HUNTING ON FEDERAL LANDS BIG GAME HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION State regulations and license requirements apply on federal lands. BEAR Some of the areas listed below may be closed to hunting. For Nonresidents hunting bear must possess a bear/wild boar hunting specific information, contact the appropriate federal entity: license (See page 8). Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge Restrictions It is unlawful to do any of the following: P.O. Box 1969, Manteo, NC 27954 ● Hunt bear in any areas not included in the listings below. Phone 252-473-1131 ● Take a cub (less than 50 pounds) or a female bear with cub(s). Camp Lejeune ● Take a bear with the use or aid of bait, which includes any salt, Conservation Law Enforcement Office, Assistant Chief of Staff salt lick, grain, fruit, honey, sugar-based material or substance, Installation Security and Safety Dept, Building PT-3, animal parts or animal products. Camp Lejeune, NC 28542 ● Place processed food products as bait in any area of the state with Phone 910-451-5226 an open season for taking black bears. Processed food products Cape Hatteras National Seashore are any food substance or flavoring that has been modified by 1401 National Park Drive, Manteo, NC 27954 the addi tion of ingredients or by treatment to modify its chem- Phone 252-473-2111 ical com position or form or to enhance its aroma or taste. This Cape Lookout National Seashore includes: food products enhanced by sugar, honey, syrups, oils, 131 Charles St., Harkers Island, NC 28531 salts, spices, peanut butter, grease, meat, bones, or blood; candies, Phone 252-728-2250 pastries, gum, and sugar blocks; and extracts of such products. Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge The prohibi tion against taking bears with the use and aid of bait 3100 Desert Road, Suffolk, VA 23434 does not apply to the release of dogs in the vicinity of any food Phone 757-986-3705 source that is not a processed food product. However, dogs may Fort Bragg not be released in the vicinity of any commercially available Wildlife Hunting and Fishing Center, Fort Bragg, NC 28307 mineral supplement whether placed for the purpose of attract- Phone 910-396-7506 ing deer or otherwise. Mackay Island and Currituck National Wildlife Refuges ● Hunt bear on a bear sanctuary. (See the information below on P.O. Box 39, Knotts Island, NC 27950 bear sanctuaries.) Phone 252-429-3100 BEAR HUNTING SEASONS Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point Daily limit 1; Season limit 1 Environmental Affairs Dept. Natural Resources Manager, WESTERN BEAR SEASON PSC Box 8003, Marine Corps Air Station, Oct. 17 – Nov. 19 Cherry Point, NC 28533-0003 Dec. 12 – Jan. 2 Phone 252-466-3593 West of the boundary formed by I-77 from the Virginia state line to Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge I-40 and I-40 west to N.C. 18 south to the South Carolina state line. 38 Mattamuskeet Rd., Swan Quarter, NC 27885 Note: Further game land restrictions may apply. See the Game Lands Phone 252-926-4021 section for specific game land rules. Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge EASTERN BEAR SEASONS: P.O. Box 1969, Manteo, NC 27954 Nov. 14 – Jan. 2 Phone 252-473-1131 In the following counties: Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge Bladen Onslow 5770 US Hwy 52 North, Wadesboro, NC 28170 Carteret Pamlico (use of dogs for hunting Phone 704-694-4424 Cumberland bear is prohibited here.) Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Duplin Pender P.O. Box 329, Columbia, NC 27925 New Hanover Sampson Phone 252-796-3004 Dec. 5 – Dec. 24 Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge Brunswick Columbus P.O. Box 430, Windsor, NC 27983 Nov. 14 – Nov. 19 and Dec. 12 – Dec. 24 Phone 252-794-3808 In the following counties: Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal Beaufort Hyde 6280 Sunny Point Rd. SE, Southport, NC 28461 Camden Jones Phone 910-457-8291 Chowan Pasquotank U.S. Forest Service Craven Tyrrell 160 Zillicoa St., Suite A, Asheville, NC 28801 Dare Washington Phone 828-257-4200 Nov. 14 – Nov. 19 and Dec. 12 – Dec. 14 Blue Ridge Parkway In the following counties: Permits and information about special parkway regulations governing Halifax Northampton access to adjoining game lands may be obtained from: The Super- Martin intendent, Blue Ridge Parkway, National Park Service, 199 Hemphill Nov. 12 – Nov. 19 and Dec. 12 – Dec. 24 Knob Rd., Asheville, NC 28803. Phone 828-271-4779. Bertie Hertford Currituck Perquimans Gates Nov. 14 – Nov. 19 Greene Pitt Lenoir
Please note: For the convenience of the reader, major regulation changes appear in RED. 45 Bear Sanctuaries Bear may not be taken in those parts of DEER counties included in the following sanctuaries: EASTERN DEER SEASON Sanctuary Applicable County or Counties Archery: Sept. 10 – Sept. 30 Bachelor Bay Bear Sanctuary Bertie, Martin and Washington Muzzleloader: Oct. 1 – Oct. 14 Bombing Range Bear Sanctuary Dare Gun: Oct. 15 – Jan. 2 (except by permit only) CENTRAL DEER SEASON Daniel Boone Bear Sanctuary Avery, Burke and Caldwell Archery: Sept. 10 – Oct. 28 (except by permit only) Muzzleloader: Oct. 29 – Nov. 11 Columbus County Bear Sanctuary Columbus Gun: Nov. 12 – Jan. 2 Croatan Bear Sanctuary Carteret, Craven and Jones NORTHWESTERN DEER SEASON Fires Creek Bear Sanctuary Clay Archery: Sept. 10 – Nov. 4 Flat Top Bear Sanctuary Mitchell and Yancey Muzzleloader: Nov. 5 – Nov. 18 Green Swamp Bear Sanctuary Brunswick Gun: Nov. 19 – Jan. 2 Gull Rock Bear Sanctuary Hyde WESTERN DEER SEASON Gum Swamp Bear Sanctuary Pamlico and Beaufort Archery: Sept. 12 – Oct. 1 and Oct. 17 – Nov. 19 Harmon Den Bear Sanctuary Haywood Muzzleloader: Oct. 3 – Oct. 15 Panthertown-Bonas Defeat Jackson Gun: Nov. 21 – Dec. 10 Bear Sanctuary Seasons See the maps on the following pages for season dates for Mt. Mitchell Bear Sanctuary McDowell and Yancey deer with visible antlers, primitive weapons seasons and general (except by permit only) season dates for either-sex deer. North River Bear Sanctuary Camden and Currituck ● Seasons for deer with visible antlers and primitive weapons Pisgah Bear Sanctuary Buncombe, Haywood, seasons on game lands follow the season for the county in which Henderson and Transylvania they are located except for Buffalo Cove Game Land, Nicholson Pungo River Bear Sanctuary Hyde Creek Game Land, Rockfish Creek Game Land, Sandhills Game Rich Mountain Bear Sanctuary Madison Land and South Mountains Game Land. See the Game Lands Sherwood Bear Sanctuary Haywood section for additional restrictions on these Game Lands seasons. Standing Indian Bear Sanctuary Macon Refer to the “Game Lands” section for Gun Either-Sex Deer Season Suggs Mill Pond Bear Sanctuary Bladen dates on game lands. Thurmond Chatham Bear Sanctuary Wilkes General Restrictions ● HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION Wayah Bear Sanctuary Macon Any person hunting deer during a deer firearms season shall The following additional restrictions apply to bear sanctuaries: wear hunter orange. This includes hunting on Sundays during ● It is unlawful to take wild boar on bear sanctuaries except during the muzzleloader or gun seasons, even though hunters may only the deer archery season, deer muzzleloading season, deer gun use archery equipment on Sundays. Landholders, their spouses season and any small game season using only weapons and and children hunting on land held by the landholder do not manner of take prescribed for that hunting season. have to wear hunter orange. ● Dogs may not be used to take wild boar. ● Deer with visible antlers may be taken during any open deer ● Dogs may not be used to pursue bear. season. Anterless deer may only be taken during either-sex deer ● The Harmon Den Bear Sanctuary and Sherwood Bear Sanctuary in seasons. See page 55 for information about either-sex seasons. Hay wood County are closed to raccoon, bobcat and opossum hunting. ● Visible antlers are defined as bony structures that protrude ● It is unlawful to train dogs or allow dogs to run unleashed on bear through the skin. Knobs or buttons covered by skin or velvet sanctuaries in and west of Madison, Buncombe, Henderson and are not considered visible antlers. Polk counties from March 1 until the Monday on or nearest Oct. 15. ● It is unlawful to place processed food products as bait in any Attention Bear Hunters: The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commis- area of the state with an open season for taking black bears. sion is collecting information from black bears harvested by Processed food products are any food substance or flavoring hunters. We use the upper premolar tooth (located directly that has been modified by the addition of ingredients or by behind the upper canine tooth) from a harvested bear to deter- treatment to modify its chemical composition or form or to mine the bear’s age. This information helps us monitor the enhance its aroma or taste. This includes: food products status of our bear population, which is an important aspect enhanced by sugar, honey, syrups, oils, salts, spices, peanut of our bear management program. butter, grease, meat, bones, or blood; candies, pastries, gum, If you harvest a bear, please contact our wildlife staff in the field and sugar blocks; and extracts of such products. so that a tooth and other information may be collected. If you ● The placement of commercially available mineral supplements cannot locate wildlife staff, please call the Wildlife Management specifically and exclusively marketed for attracting or feeding division at 919-707-0050 so that we may send information to deer is allowed anywhere in the state, except on game lands. you on how to collect the tooth. If you provide a tooth, we will Weapons and Dogs mail the age of the bear you harvested to you prior to the next ● Archery. During the archery season the following are legal hunting season. Your cooperation is appreciated. weapons: bows and arrows and crossbows (both described on page 42). It is unlawful to carry any type of firearm or to use a dog while hunting deer during this season, except to When reporting your big game harvest online this year, retrieve a wounded deer. See page 42 for details. com memorate and acknowledge it by filling out and print- ing a Big Game Harvest Record Certificate. This certificate, provided in deer, turkey and bear formats, is accessed at www.ncwildlife.org under the Report Big Game Harvest link. You can also print a certificate for a previous harvest. (continued on page 55) 46 Please note: For the convenience of the reader, major regulation changes appear in RED. 2011 – 2012 BEAR SEASON
The western bear season boundary is I-77 from Virginia to the intersection with I-40, continuing along I-40 West until the intersection of N.C. 18 and then N.C. 18 to South Carolina. ● ● Black Bear Sanctuaries Oct. 17 – Nov. 19 & Dec. 12 – Jan. 2 Nov. 12 – Nov. 19 & Dec. 12 – Dec. 24 Nov. 14 – Jan. 2 Nov. 14 – Nov. 19 & Dec. 12 – Dec. 24 Nov. 14 – Nov. 19 & Dec. 12 – Dec. 14 Dec. 5 – Dec. 24 Nov. 14 – Nov. 19
Bear Hunters: Become a Bear Cooperator by helping us monitor our bear population. Call 919-707-0050 for more information.
47 HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION & REGULATIONS HUNTING * Polk
Burke Mitchell Caldwell McDowell
and U.S. 19E) Dec. 5 – Dec. 10 Blue Ridge Pkwy) ) Avery (north of the Avery (Conservative Season) Yancey (north of U.S. 19 Yancey Gun Either-Sex Season HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION Oct. 17 – 19 Nov. * Gun: 21 Nov. – Dec. 10 Archery: Sept. 12 – Oct. 1 Muzzleloader: Oct. 3 – Oct. 15 Nov. 21 –Nov. Dec. 10 (Maximum Season) WESTERN DEER SEASON Gun Either-Sex Season that part east of N.C. 191, south the French Broad and that part east of N.C. 191 and north west 280. Swannanoa rivers, west of U.S. 25 and north N.C. 280. Buncombe: Henderson: * * Dec. 10 Madison Haywood Buncombe Henderson Transylvania Clay Swain Macon (Introductory Season) Graham Jackson Cherokee Gun Either-Sex Season Cleveland Rutherford Note: The Gun Season in Cleveland and Rutherford counties ends Dec. 24, except for South Mountains Game Land (see Lands se ction). Nov. 21 –Nov. 26 Nov. Dec. 19 – Dec. 24 (Moderate Season) *Note: Either-Sex Gun Seasons on game lands may vary. See Game Lands section for Either-Sex Gun Seasons on the game land you will be hunting. See Game Lands section for Either-Sex Gun Seasons on the game land you will *Note: Either-Sex Gun Seasons on game lands may vary. No Either-Sex Season Avery (south of the Blue Ridge Pkwy) Avery Yancey (south of U.S. 19 and 19E) Yancey Gun Either-Sex Season
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HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION ) Gun: 19 Nov. – Jan. 2 Archery: Sept. 10 – 4 Nov. Muzzleloader: 5 Nov. – 18 Nov. Does not include that portion of Buffalo Cove Game Co. (see Game Lands section). Land in Wilkes NORTHWESTERN DEER SEASON * Nov. 19 –Nov. Jan. 2 (Maximum Season) Alexander Iredell Alleghany Lincoln AsheCatawbaDavie Surry Stokes ForsythGaston Wilkes Yadkin Watauga Gun Either-Sex Season *Note: Either-Sex Gun Seasons on game lands may vary. See Game Lands section for Either-Sex Gun Seasons on the game land you will be hunting. See Game Lands section for Either-Sex Gun Seasons on the game land you will *Note: Either-Sex Gun Seasons on game lands may vary.
49 ) HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION Gun: 12 Nov. – Jan. 2 Archery: Sept. 10 – Oct. 28 Muzzleloader: Oct. 29 – 11 Nov. CENTRAL DEER SEASON * Nov. 12 –Nov. Jan. 2 (Maximum Season) Gun Either-Sex Season *Note: Either-Sex Gun Seasons on game lands may vary. See Game Lands section for Either-Sex Gun Seasons on the game land you will be hunting. See Game Lands section for Either-Sex Gun Seasons on the game land you will *Note: Either-Sex Gun Seasons on game lands may vary. Alamance DavidsonAnson MecklenburgCaswell Rockingham Cabarrus Durham GranvilleChatham Guilford Montgomery Orange Lee Person Rowan Stanly Randolph Union
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HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION ) Gun: Oct. 15 – Jan. 2 Archery: Sept. 10 – Sept. 30 Muzzleloader: Oct. 1 – Oct. 14 Does not include Nicholson Creek, Rockfish Creek and Sandhills game lands. (See Game Lands section.) EASTERN DEER SEASON * Oct. 15 – Jan. 2 (Maximum Season) Gun Either-Sex Season *Note: Either-Sex Gun Seasons on game lands may vary. See Game Lands section for Either-Sex Gun Seasons on the game land you will be hunting. See Game Lands section for Either-Sex Gun Seasons on the game land you will *Note: Either-Sex Gun Seasons on game lands may vary. BeaufortBertie GreeneBladenBrunswick HalifaxCamden Hertford Harnett Pasquotank CarteretChowan Hoke Pender Pitt Columbus Hyde Perquimans Craven Johnston JonesCumberland Richmond MartinCurrituck Sampson Lenoir Robeson Dare Scotland MooreDuplin Vance Edgecombe Tyrrell NorthamptonFranklin Nash New Hanover Wayne Wake Gates Washington Onslow Warren Pamlico Wilson
51 HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION 52 DEER HUNTING WITH USE OF DOGS
Allowed* Prohibited by state and/or local law
*Check “Local Laws” and “Game Lands” sections for additional restrictions that may apply.
Note: See “Manner of Taking: Hunting with Dogs” section on pages 42 – 43 for the allowed/prohibited boundaries within split counties. SHINING LIGHTS IN DEER AREAS
No person shall, between the hours of 11 p.m. and 1/2 hour before sunrise, intentionally shine a light upon a deer or intentionally sweep a light in search of deer in these areas.
No person shall, between the hours of 1/2 hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise, intentionally shine a light upon a deer or intentionally sweep a light in search of a deer in these areas. No local light laws as of Jan. 1, 2010.
Unlawful to shine a light intentionally upon a deer or to sweep a light in search of a deer at any time.
53 HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION & REGULATIONS HUNTING Northeast Hunt Zone Includes the counties or parts of Parts counties shown in yellow. of counties are described below: Bertie: that portion north and east of a line formed by N.C. 45 at the Co. line to U.S. 17 in Washington U.S.17 in Midway to U.S. 13 Midway. in Windsor to the Hertford Co. line HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION that portion west of N.C. 109 that portion is south of N.C. 73 and or go to that portion east of N.C. 903 Southern James Bay Hunt Zone Includes the counties or parts of shown in green. Parts of counties are described below: Halifax: Montgomery: Richmond: west of U.S. 220 and north 74
Regulations Digest Regulations NORTH CAROLINA GOOSE ZONES that portion east of N.C. 109 all of the county except that portion that portion west of N.C. 903 that portion south and west of a line formed our website www.ncwildlife.org. Gaddy’s Goose Refuge: Closed season for Canada geese after Sept. 30 Gaddy’s Ansonville shown in red Anson Co. north of Portion of For a complete description refer to page 59 of the Resident Population Zone Includes the counties or parts of shown in bIue. Parts of counties are described below: Bertie: Montgomery: Richmond: by N.C. 45 at the Washington Co. line to U.S. 17 in by N.C. 45 at the Washington U.S.17 in Midway to U.S. 13 Windsor. Midway. U.S. 13 in Windsor to the Hertford Co. line Halifax: is south of N.C. 73 and west U.S. 220 north of U.S. 74
54 (continued from page 46) - Moderate: Either-sex harvest is allowed the first six open days HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION ● Muzzleloader. During the muzzleloader season the following and the last six open days of the regular gun season. are legal weapons: bows and arrows, crossbows (both described on - Conservative: Either-sex harvest is allowed the last six open page 42), muzzleloading rifles and muzzleloading shotguns. days of the regular gun season. It is unlawful to carry a pistol or to use a dog while hunting deer - Introductory: Either-sex harvest is allowed the last open day during this season, except to retrieve a wounded deer. See of the regular gun season. page 42 for details. Urban Archery Season ● Gun. During the gun season the following are legal weapons: bows Archery only: Jan. 14 – Feb. 18, 2012 and arrows, crossbows (both described on page 42), muzzle - Hunting during the Urban Archery Season is allowed ONLY loading rifles, muzzleloading shotguns, shotguns, rifles and in participating municipalities. Hunters may contact the pistols. Caliber restrictions for pistols are on page 42. Hunters following municipalities about hunting opportunities:: may use dogs to hunt deer during this season in counties Cleveland www.clevelandnc.org indicated on the map on page 52, and to retrieve a wounded Concord 704-920-5000; www.ci.concord.nc.us deer. See page 42 for details. Elkin 336-835-9800; www.elkinnc.org Bag Limits Fairview www.fairviewnc.gov ● The big game hunting license authorizes the hunter to harvest up Kannapolis 704-920-4300; www.cityofkannapolis.com to six deer. All six deer can be antlerless for all areas of the state. Locust www.locustnc.com The season limit for antlered deer in the Eastern Deer Season is Midland 704-888-2232; www.townofmidland.us four. The season limit for antlered deer in the Central, Mooresboro 704-434-5666 Northwestern, and Western deer seasons is two. Pleasant Garden 336-674-3002; www.pleasantgarden.net ● There is no daily bag limit. Pittsboro 919-542-4621; http://pittsboronc.gov ● The possession limit for antlered deer is the same as the season limit. Sanford 919-775-8211 ● The possession limit for antlerless deer harvested in areas with Stanfield www.stanfieldnc.com a maximum either-sex season, or in those areas participating Stokesdale 336-643-4011; www.stokesdale.org in the Urban Archery Season, is equivalent to the number of Summerfield 336-643-8655; www.summerfield.gov antler less deer the hunter is authorized to harvest on his big Troutman 704-528-7600; www.townoftroutman.org game hunting license and any Bonus Antlerless Harvest Report Valdese 828-879-2102; www.ci.valdese.nc.us Cards he may have procured. The possession limit for antlerless Waxhaw www.waxhaw.com deer harvested in all other areas is equivalent to the number of Weddington 704-846-2709; www.townofweddington.com antlerless deer the hunter is authorized to harvest on his big Yadkinville 336-679-8732; www.yadkinville.org game hunting license. The Urban Archery Season is available for cities, towns and villages ● Bonus Antlerless Harvest Report Cards allow for the harvest of that submit to the Wildlife Resources Commission by April 1 two additional antlerless deer per card. These are NOT valid for of each year a letter of intent to partici pate in the season. A map use on game lands. Unlimited Bonus Antlerless Harvest Report clearly defining the area included in the season should also Cards are available to each hunter. Bonus Antlerless Harvest accompany the letter of intent. Interested municipalities should Report Cards are valid during archery, muzzleloader, and gun call the Division of Wildlife Management 919-707-0050 season in those areas with a maximum either-sex gun season. and request to be contacted by a district wildlife biologist. Bonus Antlerless Harvest Report Cards are also valid in munici- Following is additional information and restrictions pertaining palities participating in the Urban Archery Season. For informa - to the Urban Archery Season: tion on how to obtain Bonus Antlerless Harvest Report Cards, go ● Deer harvested during the Urban Archery Season must be to www.ncwildlife.org or call 888-2HUNTFISH. registered via telephone 800-I GOT ONE or online at ● Antlerless deer harvested under the Deer Management Assistance www.ncwildlife.org. Deer harvested during the Urban Archery Program (DMAP) are not included in normal statewide bag limits. Season shall not be registered with a wildlife cooperator agent. Hunters participating in the program must follow harvest ● Season bag limits, as well as possession limits, for both antlerless restrictions prescribed in the DMAP. and antlered deer, including Bonus Antlerless Harvest Report ● Note: Antlerless deer may be taken only in those areas and Cards, that apply to the general archery, muzzleloader, and gun during those times described elsewhere in this publication. deer seasons also apply to the Urban Archery Season. Either-Sex Deer Seasons ● Deer of either sex may be harvested in participating areas during Archery Deer Season the Urban Archery Season. Hunters harvesting an adult buck ● Deer of either sex may be taken during archery deer season in all that has dropped its antlers should validate the kill and insert areas (includes game lands). the harvest authorization number on an authorization space spec- Muzzleloader Firearm Deer Season ified for an antlerless deer on the hunter’s Big Game Harvest ● Deer of either sex may be taken during the last day of the muzzle- Report Card or Bonus Antlerless Harvest Report Card. loader firearm deer season in and west of Henderson, Buncombe, ● Hunters wishing to hunt in an area participating in the Urban Yancey, Mitchell and Avery counties (includes game lands). Archery Season should call the participating municipality or ● Deer of either sex may be taken anytime during the muzzleloader visit its website to obtain a map showing lawful areas to hunt firearm deer season in and east of Polk, Rutherford, McDowell, and additional information on specific restrictions that may Burke, Caldwell, Watauga and Ashe counties (includes game lands). apply to each area. Gun Either-Sex Deer Season ● The Urban Archery Season does not obligate private landowners ● Deer of either sex may only be taken during the gun season to allow hunting on their property, nor does it eliminate the during those dates indicated on pages 48–51. Most gun either- ethical requirement for obtaining permission from the land- sex seasons fall under one of the following four categories in owner before hunting. Hunters are legally required to obtain North Carolina: written permission to hunt on posted property. - Maximum: Either-sex harvest is allowed the entire gun season.
Please note: For the convenience of the reader, major regulation changes appear in RED. 55 WILD BOAR WILD BOAR SEASONS Daily limit 1; Possession limit 1; Season limit 2 In the following counties: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain Sept. 12, 2011 – Sept. 30, 2011 In the other 94 counties of the state, feral hogs are not considered to be wild boars. On Oct. 1, 2011, state law will no longer recognize wild boar. Therefore all wild swine (hogs) in the state, including those in the six western most counties, will be feral swine. After Sept. 30, 2011, feral swine will have no closed season, no bag limits and are subject to the manner of taking BIG GAME HARVEST REPORTING restrictions listed on pages 42 and 43. See page 62 for additional After Sept. 30, 2011, hunters SHOULD NOT report wild boar. restrictions for taking feral swine (hogs) on game lands. This applies to ALL counties. During the open deer archery season, muzzleloader season, gun Validating a Harvest Upon harvesting a bear, deer, wild boar season and any small game season, ONLY weapons legal for or wild turkey, and before moving the animal from the site that season may be used to take wild boar. of kill, the successful hunter must validate the Big Game Restrictions It is unlawful to: Harvest Report Card, furnished with the big game hunting ● Take wild boar with the use or aid of bait, which includes any license, by cutting or punching out the crosshair symbol salt, salt lick, grain, fruit, honey, sugar-based material or next to the appropriate authorization line.Wild boar are substance, animal parts or animal products. only recognized and required to be reported in the following ● Use dogs to hunt wild boar outside of the open bear season. counties: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon and ● Use dogs to hunt wild boar at any time on bear sanctuaries. Swain. Instructions in this section also apply to the Bonus Nonresidents hunting boar must possess a Bear/Wild Boar Hunting Antlerless Report Card. License. (See page 6 of this Digest.) Effective Oct. 1, 2011, Registering a Harvest The hunter must register any harvested hunters will no longer be required to obtain a privilege license bear, deer, wild boar or wild turkey within 24 hours of the harvest for hunting wild boar. and before it is skinned, dressed or dismembered. ● Harvest ID. The Big Game Harvest Report Card now includes a WILD TURKEY 9 digit Harvest ID # next to the name of the animal, below the
HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION WILD TURKEY SEASONS authorization line. Hunters must locate the number next to the Daily limit 1; Possession limit 2 animal they want to register and be prepared to repeat this number Annual limit 2 to a cooperator agent, to the telephone reporting system or to Youth Day (male or bearded turkey only): April 7, 2012 type it in when reporting harvests online. Hunters who obtain Turkey hunting by youth on this day is allowed statewide, but some their license and big game privilege by phone will be given the game lands will require a permit (see Game Lands section). Each Harvest ID numbers during the call. When the harvest report youth hunting during this season must be accompanied by a card arrives in the mail, the hunter must immediately record the properly licensed adult at least 21 years of age (“Youth” means authorization number on the line above the Harvest ID number a person less than 16 years of age). The adult may accompany he or she used when reporting the harvest. only one youth during any particular hunt and the adult may ● Big game animals may be field dressed before being registered. NOT harvest a turkey. Only one weapon is allowed per youth Field dressing includes bleeding and removal of digestive, res- hunter. Each youth must have a Big Game Harvest Report Card piratory and circulatory organs, but the hunter may not mutilate and report harvests according to instructions in this Digest. the carcass in a manner that obscures the identity, age or sex. License-exempt youth should report their harvest using a Big ● When a kill occurs in a remote area that prevents the animal Game Harvest Report Card for License-Exempt Hunters. from being transported as an entire carcass, the animal may Statewide Spring Season (male or bearded turkey only) be skinned and quartered before being registered. April 14 – May 12, 2012 ● When a hunter harvests an animal in a remote area and plans to Note: For information on permit hunts for select Game Lands, refer remain in the area for longer than a day, the 24-hour time is to the Game Lands section. extended until the hunter leaves the area; however the hunter must Restrictions It is unlawful to: immediately register the animal upon leaving the remote area. ● Use dogs during the spring wild turkey season. ● Bear and deer (except those deer harvested during the Urban ● Use pistols, rifles or muzzleloading rifles to hunt wild turkey. Archery Season) may be registered in one of three ways: ● Take wild turkeys from an area in which bait has been placed. 1. By transporting the big game animal to a wildlife cooperator (An area is considered baited until 10 days after the bait has agent within the immediate area where hunting. been consumed or otherwise removed.) 2. By calling in the registration through the toll-free big game ● Possess live wild turkeys or live birds that are indistinguishable reporting system, 800-I-GOT-ONE (800-446-8663). A from wild turkeys. touch-tone telephone is required. Have a pencil or pen and the Big Game Harvest Report Card when you call. 3. By using the Internet to register the harvest online at www.ncwildlife.org ● Wild turkeys, wild boar and deer harvested during the Urban Archery Season can only be registered by using either the toll- free telephone or the Internet big game reporting system. ● Hunters should report each harvest only ONCE. For example, if you have reported your harvest over the telephone, you
56 Please note: For the convenience of the reader, major regulation changes appear in RED. should not also register your harvest with a cooperator agent RABBIT HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION or on the Internet. Nov. 19 – Feb. 29 Recording the Authorization Number When a success ful Daily limit 5; No possession or season limits hunter registers a big game harvest, the hunter will be issued Box-Trapping Season: an authorization number for the animal. The hunter shall then Nov. 19 – Feb. 29 record the authorization number in the space provided, imme- diately adjacent to the validation mark that has been cut or QUAIL punched out on the Big Game Harvest Report Card. This Nov. 19 – Feb. 29 record shall thereafter constitute the authorization for continued Daily limit 6; Possession 12; Season, no limit possession of the carcass. It shall be unlawful for a person to possess a Big Game Harvest Report Card on which the species GROUSE validation mark has been cut or punched out, but on which the Oct. 17 – Feb. 29 authorization number has not been recorded, unless the animal Daily limit 3; Possession 6; Season 30 is in the person’s possession. Identifying an Unattended Kill Persons killing a big game BOBCAT animal and leaving it unattended must identify the carcass with Oct. 17 – Feb. 29 their name, hunting license number and date of kill. Once an No limits unattended animal is registered, it need only be identified with Exceptions: the bobcat season is closed in Haywood County the authorization number. on the Harmon Den and Sherwood Bear Sanctuaries. Reporting for License-Exempt Hunters Persons who are by law exempt from the Big Game Hunting License requirement shall GROUNDHOG, NUTRIA, COYOTE, SKUNK (STRIPED), AND obtain a License-Exempt Big Game Harvest Report Card from a ARMADILLO AND AFTER SEPT. 30, 2011, FERAL SWINE (HOGS) wildlife service agent at no cost. Upon harvesting a bear, deer, wild There is no closed season or bag limit. boar or wild turkey, the exempt person shall validate the License- Exempt Big Game Harvest Record Card and report the big game PHEASANT kill to a wildlife cooperator agent, by telephone or by the Internet. Nov. 19 – Feb. 1 (male pheasant only) Deer Management Assistance Program Harvest Reporting Daily limit 3; Possession 6; Season 30 Persons harvesting deer under the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) shall follow the tagging and reporting require- FOX ments described in the instructions they have received as a partici- Year Round pant in the DMAP. ● Must be taken with dogs only; no limits. ● Local laws may restrict hunting foxes with dogs. See the “Local SMALL GAME AND OTHER SEASONS Laws” section of this Digest or the “Fox Season Hunting and Trapping Laws” publication. RACCOON AND OPOSSUM Nov. 19 – Jan. 2 Oct. 17 (at sunrise) – Feb. 29 Daily limit 2; Season 10 Opossum: No bag limits This season applies as follows: Raccoon daily limit 3: No possession or season limits ● In those counties and parts of counties east of I-77 where local Exceptions: These portions of the following counties are closed to laws do not prohibit the taking of foxes or that do not have raccoon and opossum hunting: established fox seasons (see page 72 for local laws) and Mitchell Haywood: Harmon Den and Sherwood Bear Sanctuaries and Caldwell counties. General Restrictions ● Foxes taken during this hunting season shall not be bought or sold. ● In Caldwell County, foxes may be taken by firearms only. ● Field possession limit while hunting is the same as the daily bag limit. No person shall possess more than one daily bag limit Jan. 7 – Jan. 28 while in the field or while returning from the field to one’s Daily limit 2; Season 10 vehicle, hunting camp or residence. ● Foxes may be taken in the counties, listed below by legal weapons and may be sold after being properly tagged (refer to page 9 for ● Axes and saws may not be carried when raccoon or opossum hunting. more information on fox tags): ● It is unlawful to shoot raccoon during the daytime, west of U.S. 1, except in Richmond County. Caswell Henderson Clay Macon ● It is unlawful to carry firearms or climbing irons when training dogs during closed seasons, except under special field-trial regulations. Graham Tyrrell ● Hunters must possess fox tags prior to harvesting foxes during this season. SQUIRREL There is no open weapons hunting season in any other county Gray and Red (statewide): Oct. 17 – Feb. 29 except where provided by local laws. To see if your county Daily limit 8; No possession or season limits has a hunting season on foxes, see page 72 of this Digest Fox Squirrel: Oct. 17 – Dec. 31 and the hunting page on www.ncwildlife.org. Click on “Fox Daily limit 1; Possession 2; Season 10 Season Hunting and Trapping Laws.” In the following counties: Anson Duplin Jones Pitt Alleghany Edgecombe Lenoir Richmond EXTENDED SEASON FOR TAKE BY FALCONRY Ashe Greene Moore Sampson Oct. 17 – Feb. 29 (Applies only to red and gray squirrels and rabbits) Bladen Harnett New Hanover Scotland Outside of Regular Season Dates: Brunswick Hoke Onslow Wayne Squirrels: Daily limit 4; Possession limit 8 Cumberland Johnston Pender Rabbits: Daily limit 3; Possession limit 6 Regular species bag limits apply during regular seasons. Please note: For the convenience of the reader, major regulation changes appear in RED. 57 BEAVER MIGRATORY BIRDS There is an open season for taking beaver with firearms or bow and Migratory Birds Protected Federal laws protecting migratory arrow during any open season for the taking of wild animals, birds (songbirds, woodpeckers, raptors or waterfowl) take provided that permission has been obtained from the owner or precedence over state laws. Before any migratory birds may be lessee of the land on which the beaver is being taken. taken or killed during the closed season, a federal permit must be obtained from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Substantial CONTROLLED HUNTING PRESERVES penalties for violations apply. Call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Oct. 1 – Mar. 31 Service, Division of Migratory Bird Permits Section in Atlanta, No limits. Ga. at 404-679-7070 for information. Federal seasons and bag This applies to domestically raised birds (mallard ducks and limits on migratory game birds are adopted as state regulations. upland game birds) only. Colonial Water Bird Nesting Areas Coastal islands and beach No wild turkey may be taken. areas posted as “Colonial Water Bird Nesting” areas are being managed for our nesting populations of pelicans, terns, gulls, herons and egrets. Special regulations apply. Access is prohibited on these areas from April 1–Aug. 31, except by special permit. Dogs are not allowed on these areas during this time period. Access on these areas from Sept. 1–March 30 will be allowed as authorized by the landowner. It Takes a Hunter to Make a Hunter. Mentor someone new to hunting this year! HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION What Motivates Hunters to Take Others Hunting? • Someone showed an interest in hunting and asked to be taken. • A desire to share hunting experiences and enjoy camaraderie. • An opportunity to share the fun, enjoyment, and recreational aspects of hunting. • An opportunity to encourage interest in hunting. • Hunting is a family tradition and passing it on is important. • A chance to preserve the hunting heritage for future generations. • It is important to learn gun safety and shooting techniques. • Mentoring provides an opportunity to give back to the person that mentored you. Excerpts from “The Future of Hunting and the Shooting Sports,” Responsive Management, 2008.
Indirect Mentoring Opportunities: Even if someone is unable or unprepared to become a hunting mentor, the following are some indirect ways to mentor a new hunter: • Share hunting stories and outdoor skills. • Share a wild game dinner. • Share a hunting magazine subscription. • Take someone along on a pre-hunting scouting or shooting trip. • Introduce someone to the outdoors with a simple walk in the woods. • Invite someone to a hunter education course • Become a hunter education instructor.
“Those of us privileged to take to the field are entrusted by fate and circumstance to hold and nurture the hunter’s legacy.” –Theodore Roosevelt
58 Please note: For the convenience of the reader, major regulation changes appear in RED. MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS – HUNTING WATERFOWL HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION STAMPS AND PRIVILEGES Harvest Information Program (HIP) All licensed hunters hunt- TUNDRA SWAN ing migratory game birds (dove, rails, woodcock, snipe or water- A limited number of permits will be issued to hunt tundra swans. fowl) in North Carolina are required to have certification of Permits will be issued by a random drawing authorizing each participation in the federal Harvest Information Program (HIP). permitholder to harvest one tundra swan. The following Certification can be obtained free of charge by going online at regulations apply: www.ncwildlife.org, calling 888-248-6834, or visiting a ● The permit and tag are not transferable and are valid only for the wildlife service agent. person whose name appears on the permit. It is unlawful to Migratory Bird Hunting And Conservation Stamp (Federal possess a swan permit or tag while hunting that was assigned to Duck Stamp) The law requires that each water fowl hunter 16 another person, or to alter the permit or tag in any way other years of age and older, must carry on his person a valid Migratory than cutting out the proper month and day of kill. Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, or federal duck stamp, ● The permit must be canceled by cutting out both the month and signed in ink across the face. (Hunters under age 16 may vol - day of the kill immediately at the time and place of the kill. untarily purchase a duck stamp and help preserve wetlands for ● The permit must be affixed to the harvested swan in accordance waterfowl.) Refer to page 4 for more information. with instructions provided with the permit. North Carolina Waterfowl Privilege Each waterfowl hunter 16 ● The permit must be carried on one’s person while hunting or, if years of age and older must carry on his person a license having the in possession of a swan, the permit must be affixed to the swan. North Carolina Waterfowl Privilege. The North Carolina Water - Every hunter receiving a swan permit will also receive a question- fowl Privilege is required in addition to the federal duck stamp. naire. If the hunter does not return that completed questionnaire Refer to the “License Types” section on page 4 of this digest for to the Wildlife Resources Commission by April 1, that hunter information on which licenses include this privilege license. will be ineligible for a tundra swan permit the following season. North Carolina Duck Stamp Hunters are no longer required to See the Wildlife Resources Commission’s Permit Hunting Oppor - carry the North Carolina duck stamp while hunting for water- tunities publication for instructions on obtaining a swan permit. fowl; however, the current year’s duck stamp will be available for collecting purposes; call 888-248-6834 for more information. SPECIAL SEA DUCK AREA The taking of sea ducks (scoter, eider and oldsquaw), except during MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS – SEASONS the regular duck season, shall be limited to the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and to those coastal waters south of U.S. 64 that Nongame Migratory are separated by a distance of at least 800 yards of open water from any shore, island or marsh. Special sea duck bag limits and CROW SEASONS seasons apply in these areas. During the regular season, this bag Season Bag Limits limit may be in addition to the limits applying to other ducks. In Aug. 3, 2011 to Feb. 29, 2012–Wednesday, No restriction all other areas, sea ducks may be taken only during the regular Friday and Saturday of each week plus Labor open season for ducks, and they must be included in the regular Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New duck season daily bag and possession limits. Year’s Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. June 6, 2012 to July 28, 2012–Wednesday, SEPTEMBER TEAL ZONE Friday and Saturday of each week plus That area located east of U.S. 17 is designated as the “September Teal Independence Day. Zone.” Teal seasons occurring prior to Oct. 1 apply to this area only. Waterfowl and Webless Migratory Dates, bag limits and shoot- ing hours for doves, other webless migratory game birds and CANADA GOOSE HUNT ZONES resident Canada geese will be available by Aug. 1. Dates, bag The state is divided into Canada goose hunt zones. See the map limits and shooting hours for waterfowl will be available by Sept. on page 54 for zone descriptions. For the hunt dates, bag 1. To obtain information on these dates, bag limits and shooting limits or other restrictions that may apply in each zone, hours, call the following toll-free number: 800-675-0263, or please call 800-675-0263 after Sept. 1, or visit our website see our website at http://www.ncwildlife.org. Wildlife service at www.ncwildlife.org. agents will receive posters containing this information, and the As with other migratory game birds, it is unlawful to hunt or possess information also will be distributed through local news media. Canada geese without having HIP certification as well as other Youth Waterfowl Day Waterfowl hunting outside of the regu lar applicable state and federal licenses and stamps in your possession. season is allowed on the day officially designated as “Youth Waterfowl Day.” Youths must be 15 years of age or younger and GADDY GOOSE REFUGE accompanied by a properly licensed adult at least 18 years of age. It is unlawful to harass or take any Canada goose during established Legal species include ducks, geese, tundra swans, mergansers, goose hunting seasons that occur after Oct. 1 each year in the moorhens, gallinules and coots.The accompanying adult may Gaddy Goose Refuge in Anson County. The Gaddy Goose Refuge not duck hunt but may participate in other seasons open on is that area in Anson County starting at the N.C. 109 bridge over Youth Waterfowl Day. Call 800-675-0263 after Sept. 1 for the the Pee Dee River and following N.C. 109 south to SR 1650; date. Canada goose bag limits and any additional restrictions on west on S.R. 1650 to S.R. 1649; west on S.R. 1649 to U.S. 52; Youth Waterfowl Day vary by the applicable hunt zone. See the south on U.S. 52 to S.R. 1652; west on S.R. 1652 to S.R. 1641; Canada Goose Hunt Zone section for information about the west on S.R. 1641 to N.C. 742; northwest on N.C. 742 to Lanes Northeast Goose Hunt Zone. Any youth harvesting a tundra Creek; north along Lanes Creek to the Rocky River; downstream swan must have a valid swan permit. on the Rocky River to the Pee Dee River; and downstream along the Pee Dee River to the beginning of the N.C. 109 bridge.
Please note: For the convenience of the reader, major regulation changes appear in RED. 59 HUNTING REGULATIONS & INFORMATION 60 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● In additiontostateregulations, thefollowingfederalrulesapply Requirements Nontoxic Shot ● ● baitedareas:are not otherwise coots, andcranes,onorover thefollowinglandsorareas that gamebirdsincludingwaterfowl, It islegaltotakemigratory ● By meansoraidofanymotor-driven land,water, orairconveyance, By theuseoraidofrecorded orelectricallyamplifiedbird calls By theuseoraidoflivebirds asdecoys;althoughnotlimitedto, From orbymeansofanymotorboatothercrafthavinga From orbymeans,aid,useofanymotorvehicle,motor-driven From orbymeans,aid,useofasinkboxanyothertype With ashotgunofanydescriptioncapableholding more than With atrap,snare, net,rifle,pistol,swivelgun,shotgunlarger Standing, flooded,ormanipulated naturalvegetation;flooded Standing crops orfloodedstandingcrops (includingaquatics); By theaidofbaiting,oronoveranybaitedarea, where a there from hasceased; completely shutoff and/orthesailsfurled,anditsprogress motor attached,oranysailboat,unlessthehasbeen has beenbaited. person knowsorreasonably should knowthatthearea isor centrating, driving, rallying, or stirring up of any migratory bird;centrating, driving,rallying,orstirringupofanymigratory or anysailboatusedforthepurposeofresulting inthecon selected forthecontrol ofresident Canadageese. geese (i.e.greater andlessersnow Ross’s geese)orthose Orderstates haveselectedundertheConservation forlight bird callsor sounds. Thisrestriction doesnotapplyduringdates waterfowl; wild migratory of theircallsandtotallyconcealssuchbirds from thesightof within anenclosure whichsubstantiallyreduces theaudibility period of10consecutivedayspriortosuchtaking,confined or geeseare present unlesssuchbirds are andhavebeenfora waterfowlonan areamigratory where tameorcaptiveliveducks motor-driven motorvehicleorstationary ary landconveyance; and personsmissingoneorbothlegsmaytakefrom anystation land conveyance,oraircraft ofanykind,exceptthatparaplegics those selectedforthecontrol ofresident Canadageese. for lightgeese(i.e.greater andlessersnowRoss’s geese)or Orderduring datesstateshaveselectedundertheConservation does notexceedthree shells.Thisrestriction doesnotapply of removal withoutdisassemblingthegun,soitstotalcapacity three shells,unlessitispluggedwithaone-piecefiller, incapable or sounds,recorded orelectricallyamplifiedimitationsof it shallbeaviolationofthisparagraphforanypersontotake means ofconcealmentbeneaththesurfacewater; low-floating device,havingadepression affording thehuntera poison, drug,explosive,orstupefyingsubstance; gun,machinegun,fishhook, than 10gauge,puntgun,battery stabilization practice; manipulationornormalsoil post-harvest planting, harvesting, have beenscattered solelyastheresult of a normalagricultural croplands;harvested orlandsareas where seedsorgrains game birds: gamebirds.of migratory to thetaking,possession,shipping,transportingandstoring preserves, infieldtrialsandduringbonafidedog-trainingactivities. required forthetakingofcaptive-reared mallards onshooting buck toxic shotwhilehunting;exceptshotgunshellscontaininglead with orhaveinpossessionanyshotgunshellcontaininglead water other thansteelorapproved nontoxicmaterials.Onposted shall takewaterfowlwhilepossessingshellsloadedwithanyshot shot maybeusedwhiledeerhunting.Nontoxicis fowl impoundmentsongamelands,itisunlawfultohunt SUMMARY OFFEDERALREGULATIONS No personsshalltakemigratory In NorthCarolina, noperson Please note: Fortheconvenience ofthereader, major regulation changes appearinRED. - - Non-toxic Shot Wanton Waste GameBirds ofMigratory It islegal ● ● ● Gift of Migratory GameBirds ofMigratory Gift Termination ofPossession Custody ofBirds Another Tagging Requirement Field PossessionLimit Opening Dayofa Season Standing orfloodedstandingagriculturalcrops where grainis From ablindorotherplaceofconcealmentcamouflagedwith From ablindorotherplaceofconcealmentcamouflagedwith exiting ahuntingarea, placingdecoys,orretrieving downedbirds. inadvertently scattered solelyasaresult ofahunterenteringor scattering ofgrainorotherfeed; ing doesnotresult intheexposing,depositing,distributingor vegetation from agriculturalcrops, aslongsuchcamouflag- natural vegetation; result ofanormalagriculturaloperation. crop orotherfeedonthelandwhere grown, orsolelyasthe or scattered solelyastheresult ofmanipulationanagricul baited areas, andwhere grainorotherfeedhasbeendistributed and cranes, toxic shot.Foralistofapproved non-toxicshot,see(http:// or aslooseshotformuzzleloading)otherthanapproved non- brant), swansorcootswhilepossessingshot(eitherin such birds haveatagattached, signedbythe gift, exceptatthe personalabodesofthedonor ordonee,unless or givetoanother, anyfreshly gamebirds killedmigratory asa unless suchbirds are properly tagged. gamebirdscustody anymigratory belonging toanotherperson storage or temporary storage. storage ortemporary baggage ofthepossessorshallnotbeconsidered asbeingin game birds being transportedinanyvehicleasthepersonal species ofbirds, andthedatesuchbirds were killed.Migratory signed bythehunter, statinghisaddress, thetotalnumberand performed,unlesssuchbirdsservices haveatagattached, storage),or for thepurposeofhavingtaxidermy temporary www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/issues/nontoxic_shot/nontoxic.htm) processing, shipping,transportation,orstorage(including or inthecustodyofanotherpersonforpicking,clean gamebirdstory atanyplace(otherthanhispersonalabode), common carriertosomeperson otherthanthehunter. ora facility andconsignedfortransport bythePostalService a postoffice, acommoncarrier, bird oramigratory preservation him toanotherpersonasagift; orhavebeendelivered byhimto deemed tohaveceasedwhensuchbirds havebeendelivered by this part,thepossessionofbirds takenbyanyhuntershallbe whichever applies. in excessofthedailybaglimit,oraggregate dailybaglimit, season shallpossessanyfreshlygamebirds killedmigratory (e) acommoncarrierfacility. bird(c) amigratory preservationfacility;or(d)apostoffice; or ortransientplaceoflodging; personal abodeortemporary automobile orprincipalmeansoflandtransporta the placewhere takenorbetweenthatplaceandeither(a)his effort toretrieve thebird, andretain itinhisactualcustody, at gamebirdcripple anymigratory withoutmakingareasonable or (d)apostoffice; or(e)acommoncarrierfacility. birdplace oflodging;or(c)amigratory preservationfacility; ortransient tation; or(b)hispersonalabodetemporary either (a)hisautomobileorprincipalmeansoflandtranspor tagged ornottagged,atbetweentheplacewhere takenand gamebirds,daily baglimit,whicheverapplies,ofmigratory custody, ortransportmore thanthedailybaglimitoraggregate to take migratory gamebirds,to takemigratory on oroverlandsareas thatare nototherwise No personmaytakeducks,geese(including No personshallputorleaveanymigra No personshallpossess,havein No personontheopeningdayof Subject toallotherrequire No personshallreceive orhavein No personmayreceive, possess, except waterfowl, coots except waterfowl, No personshallkillor hunter whotook tion; 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