Deer - Special Split Youth and Class Q/QQ Season
2010-2011 Hunting Regulations
Only one antlerless deer may be taken per day.
See page 11 for special regulations for Hampshire County
Containment Area carcass transport and baiting, and for baiting
and feeding wildlife on Older-aged Deer Management Areas.
The special split deer season for youth and Class Q/QQ hunters
will be held on private land in all counties having a firearms deer
hunting season and on the 47 specified Wildlife Management Areas
and three State Forests listed on page 30.
The bag limit of one antlerless deer per day will not count towards
the hunter’s annual deer season bag limit. A Class N or NN stamp
is not required. Each deer taken must be field tagged (see page 11)
and checked at an official game checking station within 24 hours
of the close of each portion of this special split season and before
hunting an additional deer.
Youth and Class Q/QQ hunt participants and all other hunters
hunting on private land or on any of the specified WMAs or state
forests during the special youth and Class Q/QQ deer season,
with the exception of waterfowl hunters and persons engaged in
farming activities on their own land, must wear at least 400 square
inches of blaze orange as an outer garment.
Youth hunters:
- must be at least 8 and less than 18 years old; youth hunters age
15-17 must comply with all licensing requirements (see page 41),
- youth hunters (age 8-14) must be accompanied by a licensed
adult, at least 21 years of age, who must also wear 400 square
inches of blaze orange, cannot carry a gun or a bow and
must remain near enough to the youth to render advice and
assistance. All accompanying adult nonresidents must possess
a Class E license + CS/LE stamp.
and, if a nonresident youth,
- possess Class XXJ license + CS/LE stamp or Class DT license.
Class Q or QQ hunters must possess:
if a resident,
- Class Q permit plus one of the following:
- Class A license + CS stamp or
- Class X, XJ, A-L or AB-L license or
- Free license (Military, Disabled Veteran, former POW or Senior
Citizen, Class DT) or
- Be underage (must be accompanied by a licensed adult)
if a nonresident,
- Class QQ permit + Class E license + CS/LE stamp or
- Class QQ permit + Class XXJ + CS/LE stamp or
- Class QQ permit + Class DT
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Wildlife Management Areas and State Forests open for Special Split Youth and Class Q/QQ Deer Season |
District 1
1. Bear Rocks − Ohio County
5. Cecil H. Underwood − Marshall and Wetzel counties
9. Hillcrest – Hancock County
11. Lewis Wetzel − Doddridge, Tyler and Wetzel counties
13. Pedlar – Monongalia County
15. Pruntytown State Farm − Taylor County
16. Snake Hill − Monongalia and Preston counties |
District 4
43. Beury Mountain − Fayette County
44. Bluestone − Mercer, Monroe and Summers counties
45. Meadow River − Greenbrier County
46. Moncove Lake − Monroe County
48. Plum Orchard − Fayette County
50. Tate Lohr − Mercer County
Q. Camp Creek State Forest − Mercer County
S. Greenbrier State Forest − Greenbrier County |
District 2
19. Allegheny − Mineral County
20. Edwards Run − Hampshire County
21. Fort Mill Ridge − Hampshire County
22. Nathaniel Mountain − Hampshire County
23. Shannondale − Jefferson County
24. Short Mountain − Hampshire County
25. Sleepy Creek − Berkeley and Morgan counties
26. South Branch − Hampshire and Hardy counties
27. Thorn Creek − Pendleton County
28. Widmeyer − Morgan County |
District 5
52. Amherst/Plymouth − Putnam County
53. Beech Fork − Cabell and Wayne counties
54. Big Ugly − Lincoln County
55. Chief Cornstalk − Mason County
56. East Lynn Lake − Wayne County
58. Green Bottom* − Cabell and Mason counties
*Limited to muzzleloaders and bows
59. Hilbert − Lincoln County
61. McClintic − Mason County
62. Mill Creek − Cabell County
63. Morris Creek − Kanawha County
64. Upper Mud River − Lincoln County |
District 3
29. Becky Creek − Randolph County
31. Burnsville Lake − Braxton County
34. Huttonsville − Randolph County
39. Stonewall Jackson Lake − Lewis County
G. Calvin Price State Forest – Pocahontas County |
District 6
65. Buffalo Run − Pleasants and Tyler counties
66. Conaway Run − Tyler County
67. Frozen Camp − Jackson County
68. Hughes River − Ritchie and Wirt counties
69. Ritchie Mines − Ritchie County
70. Sand Hill − Ritchie and Wood counties
71. Stumptown − Gilmer County
72. The Jug − Tyler County
73. Woodrum Lake − Jackson County |
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Youth Small Game Season
October 2, 2010
Youth hunters under the age of 15 must be accompanied by a
licensed adult 21 years of age or older. The accompanying adult
cannot carry a gun or a bow and must remain near enough to the
youth to render advice and assistance. Youth hunters age 15-17 must
comply with all licensing requirements (see page 41). Daily bag limits
for this season are the same as the daily bag limits for the statewide
small game seasons (see page 2). Only those small game species which
have a legal hunting season, excluding migratory game birds, may be
taken during this one day season. |
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