Local Laws AND INFORMATION
Orange • Hunt deer from a public road. • Hunt with firearms from the right-of-way of a public road. • Hunt or fish on the land of another without having on one’s person, written permission, signed and dated for the current hunting season, by the landowner or lessee. • Unlawful to hunt while under the influence of alcohol or other impairing substances. Pamlico • Take migratory waterfowl within 500 yards of another’s permanent hunting location without permission of the landholder upon whose land the waterfowl is taken. • Hunt bear with dogs. • Take any wild animal or wild bird from or across the right-of-way of N.C. 55 and N.C. 306. Pasquotank • Use a firearm carelessly and heedlessly, so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any per- son or property, or any discharge of a firearm that results in a projectile crossing the proper- ty of another person without their permission. • 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. • To have possession of a loaded shotgun or centerfire rifle while on the right-of-way of any public road or highway while outside the confines of the passenger area of a vehicle, without the written permission of the owner or lessee of the land that abuts the road or high- way. To have possession of a loaded shotgun or centerfire rifle while on the traveled surface of any public road or highway when outside the confines of the passenger area of a vehicle. • To hunt, take or kill any bird or game animal from or on the right-of-way of any public road or highway, without first securing the written permission of the owner or lessee of the land that abuts the road or highway. • Hunt with a centerfire rifle except from a platform which raises the lower level of the barrel to a minimum of eight feet above ground level. For the purposes of this section, the term “hunt” has the same meaning as “to hunt” as specified in G.S. 113-130. Pender • Take deer with the aid of a boat or floating device in or within 100 yards of the Black River, Long Creek, Morgan Creek or Turkey Creek between N.C. 210 and the Northeast Cape Fear River. • Discharge a firearm while hunting from the right-of-way of a state-maintained road onto or across any adjoining land without permis- sion of the owner. Perquimans • Take a wild animal or bird in Snug Harbor subdivision in Bethel Township or in Long- beach Estates.
• Hunt with a rifle larger than .22-caliber with- out written permission of the landowner. • Hunt on the right-of-way of a public road. • Hunt with or possess a firearm or bow and arrow on another’s land without the permis- sion of the landowner or lessee. • Hunt with a centerfire rifle, except from a stand at least five feet above the ground level. • Hunt on land of another without the written permission of the owner or lessee of the land, dated for the current hunting season. Person • Hunt deer from a public road. Pitt • Hunt with a firearm from or on, or across a public road or the right-of-way thereof. • Hunt while under the influence of an impair- ing substance. • Hunt with a firearm within 300 feet of any residency or occupied building without the written, signed and dated permission of the owner or lessee of the land. Permission must be renewed annually. • Hunt or to discharge a firearm on or across posted land without the written, signed and dated permission of the owner or lessee. Permission must be renewed annually. • Release dogs on posted land without the written signed and dated permission of the owner or lessee of the land. Permission must be renewed annually. Polk • Hunt with a firearm from or on a public road or the right-of-way thereof. • Unlawful to possess or consume alcohol within 50 feet of any river in Polk County. Randolph • Hunt from the right-of-way of a public road. Richmond • Take deer with dogs west of Little River and that portion east of Little River, bounded by N.C. 73 to the north, by Hough Road to the east and by Grassy Island Road to the south. • Hunt deer from a public road. • Hunt with firearms from the right-of-way of any public road north of U.S. 74 and west of U.S. 220. • Discharge a firearm or bow and arrow or attempt to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow, from, on, across or over the road- way or right-of-way of any public road. For purposes of this section, the term “public road” does not include any unpaved roads within the Wildlife Resources Commission’s Sandhills Game Land. Robeson • Hunt deer from or through the use of any boat or other floating device. • Prohibits hunting, taking or killing any wild animal or wild bird, or attempting to hunt, take or kill any wild animal or wild bird, with
the use of a firearm or bow and arrow, from, on, across or over the roadway or right-of- way of any public road, street or highway. • Unlawfully hunt or fish on the land of another without written permission in one’s posses- sion. Permission must be dated and signed by the owner or lessee within the past year. Rockingham • Hunt any wildlife from the right-of-way of any public road. • NOTE: Entrance to private lands to hunt is regulated by local ordinance. • Shine a light intentionally upon any wild animal, including, but not limited to, deer, coyotes, or feral swine, from the right-of- way of any public road, street, or highway between the hours of one-half hour after sunset and one half hour before sunrise. Rowan • Hunt, fish or trap on the land of another without written permission. • Hunt with a loaded firearm or discharge the same on or across a state-maintained road. • NOTE: Entrance to private lands to hunt is regulated by local ordinance. • Discharge firearms or fireworks or to create noise using mechanical apparatus while in the no-wake zone around Eagle Point Nature Preserve on High Rock Reservoir. Rutherford • Hunt, take or kill any wild animal or wild bird on, or across the right-of-way of any public road. • Discharge a firearm on, from or across the right-of-way of any public road. Sampson • Hunt with firearms any wild animal or wild bird from or discharge firearms from or across any state-maintained road without obtaining permission of the landowner or lessee of the land abutting the road. Scotland • Hunt with the use of a centerfire rifle or any firearm capable of firing a centerfire pro- jectile, unless the person is positioned in a stationary and elevated position at least 10 feet above the ground. • Possess a loaded shotgun or rifle, or discharge any firearm, from, onto or across the right- of-way of a primary or secondary highway, except by an owner of land adjoining a sec- ondary road or a person with an owner’s writ- ten permission to hunt on such adjoining land. • Hunt on land of another without written permission from the owner or lessee dated within one year. • The flashing or display of any artificial light from or attached to a motor-driven con- veyance or from any means of conveyance attached to a motor-driven conveyance, between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise, in any area that is frequented or inhabited by wild game.
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North Carolina Inland Fishing, Hunting & Trapping Regulations
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