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May 1, 2026

North Carolina dove hunters can take to the fields this year the morning of Sept. 5, the Saturday of Labor Day weekend.

Dove season will open Saturday of Labor Day weekend as NCWRC sets seasons

North Carolina Sportsman

Dove hunters will open the 2015 season on a Saturday for the first time in several years after the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced season dates for dove and other webless migratory game birds, as well as September seasons for Canada geese and teal. […]

A lot of North Carolina deer hunters would like to have had a shot at these two does; the 2014-15 harvest was off 18 percent, or 44,000 deer.

Deer harvest is off 18 percent over 2013-14, NCWRC announces

North Carolina hasn’t experienced back-to-back deer-hunting seasons like 2013-14 and 2014-15 since records have been kept by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. […]

Visitors to the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education in Corolla will be able to fish, crab, target shoot and kayak as part of "Outdoor Day" activities on April 8.

NCWRC schedules plenty of outdoor activities for Outer Banks center

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is holding a free “Outdoors Day” on April 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education in Corolla in Currituck County. […]

Backlashes

NCWRC’s deer-farm vote deserves praise

North Carolina’s sportsmen, especially deer hunters, felt better about the state’s wildlife agency after Oct. 30. And for good reason. […]

The N.C. House version of the 2014 state budget includes a section that would transfer N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission management of captive deer and elk to the N.C. Department of Agriculture.

House bill would take management of captive deer away from NCWRC

A section of the proposed 2014 House budget would transfer management authority over deer farming from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission to the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. […]

Locust Creek Access Area is just upstream from the delayed-harvest section of the Tuckasegee River.

Duke Energy, NCWRC adds to Tuckasegee River access

Robert Satterwhite

The Tuckasegee River in Jackson County is one of the most popular rivers in western North Carolina for fishing and boating, but access often can be a problem, especially during prime fishing and boating seasons. […]

Hunters can't bring back full deer heads from Pennsylvania to North Carolina because of the discovery of a deer infected with CWD in that state. Check with the N.C. Wildlife Resources for details.

CWD in Pennsylvania deer forces NCWRC to change regulations

A whitetail deer born and raised in captivity in Pennsylvania has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), prompting the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission to implement restrictions regarding importing deer heads from Pennsylvania. […]

Should the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and N.C. Department of Agriculture merge? That's the topic to be discussed at public meetings this week in New Bern and Manteo.

Meetings tonight, Thursday on possible NCDMF, NCWRC merger

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold meetings concerning a possible merger with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission tonight and Thursday. […]

White-tailed deer held in captivity are at the center of a controversy involving the N.C. Wildlife Commission.

Penned-deer killing results in court date; NCWRC says no CWD found in euthanized animals

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission released information Oct. 19 that none of the nine deer killed during a raid on a Randolph County deer-pen farm showed signs of chronic wasting disease. […]

Several unpermitted deer were killed in September by NCWRC officers in keeping with a policy to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease into North Carolina.

NCWRC destroys unregistered penned deer

North Carolina Wildlife Resources officials arrived unannounced at a Randolph County deer farm during September after receiving a tip that the owner was keeping fallow and white-tailed deer without proper permits. […]

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