Montgomery Parks Deer Population Management Program Locations & Park Closure Schedule
Fall 2024 – Winter 2025
Archery Managed Deer Hunting Programming
(Hunting by M-NCPPC Permit, Only: Lottery-based = Pre-screened Individual hunters; Cooperative = Pre-selected, Insured Groups)
No Park Closure – Parks remain open to public as usual. Hunting may occur Monday – Saturday, September – January, annually. Legal hunting hours are ½ hour before sunrise until ½ hour after sunset.
- Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus)
- Black Hill Regional Park [Day Use segment east of Rte. 121] (Boyds)
- Blockhouse Point Conservation Park (Darnestown)
- Bucklodge Conservation Park (Boyds)
- Cabin John Stream Valley Park Units 1, 2 & 3 (Bethesda/Cabin John)
- Damascus Recreational Park/Magruder Branch Stream Valley Park [including Wildcat Branch SVU3] (Watkins Rd. northwest to Sweepstakes Rd., Damascus)
- Great Seneca Stream Valley Park Unit 1(Gaithersburg)
- Great Seneca Stream Valley Park Units 3 – 4/Goshen Branch Stream Valley Park (Gaithersburg/Germantown)
- Lois Y. Green Conservation Park/Cabin Branch Steam Valley Park/Hunters Woods Local Park (Gaithersburg)
- Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park Units 1, 2 & 3 (Darnestown/North Potomac)
- North Branch Stream Valley Park Unit 4 (Olney)
- North Germantown Greenway/Great Seneca Stream Valley Park Unit 2 [including Blunt Road LP] (Gaithersburg/Germantown)
- Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run (Dickerson)*
- Ten Mile Creek Conservation Park (West Old Baltimore Rd. northeast to Slidell Rd., Boyds)
- Washington Grove Conservation Park/Piedmont Crossing Local Park (Washington Grove/Derwood)
- Watts Branch Stream Valley Park Units 1, 2, 3 & 4 (Potomac/Travilah)
*Conversion of deer population management programming strategy
Firearms Managed Hunting Programming
(Firearms Hunting by M-NCPPC Permit, Only: Lottery-based = Pre-screened Individual hunters; Cooperative = Pre-selected, Insured Groups)
Parks are CLOSED for 24 hours on each scheduled date
October
10 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
12 – Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus)
22 – Rachel Carson Conservation Park (Olney)
25 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
31 – Woodstock Equestrian Park (Beallsville)
November
2 – Black Hill Regional Park: 10 Mile Creek Segment (Boyds) & Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park (Boyds)
8 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
12 – Rachel Carson Conservation Park (Olney)
14 – Woodstock Equestrian Park (Beallsville)
16 – Black Hill Regional Park: 10 Mile Creek Segment (Boyds) & Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park (Boyds)
19 – Rachel Carson Conservation Park (Olney)
21 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
23 – Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus)
December
3 – Rachel Carson Conservation Park (Olney)
5 – Black Hill Regional Park: 10 Mile Creek Segment (Boyds) & Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park (Boyds)
6 – Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run (Dickerson)*
7 – Woodstock Equestrian Park (Beallsville)
10 – Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)
11 – Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)
13 – Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run (Dickerson)* & Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
19 – Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus) & Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)
20 – Little Bennett Regional Park (Clarksburg)
21 – Black Hill Regional Park: 10 Mile Creek Segment (Boyds) & Bucklodge Forest Conservation Park (Boyds)
January
3 – Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run (Dickerson)*
4 – Woodstock Equestrian Park (Beallsville)
9 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
10 – Royce Hanson Conservation Park at Broad Run (Dickerson)*
11 – Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus)
18 – Hoyles Mill Conservation Park (Boyds)
25 – Bennett Creek Conservation Park (Damascus)
*Conversion of deer population management programming strategy
Tenant-based Managed Deer Hunting Program
(Tenant-facilitated M-NCPPC Permit, only)
Park CLOSED to Public Access Year-round
- Goshen Recreation Park (Goshen)
Park Police-based Sharpshooting Operation Locations 2025
(Parks and Trails Closed, January 15 – March 31 from Sunset – Sunrise, Monday-Friday)
Active FY2025
- Agricultural History Farm Park (and attached segments of Rock Creek SVU’s 15 and 16) (Derwood)
- Layhill Local Park (Wheaton)
- Martin Luther King Jr. Recreational Park (Silver Spring)
- Northwest Branch Recreation Park (Aspen Hill)
- Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park, Unit 4 [including Kemp Mill Estates LP] (Silver Spring)
- Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park, Unit 7 (Norwood)
- Northwest Golf Course (Wheaton)
- Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Park (Clarksburg)
- Paint Branch Stream Valley Park, Units 5 & 6 and attached Paint Branch Neighborhood Park, Pilgrim Hills Local Park, Tamarack Neighborhood Park, and Valley Mill Special Park (Silver Spring/Colesville)
- Red Door Store Historical Cultural Park (Sandy Spring)
- Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park Unit 5 [including Colt Terrace NP] (Silver Spring)
- Wheaton Regional Park (Wheaton)
- Woodlawn Cultural Special Park (Sandy Spring)
Inactive FY2025
The following locations are postponed and remain within the program but will NOT be included in winter 2025 field operations:
- Cabin John Regional Park (Bethesda)
- Laytonia Recreational Park (Gaithersburg)
- Muncaster Recreational Park (Gaithersburg)
- Needwood Golf Course (Rockville)
- North Branch Stream Valley Park, Units 2 & 3 (Norbeck)
- Rock Creek Regional Park (Rockville)
- Rock Creek Stream Valley Park, Unit 2 (Chevy Chase)
- Rock Creek Stream Valley Park, Unit 3 (Bethesda/Kensington)
- Rock Creek Stream Valley Park, Unit 7 (Aspen Hill)
- Sligo Creek Golf Course (Silver Spring)
- Pope Farm Nursery (Gaithersburg)