|
Species
|
Open Season |
Location |
Daily Bag Limit |
Possession
Limit |
|
Beaver
Closed to Nonresidents |
Dec 15 – Mar 14 |
All counties |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
Bobcat |
CLOSED SEASON |
All counties |
|
|
Coyote -
Firearms or
Bow and Arrow |
Coyote may be hunted in all counties year-round during daylight
hours (1/2 hr. before sunrise to 1/2 hr. after sunset) except
Sunday |
No Limit |
No Limit |
Coyote -
Firearms or
Bow and Arrow |
Oct. 15 - Mar 14
|
Coyote may be hunted in all counties day and night, except
Sundays. |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
Coyote -Trapping |
Nov 15 – Jan 31
|
In that portion of the State EAST of the Chesapeake Bay and the
Susquehanna River |
No Limit |
No Limit
|
|
Coyote -Trapping |
Nov. 1 - Jan 19
|
In that portion of the State WEST of the Chesapeake Bay and the
Susquehanna River |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
Fisher |
Nov 1 - Jan 19
|
All counties |
2 per day |
2 per season |
|
Fox
(Red and Gray) |
Aug 1 - Jul 31 |
Charles and Dorchester counties |
No Limit |
No Limit |
Fox
(Red and Gray) |
Nov 15 – Jan 31
|
In that portion of the State EAST of the Chesapeake Bay and the
Susquehanna River |
No Limit |
No Limit |
Fox
(Red and Gray) |
Nov 1 - Jan 19
|
In that portion of the State WEST of the Chesapeake Bay and the
Susquehanna River |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
Muskrat and Mink
|
Nov 15 - Feb 14
|
Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard and Washington
counties |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
Muskrat and Mink |
Jan 1 - Mar 14
|
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester,
Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, Talbot and Wicomico
counties |
No Limit
|
No Limit |
|
Muskrat and Mink |
Dec 15 - Mar 14
|
Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset and
Worcester counties |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
Nutria |
Aug 1 - Jul 31 |
All counties* |
No Limit |
No Limit |
Otter
Closed to
Nonresidents |
CLOSED SEASON |
Allegany and Garrett counties |
|
|
|
Otter
Closed to
Nonresidents |
Dec 15 - Mar 14
|
All counties (except Allegany,
Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery and Washington) |
10
per day |
10
per season |
Otter
Closed to
Nonresidents |
Dec 15 - Mar 14
|
Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery and Washington
counties |
2
per day |
2
per season |
|
Raccoon and Opossum
Chasing
No Kill |
Aug 1 - Oct 14
Mar 16 - Jul 31 |
All counties |
|
|
Raccoon and Opossum
Firearms, Bow and Arrow, and Dog |
Oct 15 - Mar 14
|
All counties |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
Raccoon and Opossum
Trapping |
Nov 15 - Mar 14
|
In that portion of the State EAST of the Chesapeake Bay and the
Susquehanna River |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
Nov 1 - Feb 14
|
In that portion of the State WEST of the Chesapeake Bay and the
Susquehanna River |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
Skunk and
Long - Tailed Weasel |
Nov 15 - Jan 31
|
In that portion of the State EAST of the Chesapeake Bay and the
Susquehanna River |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
Nov 1 - Jan 19
|
In that portion of the State WEST of the Chesapeake Bay and the
Susquehanna River |
No Limit |
No Limit |
|
*On those lands owned or controlled by DNR in Caroline,
Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties
only leaseholders or their appointees can hunt or trap
furbearers and nutria between Nov 15 and Mar 15. |
