Wildlife management area · Wicomico County
Ellis Bay Wildlife Management Area
3,354 acres · 38.262, -75.840 ↗
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
- 68°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
- 68°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
- 68°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)
Squirrel
Legal light: 5:33 AM – 8:16 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Squirrel season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 68°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 12 mph wind Breezy; squirrels quiet down and stay in the dreys
- Clear & calm Bright, still mornings; squirrels move and you can spot them
- Ground Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands · 1 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:03 AM – 8:16 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 68°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 12 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands · 1 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
68°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
7.45 deer/sq mi
Wicomico County took 2,787 deer last season
Habitat
Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands
sampled across the tract
Elevation
1 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Tidal marsh and woods on the Nanticoke in Wicomico County; waterfowl plus deer.
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.