Game Lands INFORMATION
• Target shooting is prohibited except on the Flintlock Valley Shooting Range. Vance Game Land (6) – Vance County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 18 – 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. 18 – Jan. 1 (maximum season). • Bear may only be taken on Nov. 8, 10, 11 and Dec. 20, 22, 23. Voice of America Game Land (P) – Beaufort County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Open days during Oct. 18 – 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 wa- terfowl season, waterfowl hunting is by permit only on posted waterfowl impoundments. • Target shooting is prohibited. White Oak River Game Land (3) – Onslow County • 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. 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 14 in areas both designated and posted as camp- ing areas. William H. Silver Game Land (7) – Haywood County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 29 (intro- ductory season).
May 15. This rule includes all equine species. Participants age 16 or older must obtain a game lands license prior to horseback riding on this area. • Camping is restricted to Sept. 1 through the last day of Feb. and March 31 – May 14 in areas both designated and posted as camp- ing areas. Tillery Game Land (7) – Halifax County • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Oct. 18 – Oct. 31 (moderate season). • Horseback riding, including all equine spe- cies, is prohibited. • Dogs may not be used for hunting deer. • Turkey hunting is by permit only. • Target shooting is prohibited. Toxaway Game Land (7) – Transylvania county • Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 29 (intro- ductory season). • 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. 15 – Nov. 28 (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.
Yadkin River Game Land (7) – Davie, Davidson, Montgomery, Rowan and Stanly counties
• Gun Antlerless Deer Season: Nov. 15 – Jan. 1, except that part in Davie County where the season is Nov. 22 – Jan. 1 (maximum season). • On the Lick Creek Tract, deer and bear hunt- ing is archery only.
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