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Sunday Hunting Study
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From the mountains to the coast, North Carolina offers a wide variety of hunting and trapping opportunities. Click on the appropriate subtopic above to find maps of all Game Lands managed by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, season dates and bag limits and information on hunting and safety classes. The Hunting News subtopic contains timely information about the hunting and trapping seasons. The Publications subtopic contains information on obtaining the current Inland Fishing, Hunting & Trapping Regulations Digest and the latest Hunting and Fishing Maps for North Carolina Game Lands.

See the subtopic menu above or these links for more information

2008-09 Season dates (PDF)

2008-09 Inland Fishing, Hunting and Trapping Regulations

Waterfowl and Migratory Gamebirds in N.C.

Waterfowl Impoundment Condition Report (PDF)

Game Lands dove fields

Link to Deer Processing Plants Information on N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Website

CURE Program

Deer Management Assistance Program

Report a big game harvest

Print big game certificates from past harvests

Hunter Education Course

Find a local shooting range
(NRA Web site)

Chronic Wasting Disease

Sensory Safari exhibit

What NC Hunters Should Know About Bird Flu

.Disabled Programs & Opportunities


Surveys and Reports

Fall/Winter 2007 North Carolina Furbearer Management Newsletter (861 KB pdf)

Hunting Heritage Program Report (974 KB pdf)

2005 National Duck Hunter Survey (1.5 MB pdf)

Report: Hunter Retention and Recruitment in North Carolina (319 KB pdf)