Coastal NC Hunting

AMT8951 · February 18, 2010, 04:16 PM

I'm thinking of relocating from upstate NY to the Greenville NC Area. Whats the hunting like down there? I hunt pretty much anything-Deer, small game, up-land and water fowl. Are there Hogs down there? I was down there last week and I noticed it was very flat and open (compared to NY), and I didn't see any State Forests.

longranger · February 18, 2010, 06:06 PM

Pigeon River(west of Ashville) area around Caruso,The Great Smokey Mountains has N.F. lands and is beautiful.

DRice.72 · February 18, 2010, 07:32 PM

That is quite a drive from Greenville NC though. Close to 7 hours. There is a lot of areas to hunt in the piedmont and coastal region. We have quite a few that drive that way every year and usually do well.

longranger · February 18, 2010, 09:19 PM

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That is quite a drive from Greenville NC though. Close to 7 hours.

In Wyoming thats the distance between towns !

rantingredneck · February 18, 2010, 09:25 PM

Hogs, bear, waterfowl, turkey, deer, coyotes, small game. You name it.

There are quite a few gamelands down east. Take a look around www.ncwildlife.org for game lands maps. Holly Shelters Game Lands is about 61,000 acres and is not too far from Greenville (I don't think). It's mostly swamp though. Lots of scrub brush with big food plots planted sporadically through out. Road accessible through most of it unless it's flooded.

Was down there a few years ago when Wilmington got 17 inches of rain in a weekend. Roads looked like this:

Bentonville · February 18, 2010, 10:54 PM

We have so many white-tailed deer around here ( I live a short distance from G-Vegas) that many like to just hunt them with their vehicle. I got one last year and my son got two at one time. Saves the ammo for SD or range time. The two-fer was about 3,000 dollars to repair from front bumper to rear on driver's side. Lots of anything you mentioned. I have seen several coyotes lately. Duck hunting has been good this year, I've been told. There is a good shooting club just outside Greenville called Pitt County Wildlife. Folks there can tell you good places for hunting. http://www.pittcountywildlifeclub.org/

The real shooting fun is at night. Just stand in the middle of 5th street and listen for the gun shots and follow the smell of burnt powder.

VaFisher · February 19, 2010, 06:22 AM

I have to go along with

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M.H. Ezzard

on the game in eastern NC. Depending on the exact area you will find all the above anaimals in great numbers. I drive down from VA to hunt every year for Deer & Bear mostly, we also hunt Quail, Doves etc.

kaylorinhi · February 20, 2010, 12:30 AM

I shot a nice 7 pointer of the top of my jeep in my back yard, gotta be ten feet with centerfire boomsticks! watched a black bear for about 2 hours eating something in the cut bean field 300 yds east of where i got the 7 pointer.

warbirdlover · February 20, 2010, 12:38 AM

I lived in the mountains of NC (Hendersonville) in the mid-80's. The deer are very small and most hunted them on horseback due to the rough terrain. The more popular game animal with the friends I had were boars. Now those can be nasty! Deer are much bigger nearer the coast.

waterfowler · February 28, 2010, 02:47 PM

Ive heard some great hunting stories from there.

kaylorinhi · February 28, 2010, 11:58 PM

My 7 wieghed in at 250lb on the hoof and the 8 was only about 170 or so.

rdmallory · March 1, 2010, 09:52 AM

I still own a house near Wilmington NC..

Deer season Get this---> Gun: Oct. 17 to Jan. 1

Doug

hogdogs · March 1, 2010, 10:54 AM

rd, Is that just general gun or total?

what are your limits?

Brent

rantingredneck · March 1, 2010, 02:48 PM

Brent,

That's just Gun.

Bow opens Mid Sept and there's a week of muzzleloading between the two (maybe 2 weeks this season, pending rule change).

That's the eastern region. Muzzleloader and Gun seasons are a little shorter in central and seasons overall are shorter in the mountains.

Eastern is 4 bucks and unlimited doe tags, Central and Western are 2 bucks with unlimited doe tags.

rdmallory · March 1, 2010, 04:08 PM

Any you can run dogs for deer...

Before I left the state I purchased a Lifetime hunting/fishing license.

Doug

hogdogs · March 1, 2010, 04:13 PM

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Any you can run dogs for dear...

Plan yer act before you act your plan...

Would the above quote be...
"Any where you can run dogs for deer?"
If so, I am curious too as I try to keep up with the dog/hunting laws.
Brent

kaylorinhi · March 1, 2010, 06:33 PM

Simple answer, Yes, but that is all I know! I am new here too.

rdmallory · March 1, 2010, 07:47 PM

HB 1428 Prohibit Using Hunting Dogs to Deer Hunt (Rep Lewis)
05-15-09 / Bill Died, Defeated,or was Tabled
A county may by ordinance regulate the taking of deer with dogs. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 153A-122, an ordinance enacted under the authority of this section shall apply throughout the county. An ordinance enacted under the authority of this section shall supersede any conflicting local act applying to the county to the extent of the conflict but may not have the effect of permitting activity with respect to hunting deer with dogs that is prohibited or more severely restricted by regulations of the Wildlife Resources Commission.

http://www.ncwildlife.org/Regs/2009_...10_Seasons.pdf

rantingredneck · March 1, 2010, 08:22 PM

Still legal in the most of the Eastern Region and Caswell County. Orange County just passed an ordinance banning it (had been illegal south of I85 in Orange for years, now county wide). Person County doesn't allow it. Nowhere in the Western Region allows it. It's mostly a down east thing.

February 18, 2010, 04:16 PM	#1
AMT8951 Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2005 Location: Central NY Posts: 492	Coastal NC Hunting I'm thinking of relocating from upstate NY to the Greenville NC Area. Whats the hunting like down there? I hunt pretty much anything-Deer, small game, up-land and water fowl. Are there Hogs down there? I was down there last week and I noticed it was very flat and open (compared to NY), and I didn't see any State Forests. __________________ .40 cal Sig 2340 Kahr E9 S&W M65-5 RIA Midsize .45acp Glock 21 Olympic Arms M4 Win M70 .375 H&H FN PBR .308 Win M69A .22 Mini-14 Ithica M37 Deerslayer 12ga Remington 721 30/06

February 18, 2010, 07:32 PM	#3
DRice.72 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2009 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 451	That is quite a drive from Greenville NC though. Close to 7 hours. There is a lot of areas to hunt in the piedmont and coastal region. We have quite a few that drive that way every year and usually do well. __________________ They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin Light is faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright unitl you hear them speak! They should have stopped with "Congress shall make no Law...

February 18, 2010, 09:25 PM	#5
rantingredneck Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,728	Hogs, bear, waterfowl, turkey, deer, coyotes, small game. You name it. There are quite a few gamelands down east. Take a look around www.ncwildlife.org for game lands maps. Holly Shelters Game Lands is about 61,000 acres and is not too far from Greenville (I don't think). It's mostly swamp though. Lots of scrub brush with big food plots planted sporadically through out. Road accessible through most of it unless it's flooded. Was down there a few years ago when Wilmington got 17 inches of rain in a weekend. Roads looked like this: __________________ NRA Member NC Hunter's Education Instructor PCCA Member (What's PCCA you ask? <- Check the link)

February 20, 2010, 12:30 AM	#8
kaylorinhi Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2010 Location: The brown eye of america Posts: 463	Moyock area I shot a nice 7 pointer of the top of my jeep in my back yard, gotta be ten feet with centerfire boomsticks! watched a black bear for about 2 hours eating something in the cut bean field 300 yds east of where i got the 7 pointer. __________________ Buy your guns by Yardline, Not Looks.

February 28, 2010, 02:47 PM	#10
waterfowler Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2010 Posts: 115	Ive heard some great hunting stories from there. __________________ If guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will have guns

February 18, 2010, 06:06 PM	#2
longranger Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2008 Location: Buffalo WY Posts: 1,056	Pigeon River(west of Ashville) area around Caruso,The Great Smokey Mountains has N.F. lands and is beautiful.

February 18, 2010, 10:54 PM	#6
Bentonville Senior Member Join Date: November 11, 2002 Location: NC Posts: 345	We have so many white-tailed deer around here ( I live a short distance from G-Vegas) that many like to just hunt them with their vehicle. I got one last year and my son got two at one time. Saves the ammo for SD or range time. The two-fer was about 3,000 dollars to repair from front bumper to rear on driver's side. Lots of anything you mentioned. I have seen several coyotes lately. Duck hunting has been good this year, I've been told. There is a good shooting club just outside Greenville called Pitt County Wildlife. Folks there can tell you good places for hunting. http://www.pittcountywildlifeclub.org/ The real shooting fun is at night. Just stand in the middle of 5th street and listen for the gun shots and follow the smell of burnt powder.

February 20, 2010, 12:38 AM	#9
warbirdlover Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2009 Location: central Wisconsin Posts: 2,324	I lived in the mountains of NC (Hendersonville) in the mid-80's. The deer are very small and most hunted them on horseback due to the rough terrain. The more popular game animal with the friends I had were boars. Now those can be nasty! Deer are much bigger nearer the coast.

February 28, 2010, 11:58 PM	#11
kaylorinhi Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2010 Location: The brown eye of america Posts: 463	Bigger Deer by the coast My 7 wieghed in at 250lb on the hoof and the 8 was only about 170 or so. __________________ Buy your guns by Yardline, Not Looks.

March 1, 2010, 09:52 AM	#12
rdmallory Senior Member Join Date: February 10, 2009 Location: Deltona FL Posts: 953	I still own a house near Wilmington NC.. Deer season Get this---> Gun: Oct. 17 to Jan. 1 Doug

March 1, 2010, 10:54 AM	#13
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	rd, Is that just general gun or total? what are your limits? Brent

March 1, 2010, 02:48 PM	#14
rantingredneck Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,728	Brent, That's just Gun. Bow opens Mid Sept and there's a week of muzzleloading between the two (maybe 2 weeks this season, pending rule change). That's the eastern region. Muzzleloader and Gun seasons are a little shorter in central and seasons overall are shorter in the mountains. Eastern is 4 bucks and unlimited doe tags, Central and Western are 2 bucks with unlimited doe tags. __________________ NRA Member NC Hunter's Education Instructor PCCA Member (What's PCCA you ask? <- Check the link)

March 1, 2010, 04:08 PM	#15
rdmallory Senior Member Join Date: February 10, 2009 Location: Deltona FL Posts: 953	Any you can run dogs for deer... Before I left the state I purchased a Lifetime hunting/fishing license. Doug Last edited by rdmallory; March 1, 2010 at 07:41 PM. Reason: sp -5

March 1, 2010, 06:33 PM	#17
kaylorinhi Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2010 Location: The brown eye of america Posts: 463	Simple answer, Yes, but that is all I know! I am new here too. __________________ Buy your guns by Yardline, Not Looks.

March 1, 2010, 07:47 PM	#18
rdmallory Senior Member Join Date: February 10, 2009 Location: Deltona FL Posts: 953	Still legal in most counties HB 1428 Prohibit Using Hunting Dogs to Deer Hunt (Rep Lewis) 05-15-09 / Bill Died, Defeated,or was Tabled A county may by ordinance regulate the taking of deer with dogs. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 153A-122, an ordinance enacted under the authority of this section shall apply throughout the county. An ordinance enacted under the authority of this section shall supersede any conflicting local act applying to the county to the extent of the conflict but may not have the effect of permitting activity with respect to hunting deer with dogs that is prohibited or more severely restricted by regulations of the Wildlife Resources Commission. http://www.ncwildlife.org/Regs/2009_...10_Seasons.pdf

March 1, 2010, 08:22 PM	#19
rantingredneck Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,728	Deer Dogging. Still legal in the most of the Eastern Region and Caswell County. Orange County just passed an ordinance banning it (had been illegal south of I85 in Orange for years, now county wide). Person County doesn't allow it. Nowhere in the Western Region allows it. It's mostly a down east thing. __________________ NRA Member NC Hunter's Education Instructor PCCA Member (What's PCCA you ask? <- Check the link)