newbee ? hunting

Hog hunting in Bladen county area and more towards the moutains from what I know.
White tail... Pick a neighborhood!! (literally).. lot's of good whitetail hunting for sure on gamelands and private/lease property.

Private/lease property is for the most part hard to come by unless you know someone. Even Hunt Clubs are tough to get in. I'm lucky enough to have private land to hunt, but to be honest, I spend 90% of my time on gamelands.

For trophy deer, NC may not compare to to Northern or NW states, but all depends on what you classify a trophy (my boy shooting his first squirrel this last season was a trophy in my book). There's plenty of deer, NC is pretty liberal on bag/Harvest limits compared to other states and we have a fair amount of public land. Uwharries is probably one of the best for large deer on public land (50,000 acres).

Pisgah National Forrest is known for Black Bear as is Bladen County and I believe Pender Co. and surrounding areas.

As with any hunting.. off the beat'n path nets results, weekends are busy, days of the week wide open! (no Sunday Hunting in NC) and go out the day after opening day!!

Welcome on and when the season roll's around, good huntin!




Bow has a 30 day head start in some parts of the state
Slug will be during gun
Gun, anything over a .243 cal is good to go for big game, but anything in a .30/30 or .270 will drop NC big game

I dont bow hunt, but I'm all about muzzleloader (CVA .50 cal 100 grns Pyrodex pushin a 240 grn Powerbelt Sabot). Gun I use 6.5x55mm Swede Kimber or a Winchester model 70 in .270 WSM

You can use Semi auto,, just no more than 5 rounds in the magazine.

I've got a Ruger mini 30 (7.62x39mm)for my boys, law man wont appreciate the 30 round mag.. but then again, if you cant down the deer in two shots,, then practice is needed! hah aha... It's considered a legal gun to hunt with using the 5 round magazine.

Waterfowl shotgun, it's 3 rounds and must have plug installed

Semi auto's are fine for hunting, no more than 5 round

Handguns for big game, no less than .357 (barrel length limit drop'd as of last season - used to be minimum of 6")

No limit on muzzle load rifles, but can not hunt big game with powder pistols

I dont go for antlers, but do manage (especially this last season) to get a couple bucks.. to be honest, it's all about venison sausage, summer sausage, steaks and some amatuer jerky makin'! Of course without sayin,, the experience and excitement of the hunt as well....

(hey Hotspot.. how's that for a rack of summer sausage!)

Here's a pic of some breakfast sausage rolls... Got me hungry thinkin about it!!