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!
Interactive Demonstrations | Archery | Food Trucks | Giveaways | Vendors | Fish Printing Craft | Fishing | Build a fishing pole
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 activities and vendors:
- Archery
- Build your own fishing rod
- Disabled hunter accessibility
- Face painting
- Fish printing/crafts
- Fishing at the Mill Pond
- Fly-tying
- Food trucks
- Virtual reality
- Wildlife law enforcement
- Balsam Mountain Trust Nature Center
- BearWise
- Blue Ridge Snorkel Trail
- Cherokee Fisheries & Wildlife Management
- Coexisting with Wildlife Solutions
- Cold Mountain Rifle Range
- Edith Allen Wildlife Sanctuary
- Haywood Waterways
- National Wild Turkey Federation
- Scouting USA
- USDA APHIS Wildlife Services
- Western Carolina University
- WNC Friends of the Elk
Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet schedule:
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8:00 AM–9:00 AM: Quiz Bowl (Hemlock Auditorium) |