Features
The Best of SC’s upstate WMAs
The Jocassee Gorges tract, owned primarily by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources contains 43,500 acres in Pickens and Oconee counties, in the rugged mountains of the Upstate. […]
Statewide NC
Features
Time to Head for the NC Mountains
Deer and black bears are the two main big-game animals for hunters in the Pisgah National Forest, which spans 508,847 acres of the Appalachian Mountains’ central-to-northern section. […]
Mountain Trout
N.C.’s Delayed Harvest trout waters open Oct. 1
Oct. 1 marks the beginning of North Carolina’s Delayed Harvest Trout Waters regulations on 36 streams throughout the state. […]
Deer Hunting
Tory Pegg’s 31-point buck is new N.C. state record
Buckmasters has named Tory Pegg’s 31-point nontypical Guilford County buck the new North Carolina state record in the irregular compound bow hunting category. […]
Deer Hunting
NCWRC schedules youth deer hunting day Sept. 28
Youth hunters 17-years-old and younger may hunt deer in North Carolina with any legal weapon on Sept. 28, and they can shoot deer of either sex on that day. […]
Fishing
National Hunting and Fishing Day is Sept. 28
North Carolina is holding several events on Sept. 28 in honor of National Hunting and Fishing Day. […]
Flounder
N.C. flounder season goes out with a bang
North Carolina’s flounder fishery is closed for the remainder of 2019, and probably won’t reopen until late summer of 2020. […]
Events & Announcements
List of fishing, hunting areas closed due to hurricane
Because of the potential hazards of Hurricane Dorian, the NCWRC and state of North Carolina have closed numerous properties, and the list will probably grow in the coming days. […]
Bass Fishing
Fishing, wildlife-related workshops offered this month
The John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center and the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education are both offering numerous free fishing and outdoor-related workshops throughout September. […]
Flounder
N.C.’s 2019 flounder season closing on Sept. 4
North Carolina’s recreational flounder fishery is closing as of Sept. 4, 2019 as ordered by the NCDEQ and NCDMF on Aug. 28, 2019. […]