Hunters reported harvesting 10,864 deer on the opening weekend of the 2023 Maryland firearm season from November 25-26, according to data collected by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
The overall deer harvest was 7% higher than last year’s. In 2022, hunters took 10,159 deer during the opening weekend.
The 2023 harvest total from the first weekend includes 5,617 antlered and 4,880 antlerless white-tailed deer, and 193 antlered and 174 antlerless sika deer. The two-week…
