Hunting & Fishing Day

Celebrate National Hunting & Fishing Day

Saturday, September 26, 10am - 4pm

FREE | FAMILY | FUN

Join us for a FREE celebration of our conservation heritage!

Haywood Community College and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission are working to put together a conservation celebration with all this and more to recognize National Hunting and Fishing Day.

All activities are free!

This special day on campus will also feature the annual John G. Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet competition featuring a variety of lumberjack team competitions throughout the day with over ten regional colleges participating in the competition.

Hunting/Fishing Day schedule:

Fishing at the Mill Pond
Build your own fishing rod
Cold Mountain Rifle Range
Balsam Mountain Trust Nature Center
Archery
BearWise
Wildlife law enforcement
Blue Ridge Snorkel Trail
Haywood Waterways
Fish printing/crafts
Disabled hunter accessibility
Cherokee Fisheries & Wildlife Management
Fly-tying
USDA APHIS Wildlife Services
National Wild Turkey Federation
Western Carolina University
Virtual reality
Coexisting with Wildlife Solutions
Edith Allen Wildlife Sanctuary
Food trucks

Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet schedule:

8:00 AM–9:00 AM: Quiz Bowl (Hemlock Auditorium)
9:00 AM–10:15 AM: Dendrology, Archery, Team Log Roll
9:00 AM–4:00 PM: Orienteering
10:15 AM–10:45 AM: Water Boil
10:45 AM–12:00 PM: Men’s/Women’s Axe Throw (Concurrent with Pole Fell)
10:45 AM–12:00 PM: Pole Fell (Concurrent with Axe Throw)
12:15-12:30: Alum Underhand Chop
12:30 PM–1:00 PM: Pulp Toss for Accuracy
1:00 PM–1:45 PM: Men’s/Women’s Standing Block Chop
1:45 PM–2:00 PM: Men's Crosscut
2:00 PM–2:15 PM: Women's Crosscut
2:15 PM–2:30 PM: Jack and Jill Crosscut
2:30 PM–2:45 PM: Men’s/Women’s Single Buck
2:45 PM–3:15 PM: Men’s/Women’s Pole Climb (Concurrent with Stock Saw)
3:15 PM–4:30 PM: Men’s/Women’s Stock Saw (Concurrent with Pole Climb)
4:30 PM–5:00 PM: Bolt Split
5:00 PM–5:30 PM: Men’s/Women’s Underhand Chop