- Title
- North Carolina inland fishing, hunting & trapping regulations digest [2023-2024]
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- Date
- 2023 - 2024
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- Creator
- ["North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission."]
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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North Carolina inland fishing, hunting & trapping regulations digest [2023-2024]
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Game Lands information
• Target shooting is prohibited except on the
Caswell Shooting Range.
Chatham Game Land (7) - Chatham County
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 11 -
Nov. 24 (moderate season).
• Turkey hunting is by permit only.
• Horseback riding, including all equine spe¬
cies, is allowed seven days per week from
May 16 - Aug. 31, and on Sundays only
Sept. 1 - May 15.
• Target shooting is prohibited.
Chowan Game Land (7) - Chowan County
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 14 - Jan. 1
(maximum season).
• Harvesting of bear is prohibited on Sunday.
Chowan Swamp Game Land (6) - Bertie,
Gates and Hertford counties
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 14 - Jan. 1
(maximum season).
• Bearmay onlybetakenon November 11, 13,
14 and December 16, 18, 19, except that on
the portion of Chowan Swamp Game Land
in Gates County east of Highway
158/13,
south of Highway 158, west of Highway
32, and north of Catherine Creek and the
Chowan River the bear season is Novem¬
ber 11, 13 - 18 and December 9, 11 - 16,
December 18 - 23.
• Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the
last day of February and March 31 - May
14 in areas both designated and posted as
camping areas.
• Horseback riding is prohibited except dur¬
ing May 16 - Aug. 31 and on Sundays only
Sept. 1 - May 15 on those roads that are
open to vehicular traffic and those gated
roads and trails posted for equestrian use.
• Target shooting is prohibited.
Cold Mountain Game Land (7)
- Haywood County
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 25 (intro¬
ductory season).
• Horseback riding is prohibited except on
designated trails May 16 - Aug. 31, and all
horseback riding is prohibited from Sept. 1 -
May 15. This rule includes all equine species.
Columbus County Game Land (4) -
Brunswick and Columbus Counties
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Open days
during Oct. 14 - Jan. 1 (maximum season).
• Deer hunting on the Campbell Tract is by
permit only.
Croatan Game Land (7) - Carteret,
Jones and Craven counties
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 14 - Jan. 1
(maximum season).
• Waterfowl may be taken only on Tuesdays
and Saturdays; on Thanksgiving, Christmas,
New Year's and Martin Luther King Jr. days;
and on the opening and closing of the ap¬
plicable waterfowl seasons.
• On the first two open days of dove season,
a permit is needed to hunt on posted areas.
• Hunting from Disabled Sportsmen blinds on
the Catfish Lake waterfowl impoundment is
by permit only.
• Harvesting of bear is prohibited on Sunday.
• Bear hunting is prohibited on the Designated
Bear Management Area.
Currituck Banks Game Land (7)
- Currituck County
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 14 - Jan. 1
(maximum season).
• Permanent waterfowl blinds in Currituck
Sound adjacent to these game lands shall be
hunted by permit only after Nov. 1.
• Licensed hunting guides may accompany
the permitted individual or party, but may
not use a firearm.
• The boundary of the game land shall ex¬
tend five yards from the edge of the marsh
or shoreline.
• Dogs shall be allowed only for waterfowl
hunting by permitted hunters on the day of
their hunt.
• No screws, nails or other objects penetrating
the bark shall be used to attach a tree stand
or blind to a tree.
• Harvesting of bear is prohibited on Sunday.
Dan River Game Land (3) -
Rockingham County
• Deer and turkey hunting by permit-only.
• Target shooting is prohibited.
• Horseback riding is prohibited, except on
those areas posted for equestrian use. Per¬
sons age 16 or older horseback riding must
possess a Game Land License.
Dare Game Land (7) - Dare and Hyde counties
• GunAntlerlessDeerSeason:Oct. 14 - Oct.20
(conservative season).
• No hunting on posted parts of bombing
range. Selected roads may be closed for
military training.
• The use and training of dogs is prohibited
from March 1 - June 30.
• Bear hunting is by permit only on the Dare
Designated Bear Management Area.
Dover Bay Game Land (6) - Craven County
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 14 - Jan. 1
(maximum season).
DuPont State Forest Game Land (P) -
Henderson and Transylvania counties
• Permit-only area. (Apply at ncwildlife.org/
PermitHunt .)
• Target shooting is prohibited.
• Training and the use of dogs is prohibited
except during scheduled permit hunts.
Elk Knob Game Land (7) - Watauga County
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 18 -
Nov. 24 (conservative season).
Embro Game Land (7) - Halifax
and Warren counties
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 14 -
Oct. 27 (moderate season).
• Horseback riding, including all equine spe¬
cies, is prohibited.
• Target shooting is prohibited.
Goose Creek Game Land (7) -
Beaufort and Pamlico counties
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 14 - Jan. 1
(maximum season).
• Prior to Oct. 1, waterfowl may be taken only
on Tuesdays and Saturdays and on the open¬
ing and closing days of the statewide water-
fowl seasons on the posted impoundments.
• Beginning on the first open waterfowl season
day in October and through the end of the
waterfowl season, waterfowl hunting is by
permit only on posted waterfowl impound¬
ments.
• Hunting and vehicular access on the Parker
Farm Tract is restricted from Sept. 1 - Jan. 1
and April 1 - May 15 to individuals that pos¬
sess a valid hunting opportunity permit.
• Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the
last day of February and March 31 - May
14 in areas both designated and posted as
camping areas.
• Harvesting of bear is prohibited on Sunday.
• On the Beaufort County portion north of
N.C. 33 except for that portion east of Smith
Creek and south of Campbell Creek, the use
of dogs for hunting deer or bear is prohibited.
Green River Game Land (6) -
Henderson and Polk counties
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 18, except
that portion in Henderson Co. where the
season is Nov. 25.
• Horseback riding is prohibited. This rule in¬
cludes all equine species.
• Target shooting is prohibited.
Green Swamp Game Land (6)
- Brunswick County
• Six-day-per-week area.
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 14 - Jan. 1
(maximum season).
• On the Little Macedonia Tract, the use of
dogs for hunting deer or bear is prohibited
and hunting and trapping is by permit-oniy.
• Bear hunting is prohibited on the Designated
Bear Management Area.
Gull Rock Game Land (7) - Hyde County
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 14 - Jan. 1
(maximum season).
• On posted waterfowl impoundments, hunt¬
ing of any species of wildlife is limited to
Tuesdays and Saturdays; Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year’s and Martin Lu¬
ther King Jr. days; and opening and closing
days of the applicable waterfowl seasons.
• Bear may only betaken November 11, 13, 14
and December 16, 18, 19, except that por¬
tion of the game land in the Designated Bear
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