Game Lands INFORMATION
Sandy Mush Game Land (3) – Buncombe and Madison County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 30 (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. • Dogs may only be trained on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and only dur- ing that time period when dog training is allowed on game lands. • Dove hunting is by permit only from the opening day through the second Saturday of dove season. • Target shooting is prohibited. Second Creek Game Land (P) – Rowan County Shocco Creek Game Land (7) – Franklin, Halifax, Nash and Warren counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 12 – Oct. 25 (moderate season). • Horseback riding, including all equine spe- cies, is prohibited. • Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of February and March 31 – May 14. • Target shooting is prohibited. South Mountains Game Land (7) – Burke, Cleveland, McDowell and Rutherford counties • Gun Deer Season: Nov. 30 – Jan. 1 in all portions of the game land. • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 30 (introduc- tory season) in all portions of the game land. • Blackpowder Season: Nov. 16 – Nov. 29 in all portions of the game land. (Antlered and antlerless deer may be taken on these days.) • Archery Season: Sept. 7 – Nov. 15 in all por- tions of the game land. • Horseback riding is prohibited, except on designated trails Jan. 2 – March 31 and May 16 – Aug. 31 and on Sundays April 1 – May 15 and Sept. 1 – Jan. 1. This rule in- cludes all equine species. • Target shooting is prohibited. • 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. The maximum number of consecutive days camping allowed is 14 days. Stones Creek Game Land (6) – Onslow County • Swimming in all lakes is prohibited. • Gun Antlerless Deer Season Oct. 12 – 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 days of the statewide waterfowl season. • Dogs may be used for hunting deer on Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays only. • Target shooting is prohibited. • Geocaching is allowed only on closed days for taking bear, deer, turkey, and waterfowl.
Suggs Mill Pond Game Land (P) – Cumberland and Bladen counties
except on the field-trial grounds, where the season is only on the open days during Nov. 16 – Nov. 30. • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: By permit only. • Archery Season: Open days during Sept. 7 – Nov. 1 (Antlered or antlerless deer may be taken on these days.) and Dec. 16 – Jan. 1 (Deer with visible antlers only) except on the field trial grounds where the archery season is only on open days during Sept. 7 – Nov. 1. • Blackpowder Season: Open days during Nov. 2 – Nov. 13 (Antlered or antlerless deer may be taken on these days.) and Dec. 16 – Jan. 1 (Deer with visible antlers only) except on the field trial grounds where the black- powder season is only on open days during Nov. 2 – Nov. 13. • Squirrel (fox and gray) hunting on the field- trial grounds is allowed on open days during Nov. 16 – Nov. 30. • Opossum and raccoon hunting on the field- trial grounds is allowed on open days during Oct. 14 through the last day of February. • Rabbit hunting on the field-trial grounds will be allowed on open days during Nov. 16 – Nov. 30. • Dove hunting on the field-trial grounds will be prohibited from the third Sunday in September through the remainder of the hunting season. • Horseback riding is prohibited on the J. Robert Gordon Field-Trial Area Oct. 16 – March 31, except by people riding in field trials. • Horseback riding is allowed on the remain- der of Sandhills Game Land seven days per week on roads that are open to vehicular traffic and gated roads and trails posted for equestrian use. • Waterfowl hunting on the field trial grounds is allowed on open days during any water- fowl season. • In addition to the regular open days, water- fowl may be taken on the opening and closing days of the applicable waterfowl seasons. • Turkey hunting is by permit only. • Dog training is prohibited on the field trial grounds. Elsewhere, dog training is restricted to Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from Oct. 1 – April 1. • Swimming in lakes is not permitted. • Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of February and March 31 – May 14. • All of Sandhills Game Land in Moore County is located within the Sandhill Township (See Moore County “local laws” for rifle caliber restrictions and additional restrictions.) • Target shooting is prohibited except on the John F. Lentz Hunter Education Complex. Sandy Creek Game Land (7) – Franklin and Nash Counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 12 – Oct. 25 (moderate season). • Horseback riding, including all equine spe- cies, is prohibited. • Dogs may not be used for hunting deer. • Target shooting is prohibited.
• Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of February and March 31 – May 10 in areas both designated and posted as camp- ing areas. • During scheduled permit hunts, only hunt- ers and trappers with permits may enter the game land, EXCEPT the public may use Campground Road to access the pond at the dam. • The use of vessels on managed waterfowl impoundments on Suggs Mill Pond Game Land is restricted to permitted waterfowl hunters from Nov. 1 – March 15 and, except for Sundays, from Nov. 1 – Jan. 31 on Suggs Mill Pond Lake and Little Singletary Lake. Sutton Lake Game Land (7) – Brunswick and New Hanover counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 12 – Oct. 19 (conservative season). • Harvesting of bear is prohibited on Sunday. • Target shooting is prohibited. • Discharge of centerfire rifles is prohibited. Tar River Game Land (P) – Edgecombe County • Target shooting is prohibited. Texas Plantation Game Land (P) – Tyrrell County Three Top Mountain Game Land (7) – Ashe County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 23 – Nov. 29 (conservative season). • Horseback riding is prohibited. This includes all equine species. Thurmond Chatham Game Land (7) – Alleghany and Wilkes counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 23 – Dec. 6 (moderate 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. Participants age 16 or older must obtain a game lands license prior to horseback riding on this area. • Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of February and March 31 – May 14 in areas both designated and posted as camp- ing areas. Tillery Game Land (7) – Halifax County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 12 – Oct. 25 (moderate season). • Horseback riding, including all equine spe- cies, is prohibited. • Dogs may not be used for hunting deer. • Turkey hunting is by permit only. • Target shooting is prohibited. Toxaway Game Land (7) – Transylvania county • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 30 (intro- ductory season).
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