Is Hunting Allowed on EPIC Trails?

We recently received the following e-mail:

“I want to take my new horse out this weekend on the Breezy Loop and Little Bucklodge Branch Creek Trail. I know deer hunting season is opening, and I am wondering if hunters are allowed there.”

The short answer is, yes. During hunting season, hunters are allowed in the areas through which the EPIC trails run.

Region B white-tailed deer firearms season 2010-2011

Montgomery Parks Fall and Winter 2010/2011 Deer Management Closures

Parks closed for managed deer hunts—closed sunrise through sunset on the dates indicated.

Hoyles Mill Conservation Park and attached segments of Little Seneca Stream Valley Park (Boyds)
Closed: Friday, October 29, Friday, November 5; Saturday, November 13; Friday, November 19, Saturday, December 4; Saturday, December 11; Saturday, January 8; Friday, January 14; Saturday, January 22, Saturday, January 29; Friday, February 11; Saturday, February 19; and Friday, February 25

Woodstock Special Park (Beallsville)
Closed: Friday, October 29; Friday, November 5; Saturday, November 13; Friday, November 19; Saturday, December 4; Saturday, December
11; Saturday, January 8; Friday, January 14; Saturday, January 22; and Saturday, January 29

Great Seneca Stream Valley Park, Unit 2 (Gaithersburg)
Closed: Wednesdays, November 3 and 17; December 15; and January 12 and 26
North Germantown Greenway Park (Gaithersburg)
Closed: Wednesdays, November 3 and 17; December 15; and January 12 and 26

Rachel Carson Conservation Park (Sunshine)
Closed: Mondays, November 8, 15 and 22; December 13; and January 10

Blockhouse Point Conservation Park (Darnestown)
Closed: Tuesdays, November 16 and 23, December 14, and January 11 and 25

Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park (Barnesville)
Closed: Fridays, December 3 and 10; and January 7

Little Seneca Stream Valley Park, Unit 1 (Boyds)
Closed: Fridays, December 3 and 10; and January 7

Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)
Closed: Monday, December 6 through Thursday, December 9; and Monday, January 3 through Thursday, January 6

Parks closed for Park Police-based sharpshooting—closed 5:30 p.m. through Sunrise January 1 through March 31, 2011.

Agricultural History Farm Park and attached segments of Rock Creek Stream Valley Park (Derwood)
Black Hill Regional Park (Boyds)
Layhill Local Park (Wheaton)
North Branch Stream Valley Park, Units 2 & 3 (Norbeck)
Northwest Branch Recreational Park (Aspen Hill)
Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park, Unit 7 (Ashton)
Rock Creek Regional Park (Rockville)
Rock Creek Stream Valley Park, Unit 7 (Aspen Hill)
Wheaton Regional Park (Wheaton)
Woodlawn Special Park (Sandy Spring)

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