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CAPT Brad, it is either sex. This is a continuation of the regular firearms season but now in most deer management zones.

David, if you would shoot more with the bow we wouldn't need this additional season (;?)

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Clarification: The two day special hunt is only in deer management areas C and D. Gotta read the fine print carefully to stay out of jail.

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Well, I guess I'll have to shoot more. I only shot 7 with the bow this year. I shouldn't have let all those walk I guess.<img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle> That's OK, Len is taking care of the herd for me. Counting his gun and muzzleloaders I think he's up to 14 or 15.

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14 or 15??!! Sounds like Md is the place to live if you want to
shoot deer.

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Stickerpt...The 6 counties in the middle of the state have NO LIMIT on does. That goes for bow, firearms and muzzzleloader. No daily limit either. And we can bowhunt deer for 4 1/2 months.

Davidmil...where I hunt in southern Md. the deer are so spooked now that they are almost totally nocturnal. You have to hunt right on top of their bedding area. I guess I've been putting too much pressure on them and leaving gut piles all over the woods.

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I agree that if gun hunters aint shooting enough deer they should make the longer seasons run all together instead of spreading gun seasons out all year.

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at least you still have a season here in new york our season ended on 12/10 but in long island and westchester it is a little longer 12/31

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Natty... they're night dwellers here to. In fact, the deer we hunt are spooky from day one. The big farm next to us has had major crop damage permits for 3 or 4 years running. The bang them night and day. They have taken around 400 deer off the place in 3 years.(193 the first year) Just seeing a deer is tough now days. The fresh snow showed how many are still running around... but in this suburbia hunting they only have to wander a couple hundred yards to reach a safety zone owned by a tree hugger that thinks they're all cute.

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Is there public land in the 6 counties that Natty Bumpo mentioned?

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Public land in every county I believe. Maryland only has a few larger wildlife management areas. The rest are small plots from a couple hundred to 5 or 600 acres. Most are on a daily pass type deal. You can apply for a pass a week or 8 days ahead... I forget. This time of year I'm sure they have openings. Most have food plots and are managed for game. Maryland also has some co-op areas that they've worked out with landowners. They're usually only 3 or 4 days a week also run on the day pass system. Liberty and Pretty Boy Watersheds are quite large and are bowhunting only. You send in a form that's good for anytime all season long but you have to do it before now. I think the deadline is November or something like that. Good deer herds stuck away in the corners of those two places. They do get a lot of hunting pressure but it's all bow.

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Come on up to Indian Springs, Its zone A so Elmer Fudd can't gun hunt the deer up here.