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Wildlife management area · Allegany County

Dan’s Mountain Wildlife Management Area

10,622 acres · 39.532, -78.933 ↗

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Inside a CWD Disease Surveillance Area. CWD was first detected in a wild Maryland deer in Allegany County in November 2010. Maryland’s CWD Management Area covers 7 western/central counties: Allegany, Washington, Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore, Montgomery and Howard. In the Management Area, whole carcasses may not leave except to an approved processor/taxidermist — only deboned meat, quarters with no spine/head, cleaned hide/skull cap, antlers with no tissue, and finished mounts may be moved out. Importing whole carcasses/high-risk parts from another state’s CWD area is prohibited. Confirm the current rules with MD DNR.

Whitetail Deer

Open today: archery

Legal light: 6:37 AM – 7:35 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset

2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

58/100

Workable day for Whitetail Deer.

FAIR conditions

  • 52°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • Rising barometer (1015.9 mb) Cold, clear high pressure behind a front; often still good
  • 21 mph wind Gusty; deer seek sheltered cover and movement thins
  • Wind out of the NW Pick a stand that keeps your scent off the bedding and approach
  • Bright moon Heavy nighttime feeding under a full moon can slow midday movement
  • Ground Deciduous Forest · 1675 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Wild Turkey

Season closed today

Legal light: 6:37 AM – 7:05 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to noon (Apr 18–May 9), then to sunset (May 10–23)

2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

60/100

Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

  • 52°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • High pressure building (1015.9 mb) Stable, rising pressure; calm clear mornings and hard-gobbling toms
  • 21 mph wind Too windy; you can’t hear gobbles and birds clam up
  • Wind out of the NW Set up so a called bird approaches without the wind in your face
  • Clear morning Bluebird calm mornings are classic gobbling weather
  • Full moon Birds feed at night and fly down late; mornings can start slow
  • Ground Deciduous Forest · 1675 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Squirrel

Open today: general

Legal light: 6:37 AM – 7:05 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset

2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source

67/100

Good day to hunt Squirrel.

GOOD conditions

  • Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
  • 52°F Right in the comfortable activity band
  • 21 mph wind Squirrels hole up in a hard wind and you can’t hear them cutting
  • Clear & calm Bright, still mornings; squirrels move and you can spot them
  • Ground Deciduous Forest · 1675 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)

Conditions at the pin

Dawn/dusk low

52°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

63°F

today

Wind

21 mph NW

plan your scent

Barometer

1015.9 mb

rising · 1 hPa/3h

Moon

100%

full

Partly Sunny

The ground

County herd density

6.93 deer/sq mi

Allegany County took 2,924 deer last season

Habitat

Deciduous Forest

food + cover edge across the tract

Elevation

1675 ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: Mountain forest in Allegany County (Region A); public deer, turkey and small game.

Where it is

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Public-land data: Maryland DNR — FY25 Lands Acreage Report (verified 2026-07-27). Conditions from the NWS, USGS and NLCD, recomputed each rebuild.