Game and Furbearer Program Summary Report – 2025
Game and Furbearer Program Summary Report – 2025
Table of Contents Game and Furbearer Program Staff ...............................................................................................................5 Avid Rabbit Hunter Survey..............................................................................................................................7 Bear Cub Rehabilitation Program .................................................................................................................8 Bear Harvest and Mortality .............................................................................................................................9 Urban Black Bear Project Phase 2 ..............................................................................................................10 Nine-banded Armadillo Range Expansion in North Carolina ..................................................................11 Eastern North Carolina Canid Genetic Sampling.....................................................................................12 Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) Investigation.............................................................................................13 Annual Waterfowl Surveys ............................................................................................................................14 Migratory Game Bird Banding and Research ...........................................................................................15 Deer Hunter Observation Survey................................................................................................................16 Hunter Harvest Survey...................................................................................................................................17 Wild Turkey Harvest .......................................................................................................................................18 Summer Wild Turkey Observation Survey ................................................................................................19 Wild Turkey Health Research Project .......................................................................................................20 Grouse Drumming Survey and Hurricane Helene Impacts ..................................................................21 Monitoring Wildlife Health in North Carolina .........................................................................................22 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Surveillance ....................................................................................23 Deer Biological Data Collection .................................................................................................................24 Deer Ecology Across an Urban-Rural Gradient .....................................................................................25
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Opposite: Aerial view of Tundra Swans and Snow Geese during the 2024 mid-winter survey in northeast North Carolina.
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