Small Game Seasons & Limits

The following small game species may be hunted on all Sundays during their open seasons with these restrictions, in these counties and locations.

Eastern cottontail rabbits, gray squirrels, eastern fox squirrels, red squirrels, quail (closed in Garrett and Allegany counties), ruffed grouse and pheasants.

Allegany, Cecil, Garrett, St. Mary’s and Washington

Private and designated public lands*

Shooting hours are the same as Monday through Saturday

Calvert, Caroline, Charles, Dorchester, Queen Anne’s, and Talbot

Private lands only

Legal shooting hours on Sundays are from ½ hour before sunrise until 10:30 am

Somerset

Private lands and public land leased to a hunt club only

Legal shooting hours on Sundays are from ½ hour before sunrise until 10:30 am

Wicomico and Worcester

Private and designated public lands*

Legal shooting hours on Sundays are from ½ hour before sunrise until 10:30 am

* Designated public lands open to Sunday hunting in Allegany (Billmeyer-Belle Grove WMA, Dan’s Mountain WMA, Green Ridge SF, McCoole FMA, Sideling Hill WMA, Warrior Mountain WMA), Cecil (C&D Canal Lands, Earlville WMA, C&D Canal Lands, Grove Farm WMA, Old Bohemia WMA), Garrett (Cunningham Swamp WMA, Garrett SF, Mt. Nebo WMA, Potomac SF, Savage River SF), St. Mary’s (Salem SF, Saint Inigoes SF), Washington (Indian Springs WMA, Prather’s Neck WMA, Sideling Hill WMA), Wicomico (Ellis Bay WMA, Chesapeake Forest Lands, Johnson WMA, Nanticoke River WMA, Wetipquin WMA), and Worcester (Chesapeake Forest Lands, E. A. Vaughn WMA, Hickory Pt. Wildlands, Isle of Wight WMA, Pocomoke SF, Pocomoke River WMA)