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Deer - Special Split Youth and Class Q Season
2008-2009 Hunting Regulations

November 1 and December 22-23, 2008: Antlerless Deer Only

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 or QQ hunters will be held on private land in all counties having a firearms deer hunting season and on the 48 specified Wildlife Management Areas and two State Forests listed on page 27.

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.

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) or
    • Be underage (must be accompanied by a licensed adult)

if a nonresident,

  • Class QQ permit + Class E license + CS/LE stamp.
  • Class QQ permit + Class XXJ + CS/LE stamp.

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 or 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.

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
7. Cross Creek − Brooke County
11. Lewis Wetzel − Doddridge, Tyler and Wetzel counties
13. Pedlar – Monongalia County
15. Pruntytown − Taylor County
16. Snake Hill − Monongalia and Preston counties

District 4

46. Beury Mountain − Fayette County
47. Bluestone − Summers, Mercer and Monroe counties
49. Meadow River − Greenbrier County
50. Moncove Lake − Monroe County
51. Plum Orchard − Fayette County
53. 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 − Hardy and Hampshire counties
27. Thorn Creek − Pendleton County
29. Widmeyer − Morgan County

District 5

55. Amherst/Plymouth − Putnam County
56. Beech Fork − Cabell and Wayne counties
57. Big Ugly − Lincoln County
58. Chief Cornstalk − Mason County
59. East Lynn Lake − Wayne County
60. Fork Creek − Boone County
61. Greenbottom* − 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

District 3

30. Becky Creek − Randolph County
32. Burnsville Lake − Braxton County
39. Stonewall Jackson Lake − Lewis County

District 6

68. Buffalo Run − Pleasants and Tyler counties
69. Conaway Run − Tyler County
70. Frozen Camp − Jackson County
71. Hughes River − Ritchie and Wirt counties
73. Ritchie Mines − Ritchie County
75. Sand Hill − Wood and Ritchie counties
76. Stumptown − Gilmer County
77. The Jug − Tyler County
79. Woodrum Lake − Jackson County

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