Data verified September 5, 2026 · 24 states
Hunting season dates, bag limits and license fees, checked against the agency.
Every table on this site is read from the state wildlife agency's own publication and cites it. Pick your state to see this season's dates, what you can take, what a license costs, and where you can hunt.
What is here
Five things you need before opening day
Seasons
Dates by species and zone
Archery, firearms, muzzleloader, youth and late seasons for deer, elk, turkey, waterfowl and small game, with the segments and zones spelled out.
Season dates by stateRegulations
Bag limits and legal methods
Daily, season and possession limits, antler rules, tagging and reporting requirements, in plain language with the agency source under each block.
Regulations by stateLicenses
What it costs
Resident and nonresident license, tag and stamp fees for the current license year, and the products each state has discontinued.
License guidesLand access
Where you can hunt
Public land systems, walk-in and landowner-access programs, and how to ask permission on private ground, state by state.
Land accessSpecies
Deer, turkey, waterfowl and more
Species guides with state pages that pull the same verified season and limit data as the state pages.
Species guidesGuides
Field skills and planning
First licenses, scouting, field dressing, meat care and trip planning for hunters who want the basics done right.
How-to guidesHow the data is produced
Read from the source, dated, and cited
State agencies do not publish season data as an API. We read their regulation pages and booklets each year, record every date and fee with the page it came from, and run the whole set through a validator before it is published.
- Agency pages only No forums, no aggregators. Each record links to the state agency page or booklet it was read from.
- One season year per page Every table shows the season it covers and the date we verified it. Unpublished dates are labelled as estimates, not guessed.
- Validated before publishing Dates must parse, fall inside the season year, and carry a source. Fees must be numbers from the agency fee schedule.
- Corrections noted When a reader or an agency update changes a figure, the page shows the new verification date.