SECTION .0200 - HUNTING
15A NCAC 10B .0201 PROHIBITED TAKING AND MANNER OF TAKE
(a) No person shall take, or have in their possession, any wild animal or wild bird listed in this Section except during the open seasons and in accordance with the limits herein prescribed, or as prescribed by 15A NCAC 10B .0300 pertaining to trapping or 15A NCAC 10D applicable to game lands managed by the Wildlife Resources Commission, unless otherwise permitted by law.
(b) Lawful seasons and bag limits for each species apply beginning with the first day of the established season and continue through the last day of the listed season, with all dates being included.
(c) When any hunting season ends on a January 1 that falls on a Sunday, that season shall be extended to Monday, January 2.
(d) On Sundays, the following manners of take shall be allowed subject to the restrictions in G.S. 103-2:
(1) archery equipment as described in 15A NCAC 10B .0116;
(2) falconry; and
(3) dogs where and when allowed the other days of the week.
(e) Migratory game birds shall not be taken on Sundays.
(f) Sunday hunting restrictions in Paragraph (d) of this Rule shall not apply to military reservations.
(g) Those animals not classified as game animals in G.S. 113-129(7c), and for which a season is set under this Section, may be taken during the hours and methods authorized for taking game animals.
(h) No person shall possess or use any substance or material that contains or is labeled as containing any excretion collected from a cervid, including feces, urine, blood, gland oil, or other bodily fluid for the purposes of taking or attempting to take, attracting, or scouting wildlife. This prohibition shall not apply to the following substances:
(1) Products containing synthetic analogs of cervid excretions and labeled as such.
(2) Products consisting of or containing natural substances collected by a hunter from a legally harvested cervid in North Carolina.
(3) Natural substances collected from facilities within North Carolina that have a valid Farmed Cervid License from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and are labeled as such.
(4) Natural deer urine products containing excretions from facilities within North Carolina that have a valid Farmed Cervid License from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and are labeled as such.
(5) Natural deer urine products containing excretions from facilities that meet all the following requirements and are labeled as such:
(A) Determined to be free of chronic wasting disease (CWD) based on testing by an independent laboratory using a method that may help detect the presence of CWD prions.
(B) Complies with a federally approved CWD herd certification program and any federal CWD protocols.
(C) Participates in additional herd management requirements as specified by the Wildlife Resources Commission.
History Note: Authority G.S. 103-2; 113-291.1(a); 113-134; 113-291.2; 113-291.3; S.L. 2021-176;
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2016; August 1, 2012; July 10, 2010; July 1, 1996; July 1, 1987
Readopted Eff. June 17, 2024.