Wildlife management area · Caroline County
Idylwild Wildlife Management Area
3,635 acres · 38.729, -75.741 ↗
Live · updatedWhitetail Deer
Legal light: 6:24 AM – 7:22 PM ET · 30 min before sunrise to 30 min after sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Slow conditions for Whitetail Deer today.
SLOW conditions
- 57°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 10 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
- 78% rain Heavy rain beds deer down; the movement comes right after it clears
- 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: 6:24 AM – 6:52 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
- 57°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 10 mph (light) Calm, quiet air; gobbles carry and birds relax
- Wind out of the NW Set up so a called bird approaches without the wind in your face
- 78% rain Steady rain quiets gobbling and keeps birds roosted
- 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: 6:24 AM – 6:52 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Ducks.
GOOD conditions
- 57°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 10 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
- 78% rain Wind and rain keep birds moving all day
- Ground Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Canada Geese
Legal light: 6:24 AM – 6:52 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.
GOOD conditions
- 57°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 10 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
- 78% rain Wind and rain keep birds moving all day
- Ground Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Mourning Dove
Legal light: 6:24 AM – 6:52 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Workable day for Mourning Dove.
FAIR conditions
- 57°F (cold) A cold snap and the doves are gone south
- 10 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
- 78% rain Doves sit out the rain, and it usually marks the front that moves them out
- Ground Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Squirrel
Legal light: 6:24 AM – 6:52 PM ET · ½ hour before sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Good day to hunt Squirrel.
GOOD conditions
- Mast dropping Squirrels are cutting nuts hard; the best weeks, and you can hear them working
- 57°F Right in the comfortable activity band
- 10 mph (light) Calm and quiet; you can hear them cutting and spot the shaking limbs
- 78% rain Squirrels den up in the rain and wet leaves muffle the cutting
- Ground Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Cottontail Rabbit
Legal light: 6:54 AM – 6:52 PM ET · sunrise to sunset
2025-26 season · verified 2026-07-27 · source
Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.
SLOW conditions
- 57°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
- 10 mph wind A light breeze is fine
- 78% rain Rabbits sit tight through steady rain
- Ground Mixed Forest · 39 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
Conditions at the pin
Dawn/dusk low
57°F
the cool hunt window the score uses
Daytime high
64°F
today
Wind
10 mph NW
plan your scent
Barometer
1007.5 mb
steady
Moon
100%
full
Rain Showers
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.