Wildlife management area · Charles County
Myrtle Grove Wildlife Management Area
5,191 acres · 38.565, -77.084 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 5:37 AM – 8:52 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
- 66°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Rising barometer (1005.1 mb) Cold, clear high pressure behind a front; often still good
- 10 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 Woody Wetlands · 46 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 5:37 AM – 8:22 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to noon (Apr 18–May 9), then to sunset (May 10–23)
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.
PRIME conditions
- 66°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- High pressure building (1005.1 mb) Stable, rising pressure; calm clear mornings and hard-gobbling toms
- 10 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
- Wind out of the NW Set up so a called bird approaches without the wind in your face
- Clear morning Bluebird calm mornings are classic gobbling weather
- Full moon Birds feed at night and fly down late; mornings can start slow
- Ground Woody Wetlands · 46 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 5:37 AM – 8:22 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.
PRIME conditions
- 66°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- High pressure building (1005.1 mb) Stable, fair weather; doves stay put and keep working the fields
- 10 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 Woody Wetlands · 46 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 5:37 AM – 8:22 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Squirrel season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 66°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 10 mph (light) Calm and quiet; you can hear them cutting and spot the shaking limbs
- Clear & calm Bright, still mornings; squirrels move and you can spot them
- Ground Woody Wetlands · 46 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:07 AM – 8:22 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 66°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- Rising barometer (1005.1 mb) Cold, clear high pressure behind a front; often still good
- 10 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Woody Wetlands · 46 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
66°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
86°F
today
Wind
10 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1005.1 mb
rising · 1 hPa/3h
Moon
100%
full
Sunny
The ground
County herd density
4.57 deer/sq mi
Charles County took 2,095 deer last season
Habitat
Woody Wetlands
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
46 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Woods, fields and wetlands in Charles County (southern MD); public deer, turkey and small game.
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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.