{"id":45483,"date":"2025-09-09T08:15:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=45483"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T01:18:27","slug":"marylands-early-teal-season-opens-september-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2025\/09\/09\/marylands-early-teal-season-opens-september-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland\u2019s Early Teal Season Opens September 18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Teal at Millington Wildlife Management Area. Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

Maryland\u2019s September teal-only hunting season will be open from Sept. 18 through Sept. 27 in the <\/span>September Teal Hunting Zone<\/span><\/a>. Shooting hours are one half-hour before sunrise until sunset, the daily bag limit is six teal (blue or green-winged), and the possession limit is 18 teal, or three times the daily bag limit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seasons and bag limits for all other migratory game birds can be found in the\u00a0<\/span>2025-26 Maryland Guide to Hunting and Trapping<\/span><\/a> published by the <\/span>Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe early teal season allows waterfowl hunters a way to get a jump on duck season and experience one of the great opportunities Maryland has to offer,\u201d DNR\u2019s Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Karina Stonesifer said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>All migratory game bird hunters, including landowners who are license-exempt, must possess a valid\u00a0<\/span>Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp\/Harvest Information Program permit<\/span><\/a>. All waterfowl hunters age 16 and older are also required to\u00a0possess a <\/span>Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp<\/span><\/a> (Federal Duck Stamp). Legal methods of Federal Duck Stamp possession include a traditional Federal Duck Stamp or an E-Stamp. Hunters with a traditional stamp must have a physical, signed copy while hunting. Hunters with an E-Stamp must have printed validation showing proof of purchase while hunting. The U.S. Department of the Interior intends to mail physical stamps to hunters that purchased an E-Stamp by March 10 each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunters with questions may contact the department at 410-260-8540.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maryland\u2019s September teal-only hunting season will be open from Sept. 18 through Sept. 27 in the September Teal Hunting Zone. Shooting hours are one half-hour before sunrise until sunset, the daily bag limit is six teal (blue or green-winged), and the possession limit is 18 teal, or three times the daily bag limit. Seasons and  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":[4960,3071,3638,3030],"class_list":["post-45483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-hunting","tag-migratory-game-bird-hunting-seasons","tag-teal","tag-waterfowl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45483","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=45483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45485,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45483\/revisions\/45485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}