Deer - Special Split Youth and Class Q/QQ Season
2011-2012 Hunting Regulations
Only one antlerless deer may be taken per day.
See page 11 for special regulations for West Virginia Containment Area carcass transport and baiting, and for baiting and feeding wildlife on Older-aged Deer Management Areas.
It is illegal to bait or feed any wildlife on public land between September 1 and December 31 and during the spring gobbler seasons.
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 WMAs 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 by youth hunters age 8-14. A Class N or NN is required by youth hunters age 15-17. 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, 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
10. Hillcrest – Hancock County
12. Lewis Wetzel − Doddridge, Tyler and Wetzel counties
14. Pedlar – Monongalia County
16. Pruntytown State Farm − Taylor County
17. Snake Hill − Monongalia and Preston counties |
District 4
45. Beury Mountain − Fayette County
46. Bluestone − Mercer, Monroe and Summers counties
47. Meadow River − Greenbrier County
48. Moncove Lake − Monroe County
50. Plum Orchard − Fayette County
52. Tate Lohr − Mercer County
Q. Camp Creek State Forest − Mercer County
S. Greenbrier State Forest − Greenbrier County |
District 2
20. Allegheny − Mineral County
21. Edwards Run − Hampshire County
22. Fort Mill Ridge − Hampshire County
23. Nathaniel Mountain − Hampshire County
24. Shannondale − Jefferson County
25. Short Mountain − Hampshire County
26. Sleepy Creek − Berkeley and Morgan counties
27. South Branch − Hampshire and Hardy counties
28. Thorn Creek − Pendleton County
29. Widmeyer − Morgan County
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District 5
54. Amherst/Plymouth − Putnam County
55. Beech Fork − Cabell and Wayne counties
56. Big Ugly − Lincoln County
57. Chief Cornstalk − Mason County
59. East Lynn Lake − Wayne County
61. Green Bottom* − Cabell and Mason counties
*Limited to muzzleloaders and bows
62. Hilbert − Lincoln County
64. McClintic − Mason County
65. Mill Creek − Cabell County
66. Morris Creek − Kanawha County
67. Upper Mud River − Lincoln County
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District 3
30. Becky Creek − Randolph County
32. Burnsville Lake − Braxton County
35. Huttonsville − Randolph County
38. Stonewall Jackson Lake − Lewis County
G. Calvin Price State Forest – Pocahontas County |
District 6
68. Buffalo Run − Tyler County
69. Conaway Run − Tyler County
70. Frozen Camp − Jackson County
71. Hughes River − Ritchie and Wirt counties
72. Ritchie Mines − Ritchie County
73. Sand Hill − Ritchie and Wood counties
74. Stumptown − Gilmer County
75. The Jug − Tyler County
76. Woodrum Lake − Jackson County |
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Youth Small Game Season
October 1, 2011
Youth hunters under the age of 15 must be accompanied by a licensed adult. 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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