Wildlife management area · Caroline County
Idylwild Wildlife Management Area
3,635 acres · 38.729, -75.741 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 5:31 AM – 8:47 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Whitetail Deer season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 65°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 15 mph wind A steady breeze covers your movement and noise; deer stay on their feet
- 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 Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Wild Turkey
Legal light: 5:31 AM – 8:17 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
Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 65°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 15 mph wind Breezy; gobbles are hard to hear, so hunt tighter to the roost
- 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 Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Ducks
Legal light: 5:31 AM – 8:17 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Ducks season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 65°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 15 mph wind A good breeze keeps birds flying and makes the decoys look alive
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 5:31 AM – 8:17 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 65°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 15 mph wind A good breeze keeps birds flying and makes the decoys look alive
- Wind out of the NW Set the spread so birds finish into the wind, coming over the guns
- Ground Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 5:31 AM – 8:17 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Mourning Dove season is closed at this spot today.
GOOD conditions
- 65°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 15 mph wind A light breeze keeps doves trading between fields
- Wind out of the NW Doves decoy into the wind; set up with it at your back
- Fair weather Warm, settled days keep doves working the fields
- Ground Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 5:31 AM – 8:17 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Squirrel season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 65°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 15 mph wind Breezy; squirrels quiet down and stay in the dreys
- Clear & calm Bright, still mornings; squirrels move and you can spot them
- Ground Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:01 AM – 8:17 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
FAIR conditions
- 65°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 15 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- Bright day A clear day after a cold night gets rabbits out sunning
- Ground Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
65°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
83°F
today
Wind
15 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1004.4 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Mostly Sunny
The ground
County herd density
7.96 deer/sq mi
Caroline County took 2,540 deer last season
Habitat
Cultivated Crops
food + cover edge across the tract
Elevation
39 ft
USGS surface elevation
Access: Pine-and-hardwood bottomland in Caroline County; public deer, turkey and small game.
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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.