Game Lands INFORMATION
Shocco Creek Game Land (7) – Franklin, Halifax, Nash and Warren counties • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 17 – Oct. 30. • Horseback riding, including all equine species, is prohibited. • Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of February and March 31 – May 31. • Target shooting is prohibited. South Mountains Game Land (7) – Burke, Cleveland, McDowell and Rutherford counties • Gun Deer Season: Nov. 28 – Jan. 1 in all por- tions of the game land. • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 28 in all por- tions of the game land. • Blackpowder Season: Nov. 14 – Nov. 27 in all portions of the game land. (Antlered and antlerless deer may be taken on these days.) • Archery Season: Sept. 12 – Nov. 13 in all portions of the game land. • Horseback riding is prohibited, except on desig- nated trails Jan. 2 – March 31 and May 16 – Aug. 31 and on Sundays April 1 – May 15 and Sept. 1 – Jan. 1. This rule includes all equine species. • Target shooting is prohibited. • 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. Stones Creek Game Land (6) – Onslow County • Swimming in all lakes is prohibited. • Gun Antlerless Deer Season Oct. 17 – Jan. 1. • 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. • Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of February and March 31 – May 31 in areas both designated and posted as camping areas. • During scheduled permit hunts, only hunters 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. 17 – Oct. 23. • Harvesting of bear is prohibited on Sunday. • Target shooting is prohibited. • Discharge of centerfire rifles is prohibited. Suggs Mill Pond Game Land (P) – Cumberland and Bladen counties
Rockfish Creek Game Land (3) – Hoke County • Gun Deer Season: Open days during Nov. 14 – Dec. 12. • Archery Season: Open days during Sept. 12 – Oct. 30. • Blackpowder Season: Open days during Oct. 31 – Nov. 13 (Antlered or antlerless deer may be taken on these days.) • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 15. • The use of dogs for hunting deer is prohibited. • Turkey hunting is by permit only. • Taking fox squirrels is prohibited. • Target shooting is prohibited. Rocky Run Game Land (P) – Onslow County • Target shooting is prohibited. Sampson Game Land (4) – Sampson County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Open days dur- ing Oct. 17 – Jan. 1. • Deer with antlers may be taken on August 22 and 23. • Target shooting is prohibited. • Harvesting of bear is prohibited on Sunday. Sandhills Game Land (3) – Hoke, Moore, Richmond and Scotland counties • Hunting Deer with dogs (including on the field trial grounds) antlered or antlerless, is by permit only. » An individual convicted of a wildlife or trespass violation while hunting deer with dogs shall not be eligible to receive a per- mit for hunting deer with dogs the season following conviction. • Hunting is prohibited on the J. Robert Gordon Field Trial Grounds from Oct. 21 – March 31 except as listed below. This restriction does not apply to permit hunts offered to disabled sportsman. • Gun Deer Season: Open days during Nov. 14 – Dec. 12 (Deer with visible antlers only), except on the field-trial grounds, where the season is only on the open days during Nov. 14 – Nov. 28. • Gun Antlerless Deer harvest by permit only. • Archery Season: Open days during Sept. 12 – Oct. 30 (Antlered or antlerless deer may be taken on these days.) and Dec. 14 – Jan. 1 (Deer with visible antlers only) except on the field trial grounds where the archery season is only on open days during Sept. 12 – Oct. 30. • Blackpowder Season: Open days during Oct. 31 – Nov. 11 (Antlered or antlerless deer may be taken on these days.) and Dec. 14 – Jan. 1 (Deer with visible antlers only) except on the field trial grounds where the black- powder season is only on open days during Oct. 31 – Nov. 11. • Squirrel (fox and gray) hunting on the field- trial grounds is allowed on open days during Nov. 14 – Nov. 28. • Fox squirrel hunting is by permit only (includ- ing on the field trial grounds). • Opossum and raccoon hunting on the field- trial grounds is allowed on open days during Oct. 12 through the last day of Feb.
• Rabbit hunting on the field-trial grounds will be allowed on open days during Nov. 14 – Nov. 28. • 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. 14 – March 31, except by people riding in field trials. • Horseback riding is allowed on the remainder 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. • Dog training for the purpose of pursuing or chasing deer is prohibited. • Dog training for purposes other than pur- suing or chasing deer is permitted Aug. 16 - March 31. • Swimming in lakes is prohibited. • 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. • 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. • 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. Sandy Mush Game Land (3) – Buncombe and Madison County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 28. • 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 Sandy Creek Game Land (7) – Franklin and Nash Counties
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