Secretary John R. Griffin announced today. In addition, we succeeded in increasing the antlerless deer harvest in those areas, which is key to controlling population increases.
Wildlife biologists manage deer numbers through the harvest of antlerless deer.
Deer bag limits were changed to encourage hunters to take antlerless deer in Central and Southern Maryland and on the Eastern Shore. The total antlerless deer harvest climbed by almost 25 percent in these areas. Maryland's 1998-99 deer hunting regulations established four Deer Management Regions. Each region has independent deer bag limits to enhance efforts to tailor deer management to the needs of local communities. The statewide Bow season total of 16,300 deer established a new record.