North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

Hunting  >  Seasons & Limits

2018-19 Seasons & Limits

Big Game

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View live county, regional or statewide harvest totals and trends for deer, bear or turkey. 

Species

Seasons & Limits

Map

Black Bear

2019- 2020 Seasons

 Black Bear Seasons & Limits Bear Season Maps

White-tail Deer

2019-2020 Seasons

 White-tail Deer Seasons & Limits

Deer Zones Maps

Wild Turkey

2018-2019 Seasons

2019-2020 Seasons

 Wild Turkey Seasons & Limits Statewide Season

Small Game and Other Seasons

Species

2019-2020 Seasons

Regulations

Additional
Information

Armadillo

No Closed Season 

Hunting Regulations

Trapping Regulations

 General Information

Beaver

Refer to Regulations Disgest

Hunting Regulations

Trapping Regulations

 General Information

Bobcat

Oct. 14, 2019 - Feb. 29, 2020

Hunting Regulations

Trapping Regulations

 General Information

Coyote

No Closed Season

Hunting Regulations

Trapping Regulations

 General Information

5-County Coyote Hunting & Depredation Permits

 Crow

June 5, 2019 – Feb. 29, 2020 – Wednesday, Friday and Saturday of each week. Crows may also be hunted on Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Independence Day; except when these days fall on a Sunday.

Hunting Regulations

  

 Feral Swine

No Closed Season

Hunting Regulations

 General Information

 Fox

Refer to “Fox Hunting & Trapping Seasons” publication at www.ncwildlife.org/foxseasons.

 

Fox Seasons by County

 General Information

Groundhog

No Closed Season

Hunting Regulations

Trapping Regulations

  

Grouse

Oct. 14, 2019 – Feb. 29, 2020

Hunting Regulations

 General Information

Nutria

No Closed Season

Hunting Regulations

Trapping Regulations

  

Opossum

Oct. 14, 2019 – Feb. 29, 2020

Hunting Regulations

Trapping Regulations

 General Information (PDF)

Pheasant (Male Only)

Nov. 23, 2019 - Feb. 1, 2020

Hunting Regulations

  

Quail

Nov. 23, 2019 - Feb. 29, 2020

Hunting Regulations

 General Information

Rabbit (Includes Box-Trapping)

Oct. 14, 2019 – Feb. 29, 2020

Hunting Regulations

  

Raccoon

Oct. 14, 2019 – Feb. 29, 2020

Hunting Regulations

Trapping Regulations

 General Information

Skunk (striped)

No Closed Season

Hunting Regulations

Trapping Regulations

 General Information (PDF)

Squirrel - Gray and Red

Oct. 14, 2019 – Feb. 29, 2020

Squirrel - Fox

Oct. 14, 2019 – Jan. 31, 2020

Hunting Regulations

 General Information
Controlled Hunting Preserves

Regulations

 General Information
Extended Falconry

Regulations
 

 

Mourning Dove

Species

2018-19
Season
Dates

2018-19
Regulations

Additional Information
Doves (includes mourning and white-winged dove)

Seasons/Limits

Extended Falconry Seasons 

Migratory Game Birds Regulations


 

 Additional Info (including public hunting opportunities and various reports)

 

Waterfowl

 

Species

2018-19
Season
Dates

2018-19
Regulations
 

Additional Information
Waterfowl - General

(includes ducks, geese, swans and youth waterfowl days) 		Seasons / Limits

Youth Waterfowl Day(s)

Extended Falconry Seasons
  		Migratory Game Bird Regulations

  		Additional Info (including license requirements, non-toxic shot requirements, baiting information and various reports)
Canada Goose Seasons / Limits

 

Migratory Birds Regulations
 

NE Goose Hunt Zone Permits (PDF)

Additional Info (including license requirements, non-toxic shot requirements, baiting information and various reports)
 Light Goose Seasons / Limits Migratory Game Bird Regulations
  		 Light Goose Conservation Season Permit Information
Tundra Swan
  		Seasons / Limits
  		Migratory Game Bird Regulations
  		Tundra Swan Permit information (PDF)

Additional Info (including license requirements, non-toxic shot requirements, baiting information and various reports)

Webless Migratory Game Birds (woodcock, rail, snipe)

 

Species

2018-19
Season
Dates

2018-19
Regulations

Additional Information
Woodcock Seasons/Limits

Extended Falconry Seasons
Migratory Game Bird Regulations
 		 Additional Info
(including public hunting opportunities and various reports)
Snipe Seasons/Limits Migratory Game Bird Regulations

 		 Additional Info
(including public hunting opportunities and various reports)
 
Rails (includes Sora & Clapper, King & Virginia Rail)
Seasons/Limits

Extended Falconry Seasons
Migratory Game Bird Regulations

 		 Additional Info
(including public hunting opportunities and various reports)