HuntingRulebook

North Carolina · Deer · 2026-27

This is the rut modelled for North Carolina as a whole. A pin moves the peak to your own latitude — up to three days across a state.

Modelled from North Carolina breeding dates at the middle of the state, 35.17°N. It says nothing about whether a season is open or your tags cover it.

North Carolina deer seasons, 2026-27

North Carolina’s 2026-27 deer seasons run August 22, 2026 to February 14, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the county your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the county off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for North Carolina

  • Today in North Carolina — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map in North Carolina — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in North Carolina — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in North Carolina — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in North Carolina — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in North Carolina — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in North Carolina — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

The other states

Every state — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.