2025-2026 North Carolina Inland Fishing, Hunting & Trapping

License INFORMATION

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PRIVILEGE LICENSES, STAMPS AND CERTIFICATIONS (CONT.)

HIP Certification (federal requirement) : Needed to hunt migratory game birds (waterfowl, doves, rails, gallinule, snipe and woodcock). Persons exempt from the hunting license requirement are not required to obtain the HIP certification. HIP Certification may be obtained July 1 to April 1 and expires June 30 of each year.

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Hunting Heritage Apprentice Permit: This permit is needed to purchase a hunting license by those who have not held a N.C. hunting license prior to July 1, 2013 or who have not satisfactorily completed the hunter education course requirements. This permit authorizes the permittee to hunt if accompanied by an adult at least 18 years of age who is licensed to hunt in this state, or if accompanied by an adult landholder or spouse exempted from the hunting license requirement as defined by law, provided the licensee is hunting on the landholder’s land. “Accompanied” means that the licensed adult maintains a proximity that enables the adult to monitor the activities of the apprentice by remaining within sight and hearing distance at all times, without use of electronic devices. This permit is valid only for the term of the hunting license purchased under the authority of the permit.

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FREE

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North Carolina Inland Fishing, Hunting & Trapping Regulations 

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