong><\/th>\n		Opening Weekend Firearm Season,
\nNov. 26-27, 2022<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/th>\n\u00a0<\/th>\n\u00a0<\/th>\n\u00a0<\/th>\nSaturday<\/th>\n\u00a0<\/th>\nSunday<\/th>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\n

Weekend
\nTotal<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

\u00a0<\/th>\nAntlered<\/th>\nAntlerless<\/th>\nJunior
\nTotal<\/th>\n		Antlered<\/th>\nAntlerless<\/th>\nTotal<\/th>\nAntlered<\/th>\nAntlerless<\/th>\nTotal<\/th>\n\u00a0<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Allegany<\/td>\n139<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n183<\/td>\n312<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n312<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n384<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne Arundel<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n115<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n148<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baltimore<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n239<\/td>\n440<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calvert<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n141<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n169<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caroline<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n154<\/td>\n253<\/td>\n407<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n496<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carroll<\/td>\n105<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n451<\/td>\n450<\/td>\n901<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n1,033<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cecil<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n141<\/td>\n179<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n394<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n101<\/td>\n226<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n277<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dorchester<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
whitetail<\/em><\/td>\n49<\/em><\/td>\n24<\/em><\/td>\n73<\/em><\/td>\n128<\/em><\/td>\n133<\/em><\/td>\n261<\/em><\/td>\n20<\/em><\/td>\n51<\/em><\/td>\n71<\/em><\/td>\n332<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sika<\/em><\/td>\n19<\/em><\/td>\n10<\/em><\/td>\n29<\/em><\/td>\n99<\/em><\/td>\n121<\/em><\/td>\n220<\/em><\/td>\n44<\/em><\/td>\n33<\/em><\/td>\n77<\/em><\/td>\n297<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frederick<\/td>\n161<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n221<\/td>\n541<\/td>\n474<\/td>\n1,015<\/td>\n97<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n161<\/td>\n1,176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garrett<\/td>\n279<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n364<\/td>\n478<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n478<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n565<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harford<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n167<\/td>\n207<\/td>\n374<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n417<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howard<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n99<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kent<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n245<\/td>\n395<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n460<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montgomery<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n159<\/td>\n291<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prince George’s<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n133<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Queen Anne’s<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n176<\/td>\n232<\/td>\n408<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n454<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Somerset<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
whitetail<\/em><\/td>\n35<\/em><\/td>\n30<\/em><\/td>\n65<\/em><\/td>\n101<\/em><\/td>\n139<\/em><\/td>\n240<\/em><\/td>\n16<\/em><\/td>\n33<\/em><\/td>\n49<\/em><\/td>\n289<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sika<\/em><\/td>\n1<\/em><\/td>\n0<\/em><\/td>\n1<\/em><\/td>\n1<\/em><\/td>\n0<\/em><\/td>\n1<\/em><\/td>\n0<\/em><\/td>\n0<\/em><\/td>\n0<\/em><\/td>\n1<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. Mary’s<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n179<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n216<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Talbot<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n113<\/td>\n181<\/td>\n294<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n344<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington<\/td>\n111<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n149<\/td>\n447<\/td>\n182<\/td>\n629<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n101<\/td>\n730<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wicomico<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
whitetail<\/em><\/td>\n61<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n105<\/td>\n113<\/td>\n173<\/td>\n286<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n372<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sika<\/em><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Worcester<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
whitetail<\/em><\/td>\n46<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n211<\/td>\n331<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n121<\/td>\n452<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sika<\/em><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n1,412<\/td>\n644<\/td>\n2,056<\/td>\n4,510<\/td>\n4,101<\/td>\n8,611<\/td>\n742<\/td>\n763<\/td>\n1,505<\/td>\n10,116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*Sunday hunting not permitted.<\/em><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mixed Weather Still Yields Success for Many Hunters The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0announced that hunters reported 10,116 deer taken on the opening weekend of the\u00a02022 Maryland firearm season, Nov. 26-27. Despite bad weather on Sunday, the overall harvest was just 3% lower than last year\u2019s official opening weekend harvest of 10,446 deer.\u00a0 The harvest total  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3172],"tags":[3059,5116,3987],"class_list":["post-37907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-deer","tag-deer-firearms-season","tag-junior-deer-hunting-days"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37907"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37919,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37907\/revisions\/37919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}