Kent County, Maryland
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Waterfowl
- Group
- Eastern Shore
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 3,504
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Season & harvest data is published for White-tailed Deer so far. Wild Turkey, Waterfowl also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedKent County occupies the northern tip of Maryland's Eastern Shore as a rural agricultural peninsula between the Chester River and the Chesapeake Bay, historically one of the great waterfowl counties in the entire Atlantic Flyway. Canada geese, diving ducks, and dabbling ducks stage in large numbers along the Chester River estuary and Chesapeake shoreline each fall, maintaining a waterfowl hunting tradition that stretches back to the market hunting era. White-tailed deer and wild turkey also thrive across the county farmland and woodlot cover in one of the most rural and lightly pressured counties on the Shore.
Flat to gently rolling coastal plain with extensive row-crop agriculture, wooded hedgerows and woodlots, Chester River tidal shoreline, Chesapeake Bay frontage, and the Eastern Neck peninsula.
Low to moderate — the county is lightly populated and rural, distributing pressure broadly; premium waterfowl ground on private leases is competitive but overall hunting pressure is below the statewide average.
Over-the-counter archery, firearm, and muzzleloader tags; Maryland antler restriction applies for firearm and muzzleloader seasons.
Waterfowl hunting is the defining tradition in Kent County — Canada geese, canvasback, redhead, scaup, bufflehead, and black ducks all use the Chester River and Bay shoreline in significant fall numbers; wild turkey occupy upland timber and agricultural borders throughout the county.
The Chester River estuary and Chesapeake shoreline rank among the most storied waterfowl grounds on the Eastern Shore with a legacy dating to the era of the market gunner; Eastern Neck NWR provides the best accessible public entry point for managed waterfowl hunting in the county.
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Kent County— or drop a tip or trick: access points, where game holds, glassing spots, conditions, crowding, gear that worked. This is where the unit's species-specific intel gets built, hunter by hunter.
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Boundaries: Maryland DNR county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.