Game Lands INFORMATION
Whitehall Plantation Game Land (P) – Bladen and Pender Counties • The pursuing or chasing of deer or bear with dogs for the purposes of training or hunting on the Long Ridge Tract 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. William H. Silver Game Land (7) – Haywood County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 30 (intro- ductory season).
Voice of America Game Land (P) – Beaufort County • Target shooting is prohibited. White Oak River Game Land (3) – Onslow County
• 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. Uwharrie Game Land (7) – Davidson, Montgomery and Randolph counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 16 – Nov. 29 (moderate season). • On the posted waterfowl impoundment, waterfowl may be taken only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays; on Thanksgiv- ing, Christmas, New Year’s and Martin Luther King Jr. days; and on the opening and closing days of the applicable waterfowl seasons. • Target shooting is prohibited except on the Flintlock Valley Shooting Range. Vance Game Land (6) – Vance County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 12 – Jan. 1 (maximum season). • The use of dogs, centerfire rifles and hand- guns for hunting deer is prohibited on the Nutbush Peninsula Tract. Van Swamp Game Land (7) – Beaufort and Washington counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 12 – Jan. 1 (maximum season). • Bear may only be taken on November 9, 11, 12 and December 21, 23, 24.
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Open days during Oct. 12 – Jan. 1 (maximum season). • Prior to Oct. 1, waterfowl may be taken only on Tuesdays and Saturdays; and on the opening and closing days of the statewide waterfowl hunting 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. • Waterfowl hunting on the Huggins and Mor- ton tracts is by permit only for the entire waterfowl season. • A hunting opportunity permit is needed to access Hargett Avenue and Sloan Farm Road. • On the Huggins and Morton tracts, dogs may not be used to hunt deer, there is no discharge of centerfire rifles allowed, AND hunting is by permit only. • Turkey hunting is by permit only. • Target shooting is prohibited.
Yadkin River Game Land (7) – Davie, Davidson, Montgomery, Rowan and Stanly counties
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 16 – Jan. 1, except that part in Davie County where the season is Nov. 23 – Jan. 1 (maximum season). • On the Lick Creek Tract, deer and bear hunt- ing is archery only.
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