Six deer for the season and for possession, of which no more than two may be antlered and no more than four antlerless. There is no daily limit. Antlerless deer taken on a Bonus Antlerless Harvest Report Card during the Urban Archery Season, and deer tagged under the Deer Management Assistance Program, fall outside these numbers. Digest, printed p. 64.
You
What you pay, and in several states what you are even offered.
Residency
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission prices residents and non-residents differently, and sells some tags to only one of them.
Licences
Without one of these there is no legal way to hunt deer here.
Tags and permits
Good anywhere in the state.
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Nothing in your wallet yet
Tick what you hold and the calendar starts answering for you rather than for everybody. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission sells them at the link below.
Prices are what the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission printed for 2026-27, and are here to help you recognise a tag rather than to sell you one.
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
Alabama deer seasons — 2026-27, October 1, 2026 to February 10, 2027, by deer zone.
Alaska deer seasons — 2026-27, August 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, by game management subunit.
Arizona deer seasons — 2026-27, August 21, 2026 to January 31, 2027, by Game Management Unit.
Arkansas deer seasons — 2026-27, August 29, 2026 to February 28, 2027, by deer zone.