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To apply for quota hunt permits or to purchase non-quota (point-of-sale) permits online, go to www.ncwildlife.org. This option provides a quick and easy way to apply for or purchase permitted hunting opportunities 24 hours a day.

To apply by telephone using a Visa or MasterCard, call 888-248-6834, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A Commission representative will help you with steps one through three.

General hunts are offered on various areas across the state for dove, deer, bear, waterfowl, tundra swan, turkey, small game, and furbearer trapping. Hunts are listed by species, region and area in the Hunt Descriptions section of this guide. Maps of the areas can be found online at www.ncwildlife.org. Rules and regulations can be found in the Regulations Digest.

Various hunting opportunities are available for youth hunters, including several Commission-facilitated youth hunts. All youth hunts, along with age and orientation requirements, are shown as “Youth” in the Hunt Descriptions section of this guide. Commission-facilitated and Refuge hunts will be indicated as such in the hunt description. General rules follow:

• Youth must be less than 16 years of age on the day of the hunt.

• Hunter Safety Certiﬁcation is not required for youth participating in adult-supervised permit hunting opportunities.

• Each youth must be accompanied by a properly licensed adult. The adult is not allowed to hunt and does not need a permit. The adult must maintain a proximity that enables them to monitor the activities of, and communicate with, the young hunter at all times.

• An adult may supervise up to two youths on small game and waterfowl hunts and only one youth on big game hunts.

Youth Hunt (Commission-Facilitated)

• Youth must be at least 12 (at time of application), but less than 16 years of age on the day of the hunt.

• Hunter Safety Certiﬁcation is required for youth participating in Commission-facilitated permit hunting opportunities.

• Youth must be accompanied by a properly licensed adult. The adult is not allowed to hunt and does not need a permit. The adult must remain within range to take immediate control of hunting device.

• An adult may supervise up to two youths on waterfowl hunts and only one youth on big game hunts.

• If orientation is required, the youth and adult must attend in order for the permit to be valid.

Youth Hunt (National Wildlife Refuge)

• Youth must be less than 16 years of age on the day of the hunt.

• Hunter Safety Certiﬁcation is required for youth participating in refuge permit hunting opportunities.

• Youth must be accompanied by a properly licensed adult at least 21 years of age. The adult is not allowed to hunt and does not need a permit. The adult must remain within sight and easy voice contact of the young hunter at all times.