Maryland deer hunters using muzzleloading firearms will have the chance to return to the outdoors tomorrow as the second half of muzzleloader deer season is set to resume.
The second half of Maryland’s muzzleloader deer hunting season will reopen Dec. 16 and run through Dec. 30. This first half of the split season was held in October. Hunters may use muzzleloading firearms to harvest sika and white-tailed deer during this time.
Hunters reported harvesting 10,864 deer on the opening weekend of the 2023 Maryland firearm season from Nov. 25-26, according to data collected by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The overall deer harvest was 7% higher than last year’s official opening weekend harvest of 10,159 deer.