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Wildlife management area · Somerset County

Cedar Island Wildlife Management Area

3,081 acres · 37.935, -75.885 ↗

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Whitetail Deer

Open today: archery

Legal light: 6:25 AM – 7:23 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset

2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

21/100

Tough day to hunt Whitetail Deer.

POOR conditions

  • 60°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • 28 mph wind Deer bed down in heavy wind; daytime movement shuts off
  • Wind out of the NW Pick a stand that keeps your scent off the bedding and approach
  • 30% rain A light drizzle barely slows deer and quiets your entry
  • Bright moon Heavy nighttime feeding under a full moon can slow midday movement
  • Ground Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
  • NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out

Ducks

Open today: shotgun

Legal light: 6:25 AM – 6:53 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset

2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

28/100

Tough day to hunt Ducks.

POOR conditions

  • 60°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • 28 mph wind Small-boat and layout hunting get dangerous in a big blow
  • Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
  • Ground Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
  • NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out

Conditions at the pin

Dawn/dusk low

60°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

70°F

today

Wind

28 mph NW

plan your scent

Barometer

1008.8 mb

steady · 0 hPa/3h

Moon

100%

full

Chance Light Rain

The ground

County herd density

5.77 deer/sq mi

Somerset County took 1,846 deer last season

Habitat

Open Water

sampled across the tract

Elevation

— ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: Coastal marsh island in Somerset County; a Chesapeake waterfowl area.

Where it is

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Public-land data: Maryland DNR — FY25 Lands Acreage Report (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.