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Connecticut Deer and Turkey Management Zone 8

Deer and Turkey Management Zones (deer and turkey) · Connecticut DEEP

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Simplified for the web from Connecticut DEEP's public layer (source and terms). Units change with each season's regulations, and the legal boundary description in the regulations is what counts.

Legal shooting light this week

Connecticut's general big-game hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset, worked out for the middle of the unit (41.457, -72.561) on local time. Times can be a minute or two off at the unit's edges.

Legal shooting light, sunrise and sunset for the next seven days
DayShooting light starts (EST)EndsSunriseSunset
5:51 AM4:44 PM6:20 AM4:44 PM
5:52 AM4:43 PM6:21 AM4:43 PM
5:53 AM4:42 PM6:22 AM4:42 PM
5:55 AM4:41 PM6:24 AM4:41 PM
5:56 AM4:39 PM6:25 AM4:39 PM
5:57 AM4:38 PM6:26 AM4:38 PM
5:58 AM4:37 PM6:27 AM4:37 PM

Turkey, waterfowl, some public lands and opening days have their own hours. Always check the Connecticut regulations for your species (where this rule comes from).

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Haddam, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Haddam, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Middle Haddam, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Middle Haddam, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Deep River, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Deep River, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Durham, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Durham, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Moodus, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Moodus, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Middletown, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Middletown, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Clinton, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Clinton, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Essex, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Essex, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Guilford, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Guilford, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Hamburg, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Hamburg, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Wallingford, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Wallingford, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Colchester, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Colchester, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Meriden, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Meriden, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Old Lyme, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Old Lyme, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free
Branford, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

Branford, CT — USGS 7.5-minute topo (2024)

USGS Topo Maps (public domain) · Connecticut

Public domain

Free