**Alert**
Fall 2025-Winter 2026: Please be alert and aware of powerline maintenance work in Wicomico and Worcester Counties from Spearin Road south towards the Pocomoke River. Please respect all trail and road closures for the safety of yourself and the workers. This work will affect the following tracts: W53 - Twigg Fooks and WR45 - Foster Estate on Chesapeake Forest, and P02 - Nazareth Church on Pocomoke State Forest.

​​Hunting Information

Leased Hunting and the Hunting Tract Lottery

• History of Hunting on Chesapeake Forest
• Leased Hunting Tract Lottery​
• Special Hunting Regulations
• Current Hunt Club Lease​
• Accessibility​​

Public Hunting

Please refer to the hunting maps located on this page for the designated areas to hunt on Chesapeake Forest. The Guide to Hunting & Trapping in Maryland contains all the pertinent regulations and seasons for hunting on the Chesapeake Forest.

​View Overview Map of the Chesapeake Forest Public Hunting Areas​

Click here for Public Hunting Maps and Driving Directions​

Instructions: Click on complex name below to view map of property. All maps are Adobe .pdf files and can be opened with Adobe Reader.

• Please refer to COMAR for the special hunting regulations for Chesapeake Forest: https://dsd.maryland.gov/regulations/Pages/08.01.07.04.aspx.
• ​All boundaries are marked with yellow paint and are posted with white signs indicating Chesapeake Forest boundary.
• Park in Designated Areas Only! Do not block gates. Park only along forest boundary and not on Private Property.​