Game Species

The Eastern wild turkey performs a year-round role in the woodlands of Maryland and the mid-Atlantic. Because the turkey does not migrate, they may be found across Maryland year round.

Of the three bear species native to North America, Maryland is home only to the black bear. The mammal was once widespread throughout the state, but habitat loss and unregulated hunting reduced the population to its current range.

The bobwhite quail's emphatic whistle calls out “bob-white” across grassy fields or piney woods. It has been in sharp decline over the last fifty years, leading the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources to list the species as “near threatened.”

This spreadsheet presents a sample budget for a hunting lease enterprise venture.

This publication outlines hunting lease methods, skills, knowledge, and equipment needed, and marketing concerns.

The use of baited polywire/polytape fencing to protect field and row crops, home gardens, orchards, forest plantations, and other small acreage areas has been demonstrated by a number of studies. This report summarizes three demonstration studies on forest plantations ranging in size from 3 to 15 acres in Frederick and Howard counties in Maryland.

The Ring-necked Pheasant is not native to Maryland, but there are management techniques you can use to encourage the species. This fact sheet explains those techniques along with the habits and appearance of the birds.