BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – During this month’s gun deer hunting season, some Brown County park areas will be closing to the general public.
According to the county’s Park Department, Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve and the Fort Howard Paper Foundation Wildlife Area will be closed to all people except those who have special county hunting permits from sunrise November 19 through sunset November 27. However, the interpretive center at Barkhausen will remain open.
The county’s Reforestation Camp, as well as the equestrian, hiking and biking trails will close as well, since hunting is allowed in parts of the camp. The camp’s playground and fishing ponds, however, will remain open.
Lily Lake Park picnic grounds and boat launch remain open, although visitors are reminded that hunting is allowed in some areas of the park.
At the Vande Hei property, only hunters will be allowed access.
Parks officials are reminding those people using the open areas of the parks wear blaze orange or blaze pink during the hunting season. And although hunting is not allowed on the Fox River and Mountain-Bay trails themselves, there are nearby areas open to hunting, so those hiking and biking on the trails are urged to wear blaze orange or blaze pink.
