Local Laws AND INFORMATION
Halifax • Take deer with the aid of a boat or floating device in Roanoke River between U.S. 17 and U.S. 301. • Hunt with a firearm from the right-of-way of a public road. • Discharge a firearm on or across a public road. • It unlawful to Leave or place any equipment or vessels that may be used for the purpose of taking migratory waterfowl, including, but not limited to, mobile or temporary blinds, layout boats, and decoys between two hours after sun- set and 4:00 A.M. each day unless remaining on a portion of the shoreline or attached to a dock as authorized by the owner of the shoreline or dock. Harnett • Hunt, take or kill with a firearm or other deadly weapon any wild animal or wild bird on, from or across the right-of-way of any public road, street, highway or thoroughfare. • Use a centerfire rifle in hunting on the land of another without written permission dated within 12 months and carried on one’s person. Haywood • Discharge of a firearm from, on or across the right-of-way of any public road without written permission from the owner of the abutting lands. Henderson • Hunt or discharge a firearm on or from the right-of-way of any state road west of U.S. 280. Hertford • Take deer with the aid of a boat or floating device in or within 100 yards of the Chowan River, except in creeks and tributaries. • Discharge a centerfire rifle or any rifle larger than .22-caliber on or from the right-of-way of a public road, street or highway. • Hunt any wild animal or wild bird with the use of a firearm, from, on, across or over the roadway or right-of-way of any public road, street or highway. • Hunt with or possess a centerfire rifle on another’s land without written permission of the owner or lessee. • Possess a firearm aboard a motor-propelled vessel (except an outboard with the motor removed and stored) on Meherrin River be- tween the Virginia state line and Murfrees- boro city limit during the open deer season. Hoke • Hunt with or discharge a firearm from, onto or across a primary highway. • Hunt with or discharge a firearm from, onto or across a secondary road without having in possession written permission of the owner or lessee to hunt on abutting land. • Hunt with a rifle larger than .22-caliber or capable of firing .22 centerfire, unless po- sitioned at least 10 feet above the ground. • Hunt with a gun or dog on the land of another without written permission of the owner or lessee dated within one year.
Davidson • Hunt, fish or trap on land of another without written permission. • NOTE: Discharge of firearms or pellet guns from right-of-way of public roads is regulated by local ordinance. • Hunt, take or kill a wild bird or wild animal with a firearm or discharge a firearm from, on or across the right-of-way of any numbered state-maintained road without written per- mission of the adjoining landowner. Davie • Import and release a fox. Duplin • For information concerning hunting from the roadway in Duplin County, contact the county attorney. Durham • Discharge a firearm in taking game animals from the right-of-way of a public road ad- joining posted land, without permission of the owner or person in charge of such land. • Discharge a centerfire rifle on another’s land, or on or across such land from a public road, without having in possession written permis- sion of the owner or lessee. • Take deer with dogs. • Hunt deer from a public road. • Hunt any wildlife with a firearm from a pub- lic road. Edgecombe • Hunt, take or transport deer from or with the aid of any boat or floating device on that por- tion of the Tar River from S.R. 1252 to N.C. 33. • Hunt with a firearm from the right-of-way of a public road. • Hunt or transport game, except migratory waterfowl, from or by a boat or floating de- vice on Swift Creek. • Hunt on the land of another without having on one’s person while hunting the written permission, signed and dated for the current hunting season, of the landowner or lessee, or the landowner’s or lessee’s designee. • Hunt from any vessel in the Tar River from Springfield Road to the Dunbar Bridge, wheth- er the vessel is under power or not, except that a vessel may be used for transportation to and from otherwise lawful hunting stands upon lands owned or leased by a person or upon which a person has written permission to hunt. Franklin • Hunt deer with a rifle on another’s land, or from the right-of-way of a public road adjoin- ing such land, without written permission from the owner to use a rifle. • Hunt game from the right-of-way of any public road in that part of the county bound- ed on the north beginning at the Tar River at the Granville County line east to U.S. 1, then south along U.S. 1 to the intersection of N.C. 56, then east along N.C. 56 to the
intersection of U.S. 401, then north along U.S. 401 to the intersection of N.C. 39, then south along N.C. 39 to the intersection of N.C. 98, then east along N.C. 98 to the Nash County line. • In all other portions of the county to hunt game from the right-of-way of any public road, without written permission of the own- ers of the lands abutting that road. Gaston • Hunt, take or kill with a firearm or other deadly weapon, any wild animal or wild bird from or across the right-of-way of any public road, street or highway. Gates • Take deer with the aid of a boat or floating device, in or within 100 yards of the Chowan River, except in creeks and tributaries. • Hunt on a public road adjoining posted land without prior written permission of the own- er or lessee. • Hunt with or discharge a centerfire rifle from, on or across a state-maintained road. • Hunt with or possess a centerfire rifle on another’s land without written permission of the owner or lessee. • Hunt with, or possess a firearm, bow and arrow, or dog on another’s land without per- mission of the owner or lessee. • Take any game or furbearer by trapping on another person’s land between the end of trapping season and Jan. 2. • Hunt with or possess a centerfire rifle or pistol in that part bordered to the north by U.S. 158, to the west by S.R. 1403/1400, to the south by S.R. 1404 and to the east by N.C. 32. It is also unlawful for any person to discharge or cause to be discharged a cen- terfire rifle or pistol toward Merchants Mill Pond State Park, or to cause any projectile to enter the park property for any reason. Granville • Hunt deer from the right-of-way of a pub- lic road. • Hunt or possess a firearm or bow and arrow, without acquiring an entry permit, before entering on registered lands or remaining on an abutting portion of highway. • Release a dog or dogs onto the property of an- other for the purpose of hunting deer without the written consent of the landowner or lessee. Greene • Hunt deer with a rifle, except from a position elevated at least eight feet above the ground and not affixed to a motor vehicle. • Hunt, take, or kill wildlife from, on or across a public roadway while having a firearm or bow and arrow in the persons possession. Guilford • Hunt an animal with a firearm from a pub- lic road.
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North Carolina Inland Fishing, Hunting & Trapping Regulations
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