Wildlife management area · Wicomico County
Ellis Bay Wildlife Management Area
3,354 acres · 38.262, -75.840 ↗
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Whitetail Deer
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
Tough day to hunt Whitetail Deer.
POOR conditions
- 59°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 18 mph wind Gusty; deer seek sheltered cover and movement thins
- Wind out of the NW Pick a stand that keeps your scent off the bedding and approach
- 45% 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 · 1 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
- NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out
Ducks
Legal light: 6:25 AM – 6:53 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Slow conditions for Ducks today.
SLOW conditions
- 59°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 18 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)
- NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out
Canada Geese
Legal light: 6:25 AM – 6:53 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.
SLOW conditions
- 59°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 18 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)
- NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:25 AM – 6:53 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Workable day for Squirrel.
FAIR conditions
- Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
- 59°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 18 mph wind Breezy; squirrels quiet down and stay in the dreys
- Ground Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands · 1 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
- NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:55 AM – 6:53 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
POOR conditions
- 59°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 18 mph wind Gusty; tough, erratic conditions
- Ground Emergent Herbaceous Wetlands · 1 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
- NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
59°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
67°F
today
Wind
18 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1008.1 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Chance Light Rain
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.