Worcester County, Maryland

Eastern Shore coastal plain; Pocomoke River basin dominated by loblolly pine barrens and pocosins with bottomland hardwood corridors along the river itself; Assateague Island National Seashore parallels the Atlantic coast; the Nassawango Creek drainage adds a tributary cypress swamp system unique in the mid-Atlantic.

Low to moderate. Remote terrain, pine barrens character, and extensive public forest land keep pressure well below what comparable habitat further north would attract. Walk-in access within the state forest disperses hunting effort effectively.

Over-the-counter; statewide antler-point restriction applies. Deer in the pine barrens timber show distinctive movement patterns tied to mast production in scattered hardwood drainages within the forest.

Wild turkey populations in the Pocomoke pine-hardwood transition are among the strongest on the lower Eastern Shore. Waterfowl hunting along Pocomoke Sound and at Nassawango targets puddle ducks and diving ducks; Assateague area marshes concentrate Atlantic flyway migrants in season.

Pocomoke River State Forest delivers some of the best public-land deer and turkey hunting on Maryland's Eastern Shore; the pine barrens and pocosin ecosystem creates a dark-timber, swamp-edge hunting character unlike anything else in the Mid-Atlantic.