Deer - Special Split Youth and Class Q/QQ Season
2009-2010 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 31.
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 no more than 14 years old,
- 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
45. Beury Mountain − Fayette County
46. Bluestone −Mercer, Monroe and Summers counties
48. Meadow River − Greenbrier County
49. Moncove Lake − Monroe County
50. Plum Orchard − Fayette County
52. Tate Lohr − Mercer County
C. Camp Creek State Forest − Mercer County
E. 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
29. Widmeyer − Morgan County |
District 5
54. Amherst/Plymouth − Putnam County
55. Beech Fork − Cabell and Wayne counties
56. Big Ugly − Lincoln County
57. Chief Cornstalk − Mason County
58. East Lynn Lake − Wayne County
60. Green Bottom* − Cabell and Mason counties
*Limited to muzzleloaders and bows
61. Hilbert − Lincoln County
63. McClintic − Mason County
64. Mill Creek − Cabell County
65. Morris Creek − Kanawha County
66. Upper Mud River − Lincoln County |
District 3
30. Becky Creek − Randolph County
32. Burnsville Lake − Braxton County
35. Huttonsville − Randolph County
39. Stonewall Jackson Lake − Lewis County
B. Calvin Price State Forest – Pocahontas County |
District 6
67. Buffalo Run − Pleasants and Tyler counties
68. Conaway Run − Tyler County
69. Frozen Camp − Jackson County
70. Hughes River − Ritchie and Wirt counties
72. Ritchie Mines − Ritchie County
74. Sand Hill − Ritchie and Wood counties
75. Stumptown − Gilmer County
76. The Jug − Tyler County
78. Woodrum Lake − Jackson County |
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