Wildlife management area · Somerset County
Deal Island Wildlife Management Area
13,564 acres · 38.179, -75.868 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 5:33 AM – 8:46 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Whitetail Deer season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 69°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 12 mph wind A steady breeze covers your movement and noise; deer stay on their feet
- Wind out of the NW Pick a stand that keeps your scent off the bedding and approach
- Bright moon Heavy nighttime feeding under a full moon can slow midday movement
- Ground Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands · 1 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 5:33 AM – 8:16 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Ducks season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 69°F (hot) Well above the comfortable band; animals lie up and move after dark
- 12 mph wind A good breeze keeps birds flying and makes the decoys look alive
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands · 1 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 5:33 AM – 8:16 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 69°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 12 mph wind A good breeze keeps birds flying and makes the decoys look alive
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands · 1 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 5:33 AM – 8:16 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Mourning Dove season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 69°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 12 mph wind A light breeze keeps doves trading between fields
- Wind out of the NW Doves decoy into the wind; set up with it at your back
- Fair weather Warm, settled days keep doves working the fields
- Ground Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands · 1 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
69°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
84°F
today
Wind
12 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1004.7 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
5.77 deer/sq mi
Somerset County took 1,846 deer last season
Habitat
Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands
sampled across the tract
Elevation
1 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Tidal marsh impoundments in Somerset County; a renowned waterfowl area with sika & whitetail deer.
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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.