2013-14 Managed Deer Hunting Closures Announced

The list of Montgomery County, Maryland, park closures for deer population management for the upcoming 2013-2014 fall and winter seasons has been announced. *Many closures affect parks with equestrian trails/access.

M-NCPPC Department of Parks, in order to reduce and maintain deer populations in accordance with the goals of the County’s deer management plan, conducts managed deer hunts in select parks during the Fall and Winter.

Programming is designed with public safety being paramount. Managed hunting programs are directed and supervised by the Department’s Wildlife staff and participants are required to follow strict safety and procedural guidelines. Safety buffers are established to meet and exceed State and County ordinance and hunting sites are selected to use terrain, distance, and habitat to enhance safe weapons discharge.

For more information, visit www.parksdeermanagement.org.

Parks closed from sunrise to sunset:

October 2013

28*  Rachel Carson Conservation Park (Olney)

30*  North Germantown Greenway (Clarksburg)/Great Seneca Stream Valley Park (Gaithersburg)

November 2013

2*   Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)

5*   Blockhouse Point Conservation Park (Darnestown)

8*   Woodstock Equestrian Park (Beallsville)

8*   Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park (Boyds)

9*   Hoyles Mill Conservation Park

9    Little Seneca Stream Valley Park (Boyds)

13   North Germantown Greenway/Great Seneca Stream Valley Park

15*  Hoyles Mill Conservation Park

16*  Woodstock Equestrian Park

18*  Rachel Carson Conservation Park

19*  Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

20*  North Germantown Greenway/Great Seneca Stream Valley Park

23*  Hoyles Mill Conservation Park

23   Little Seneca Stream Valley Park

25*  Rachel Carson Conservation Park

26*  Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

December 2013

6*   Woodstock Equestrian Park

6*   Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park

7*   Hoyles Mill Conservation Park

10* Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)

11*  Little Bennett Regional Park

12*  Little Bennett Regional Park

13*  Little Bennett Regional Park

13*  Hoyles Mill Conservation Park

16*  Rachel Carson Conservation Park

17*  Blockhouse Point Conservation Park

18*  North Germantown Greenway/Great Seneca Stream Valley Park

21*  Woodstock Equestrian Park

January 2014

3*  Hoyles Mill Conservation Park

3    Little Seneca Stream Valley Park

4*   Woodstock Equestrian Park

4*   Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park

11*  Hoyles Mill Conservation Park

17*  Hoyles Mill Conservation Park

18*  Woodstock Equestrian Park

25*  Hoyles Mill Conservation Park