{"id":39513,"date":"2023-10-04T14:38:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T18:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=39513"},"modified":"2023-10-04T14:57:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T18:57:41","slug":"pheasant-hunting-opportunity-available-in-maryland-via-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/10\/04\/pheasant-hunting-opportunity-available-in-maryland-via-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Pheasant Hunting Opportunity Available in Maryland Via Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4786\/39685934355_bd681d40fb.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of pheasant in a field\" width=\"499\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Ranger Elena Gilroy, Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> invites all junior license holders, apprentice license holders, and lapsed hunters to apply to participate in this year\u2019s stocked pheasant hunt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The stocked pheasant hunts are do-it-yourself hunts that will take place on state-owned land throughout the state on November 18 and 19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All applicants must have a DNR ID number to apply and will need to possess a valid hunting license to participate in the hunt, should they be selected. Applications for the stocked pheasant hunt will only be accepted through the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">department\u2019s\u00a0Compass<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0online portal by Oct. 6. There is no charge to apply and no charge for selected applicants to participate.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Space is limited at each of these hunts to help ensure a quality hunting experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More information, including FAQs, application links and hunt areas, is available on the department\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/Mentored-Hunt-Program.aspx#PH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mentored Hunt Program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0webpage <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Hunters can contact Chris Markin by email at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:christopher.markin@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">christopher.markin@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0with any questions.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources invites all junior license holders, apprentice license holders, and lapsed hunters to apply to participate in this year\u2019s stocked pheasant hunt. The stocked pheasant hunts are do-it-yourself hunts that will take place on state-owned land throughout the state on November 18 and 19.\u00a0 All applicants must have a DNR ID<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/10\/04\/pheasant-hunting-opportunity-available-in-maryland-via-lottery\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/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":[4960,5133,5021],"class_list":["post-39513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-hunting","tag-mentored-hunt-program","tag-pheasant"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39513","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=39513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39516,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39513\/revisions\/39516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}