{"id":41724,"date":"2024-06-11T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T12:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=41724"},"modified":"2024-06-10T23:00:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T03:00:55","slug":"qualification-shoots-scheduled-for-managed-deer-hunts-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/06\/11\/qualification-shoots-scheduled-for-managed-deer-hunts-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualification Shoots Scheduled for Managed Deer Hunts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proficiency Tests Necessary to Participate in Managed Deer Hunts<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4641\/24493276787_d312662a5e.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of man shooting at targets with a shotgun\" width=\"387\" height=\"290\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/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\"> has released the 2024\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/huntersguide\/Documents\/shoot_qual_cal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shooter qualification schedule<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0which includes 21 qualification sessions at 9 locations across the state. Additional events are available upon reservation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These events allow hunters to take the necessary proficiency test required to obtain a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/huntersguide\/Pages\/shootqual.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shooter qualification card <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in order to participate in many of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/hunt_trap\/ddmtmnghunt.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">managed deer hunts <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">scheduled in the fall and winter. The department uses a lottery system to select participants for many of the managed deer hunts. There are various deadlines for the lotteries, which can be found\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/hunting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on the department\u2019s website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hunters should note that several shooter qualification sessions are conducted by appointment only and that many charge a minimal fee to cover expenses. Additionally, eye and hearing protection may be required at some locations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department will continually update the online shooter qualification calendar as additional events become available.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proficiency Tests Necessary to Participate in Managed Deer Hunts The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources has released the 2024\u00a0shooter qualification schedule,\u00a0which includes 21 qualification sessions at 9 locations across the state. Additional events are available upon reservation. These events allow hunters to take the necessary proficiency test required to obtain a shooter qualification card in order<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/06\/11\/qualification-shoots-scheduled-for-managed-deer-hunts-3\/\">&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":[5335,3513,3511],"class_list":["post-41724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-managed-hunt","tag-shooter-qualification-card","tag-shooter-qualification-schedule"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41724","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=41724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41725,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41724\/revisions\/41725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}