Wildlife management area · Kent County

Millington Wildlife Management Area

3,994 acres · 39.271, -75.773 ↗

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Whitetail Deer

Open today: archery

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

34/100

Tough day to hunt Whitetail Deer.

POOR conditions

  • 57°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
  • 94% 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 Woody Wetlands · 69 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
  • NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out

Wild Turkey

Season closed today

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

33/100

Wild Turkey season is closed at this spot today.

POOR conditions

  • 57°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
  • 94% rain Steady rain quiets gobbling and keeps birds roosted
  • Full moon Birds feed at night and fly down late; mornings can start slow
  • Ground Woody Wetlands · 69 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
  • NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out

Ducks

Open today: shotgun

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

54/100

Workable day for Ducks.

FAIR conditions

  • 57°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
  • 94% rain Wind and rain keep birds moving all day
  • Ground Woody Wetlands · 69 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
  • NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out

Canada Geese

Season closed today

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

54/100

Canada Geese season is closed at this spot today.

FAIR conditions

  • 57°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
  • 94% rain Wind and rain keep birds moving all day
  • Ground Woody Wetlands · 69 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
  • NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out

Mourning Dove

Open today: shotgun

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

37/100

Slow conditions for Mourning Dove today.

SLOW conditions

  • 57°F (cold) A cold snap and the doves are gone south
  • 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
  • 94% rain Doves sit out the rain, and it usually marks the front that moves them out
  • Ground Woody Wetlands · 69 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
  • NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out

Squirrel

Open today: general

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

48/100

Slow conditions for Squirrel today.

SLOW 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
  • 15 mph wind Breezy; squirrels quiet down and stay in the dreys
  • 94% rain Squirrels den up in the rain and wet leaves muffle the cutting
  • Ground Woody Wetlands · 69 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
  • NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out

Cottontail Rabbit

Season closed today

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

34/100

Cottontail Rabbit season is closed at this spot today.

POOR conditions

  • 57°F (warm) Above the comfortable band; activity tails off midday
  • 15 mph wind A light breeze is fine
  • 94% rain Rabbits sit tight through steady rain
  • Ground Woody Wetlands · 69 ft (NLCD land cover / USGS elevation)
  • NWS alert active Check the active weather alert before you head out

Dawn/dusk low

57°F

the cool hunt window the score uses

Daytime high

64°F

today

Wind

15 mph NW

plan your scent

Barometer

1006.8 mb

steady

Moon

100%

full

Rain Showers

County herd density

10.9 deer/sq mi

Kent County took 3,018 deer last season

Habitat

Cultivated Crops

food + cover edge across the tract

Elevation

69 ft

USGS surface elevation

Access: Upper Eastern Shore woods and fields in Kent 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.