Game Lands INFORMATION
Harris Game Land (7) – Chatham, Harnett and Wake counties
Hyco Game Land (7) – Person County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 14 – Nov. 27.
• Use of centerfire rifles is prohibited. • Deer may be taken by archery equipment only except during the blackpowder season. • Tree stands may not be left overnight and no screws, nails, or other objects may be used to aid in climbing or to attach a tree stand or blind to a tree. • Turkey hunting is archery only. Kings Creek Game Land (6) – Caldwell and Wilkes Counties • Gun Deer Season: Nov. 28 – Jan. 1 in all portions of the game land. • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 28 in all portions of the game land. • Deer with antlers may be taken on August 22 on the Wilkes County portion of the game land. • Blackpowder Season: Nov. 14 – Nov. 27 in all portions of the game land. (Antlered or antlerless deer may be taken on these days.) • Archery Season: Sept. 12 – Nov. 13. Lantern Acres Game Land (6) – Tyrrell and Washington counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 17 – Jan. 1. • Turkey hunting is by permit only. • Dogs may not be used to hunt deer on the Godley Tract. • Hunting on posted waterfowl impoundments from Oct. 1 – Feb. 14 is by permit only. Lee Game Land (7) – Lee County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 14 – Nov. 27. • Target shooting is prohibited. • Except for hunters engaged in the act of hunting, bicycle riding is prohibited. Light Ground Pocosin Game Land (7) – Pamlico County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 17 – Jan. 1. • Harvesting of bear is prohibited on Sunday. Linwood Game Land (7) – Davidson County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 14 – Jan. 1. Little Fork State Forest Game Land (6) – Wilkes County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Open days dur- ing Nov. 14 – Nov. 20. • Deer with antlers may be taken on August 22. • Bear hunting is prohibited. Lower Fishing Creek Game Land (7) – Edgecombe and Halifax counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 17 – Oct. 30. • Horseback riding, including all equine spe- cies, is prohibited. • Dogs may not be used for hunting deer. • Target shooting is prohibited. Mayo Game Land (7) – Person County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 14 – Nov. 27. • Waterfowl may be hunted only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; Christmas and New Year’s days; and on opening and closing days, of the applicable waterfowl seasons. • Target shooting is prohibited.
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 14 – Nov. 27 except those parts in Wake and Harnett counties where the season is Oct. 17 – Oct. 30. • Waterfowl may be taken only on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s days; and on the opening and closing days of the applicable waterfowl seasons. • The use or construction of permanent hunt- ing blinds is prohibited. • Turkey hunting is by permit only, except on those areas posted as Archery Zones. • Target shooting is prohibited. • Horseback riding is prohibited. • Except for hunters engaged in the act of hunting, bicycle riding is prohibited. Headwaters State Forest Game Land (6) – Transylvania County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 28. Hill Farm Game Land (P) – Stokes County Holly Shelter Game Land (6) – Pender County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Open days dur- ing Oct. 17 – Jan. 1. • Waterfowl hunting is allowed only on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s and Martin Luther King Jr. days; and on the opening and closing days of the applicable waterfowl seasons. • Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of Feb. and March 31 – May 31 in areas both designated and posted as camping areas. • Dogs may be used for hunting deer and bear on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, Thanks- giving, Christmas, and New Year’s days only. • On the portion of the game land that is north of the Bear Garden Road, west of Shaw Road to Baby Branch, east of the Northeast Cape Fear River, south of N.C. 53 and west of N.C. 50, deer hunting and bear hunting are by permit only. Other species may be hunted on this area only during the normal open days for this game land. • Hunting deer and bear with dogs on the Pender 4 and Greentree impoundment tracts is prohibited. • Hunting and vehicular access on the Pender 4 Tract is restricted from Sept. 1 through the last day of Feb. and April 1 – May 15 to individuals that possess valid hunting op- portunity permits. • Hunters who possess a Disabled Access Per- mit to operate all terrain vehicles are allowed on and within 100 yards of trails designated for Disabled Sportsman Access. See the on- line game land maps for designated trails. • Target shooting is prohibited except on the Holly Shelter Shooting Range. • Geocaching is allowed only on closed days for taking bear, deer, turkey, and waterfowl.
• Target shooting is prohibited. J. Morgan Futch Game Land (P) – Tyrrell County
Johns River Game Land (P) – Burke County • Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of February and March 31 – May 31 in areas both designated and posted as camp- ing areas. • The construction of permanent hunting blinds is prohibited. • Target shooting is prohibited. • During the open days of the seasons for game birds and game animals, the use of bicycles is restricted to hunters engaged in the act of hunting. Jordan Game Land (6) – Durham, Chatham, Orange and Wake counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 14 – Jan. 1, except that part in Wake Co. where the sea- son is Oct. 17 – Jan. 1. • Waterfowl may be taken only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays; on Thanksgiv- ing, Christmas and New Year’s days; and on the opening and closing days of the ap- plicable waterfowl seasons. • Horseback riding, including all equine species, is allowed only on those areas posted as Amer- ican Tobacco Trail and other areas specifically posted for equestrian use. Unless otherwise posted, horseback riding is permitted on the American Tobacco Trail anytime the trail is open. On all other posted equestrian trails, horseback riding is allowed seven days per week from May 16 – Aug. 31, and on Sundays only from Sept. 1 – May 15. Participants age 16 and older must obtain a game land license prior to engaging in horseback riding on any area other than the American Tobacco Trail. • Target shooting is prohibited. • Turkey hunting is by permit only, except on those areas posted as Archery Zones. • Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of Feb. and March 31 through May 31. • Except for hunters engaged in the act of hunting, bicycle riding is restricted to the American Tobacco Trail. Juniper Creek Game Land (7) – Brunswick and Columbus counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 17 – Jan. 1. • Harvesting of bear is prohibited on Sunday. • Bear hunting is prohibited on that portion in the Designated Bear Management Area. • Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of Feb. and March 31 – May 31 in areas both designated and posted as camp- ing areas. Kerr Scott Game Land (6) – Wilkes County • Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 14 – Jan. 1. • Deer with antlers may be taken on August 22 (archery equipment and blackpowder only).
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