Youth hunters, military veterans and active-duty personnel across Maryland gain access to dedicated waterfowl hunting days on Nov. 1, 2025, and Feb. 7, 2026, state officials announced. The initiative ...

MARYLAND - The State of Maryland is inviting young hunters, veterans, and military personnel to the outdoors for this season’s second special waterfowl hunting day. Those 16 or younger, military ...

Sometimes significant travel is required to find good hunting or fishing. For ring-necked pheasants, get ready for a long drive to the Dakotas; for a reliable place to hunt ruffed grouse, drive to ...

On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, waterfowl season arrives in a “big way,” said Maryland native Steve Kline. The colder it gets up north, the more compelled the birds are to migrate south to the ...

Dabbling ducks, including mallards and black ducks, showed particularly strong population increases. Canada geese numbers also rose in 2025, exceeding both the 2024 count and the five-year average.

The world’s largest rubber duck, named “Mama Duck,” has arrived in Southern Maryland for its first ever trip to the D.C. region. The 61-foot-tall rubber duck will be in Leonardtown from Aug. 4-6 and ...

Maryland’s top agriculture official was charged with illegally hunting waterfowl on Thanksgiving, according to the Maryland Natural Resources Police. Secretary of Agriculture Joseph Bartenfelder was ...