Hunting Styles in

North Carolina
By:
Jeremy Burgin
and
Wade Wetherington

Agenda

What is hunting?
Why is it legal to hunt?
What can be hunted?
What is used to hunt?
What do you hunt in?
Where can you hunt?

What is hunting?
Hunting has two working definitions
Hunting is a sport (animals are scouted and killed
for the enjoyment)
Hunting is a means of survival or a main source of
food

Why is it legal to hunt?

Without hunting there would be a large
overpopulation of deer
This would not be good for deer or the
environment

Some Common laws

Must wear blaze orange when walking
through woods
Can shoot between the times of 30 min before
sunrise and 30 min after sunset
No spotlighting after 11p.m.
Illegal to hunt with a light of any kind
Illegal to shoot toward from or across any road

Big Game Hunted in

North Carolina
White tail Deer
Doe (Female Deer)
Buck (Male or Antlered Deer)

Black Bear
Male
female

Wild Turkey
Only Male or Bearded

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Small Game
Raccoon
Squirrel
Grey, red, and fox
squirrel

Opossum
Rabbit

Fox
Gray and Red

Quail
Beaver
Coyote

Waterfowl
Ducks
Snow geese
Canada Geese

Webless and Migratory

Game Birds
Dove
Woodcock
Common Snipe

The Limit laws in North Carolina

Bear- Limit 1
Deer- 4 Antlerless deer and 2 antlered deer
Turkey- 2 male or bearded only
Squirrel- no limit
Raccoon-daily limit 3,no season limit
Rabbit-daily limit 5,no season limit
Fox-daily limit 2, season limit 10

Weapons Used When Hunting

Rifle
Shotgun
Pistol
Muzzle loader
Crossbow

Compound bow
Recurve bow
Long bow
Knife

In order from most effective to least

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Tree Stands
Ladder Stands
Tripod stands
Ground blinds

Lock-on stands
Climbing stands
Box stands

Shotgun Gage size

Pump
Semi- automatic
Bolt action

Lever Action
Break back
Over-under
Side-by-side
Single barrel

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Types of Rifles
Semi-automatic
Breakback
Bolt action

.22
.223
.243
.270
30-06
.308
22-250
Etc.

Muzzle loaders
Loaded from end of barrel
Black powder
Bullet
Cap

Pistols
Pistol are mainly used when trapping or to
relieve a wounded animal
Types of pistols
Revolver
Semi automatic

Bows
Bows are used by the more advanced hunter
and have a very limited range of shot
Types of bows
Compound
Long
Recurve
Crossbow

Shot with arrows

knives
Knives are not really used for hunting but used
more for relieving an injured deer

Deer hunting with use of dogs

Dog hunting is only allowed in the eastern
part of North Carolina
Dogs are not permitted in hunting bear
Dogs can be used in all counties if being used
to find a wounded deer

Trapping
Trapping is legal during certain times
of the seasons
Types of traps
Bear traps
Box traps
Snares

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Hunting on a Boat
When hunting in a boat or any other
watercraft engine or any other propulsion
system must be off and out of the water

Baiting
Baiting is legal for anything except bear
Bait used
Corn
Salt blocks
Acorns
Scent attractant
Decoys
Food plots

Places to hunt
Hunting is done in/on
Game lands
Hunting clubs
Fields
And of course in the woods

Hunting is prohibited in residential areas for

the safety of other people

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