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