News from Quartz Mountain: Deer hunting season underway

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Deer are very plentiful this year. It seems like nearly every day you hear of someone hitting a deer. Gun season for deer starts this coming weekend. With more hunters in the field, deer will be on the move. Please use extra caution when driving to and within Quartz Mountain State Park.

During the various hunting season some trails at Quartz Mountain are closed. Hunting is not allowed on park property but trails that are very close to private property, where hunting occurs are closed. Not all trails are closed! With the Lodge complex closed for renovations, all the trails near the Lodge are closed. In the Main Park, the New Horizon Trail, up the face of Quartz Mountain is open. Also open in the Main Park, is 2 mile one way (4 mile round trip) Heart Healthy trail. This is the paved trail that stretched from the Park Office to the RR tracks by SH44.

Please remember: do not feed the deer at Quartz Mountain- it is against Park rules. There is plenty of natural food for our deer. They do not need supplemental food.