North Carolina Deer Hunting by County Deer harvest, public land, and terrain for 100 North Carolina counties — 100 with a full breakdown.
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Updated September 2026
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Try Ember free County Deer harvest Per sq mi▼ Public land Alleghany County 2,585 11.0 10% Stanly County 3,371 8.5 4% Cleveland County 3,948 8.5 5% Anson County 4,254 8.0 5% Rockingham County 4,033 7.1 2% Stokes County 3,192 7.1 3% Lincoln County 2,092 7.1 1% Caswell County 2,920 6.9 8% Northampton County 3,683 6.9 3% Watauga County 2,142 6.9 11% Randolph County 5,349 6.8 5% Rutherford County 3,802 6.7 13% Person County 2,604 6.6 4% Ashe County 2,793 6.6 10% Alamance County 2,769 6.5 2% Davidson County 3,527 6.4 3% Yadkin County 2,099 6.3 1% Rowan County 3,203 6.3 4% Montgomery County 2,984 6.1 16% Catawba County 2,429 6.1 2% Union County 3,783 6.0 1% Granville County 3,125 5.9 12% Surry County 3,094 5.8 3% Polk County 1,376 5.8 11% Mitchell County 1,277 5.8 17% Gaston County 2,019 5.7 6% Edgecombe County 2,845 5.6 2% Yancey County 1,758 5.6 24% Cabarrus County 2,030 5.6 3% Vance County 1,398 5.5 14% Iredell County 3,133 5.5 1% Avery County 1,325 5.4 29% Halifax County 3,657 5.1 7% Franklin County 2,411 4.9 2% Alexander County 1,255 4.8 0% Moore County 3,360 4.8 4% Richmond County 2,270 4.8 27% Orange County 1,886 4.7 7% Greene County 1,249 4.7 0% Davie County 1,222 4.6 2% Martin County 2,065 4.5 4% Hertford County 1,597 4.5 4% Pitt County 2,899 4.4 2% Wilkes County 3,328 4.4 8% Bertie County 3,085 4.4 16% Wilson County 1,611 4.4 2% Madison County 1,963 4.4 20% Craven County 3,034 4.3 24% Burke County 2,161 4.3 33% Wayne County 2,236 4.0 3% Lenoir County 1,594 4.0 2% Jones County 1,882 4.0 14% Gates County 1,325 3.9 29% Scotland County 1,215 3.8 25% Pender County 3,271 3.8 29% Nash County 1,990 3.7 3% Chatham County 2,481 3.6 13% Forsyth County 1,475 3.6 3% Caldwell County 1,668 3.5 26% Guilford County 2,251 3.5 9% Duplin County 2,821 3.5 2% Warren County 1,476 3.4 6% Johnston County 2,716 3.4 2% Chowan County 588 3.4 2% Clay County 711 3.3 49% Beaufort County 2,746 3.3 3% Durham County 927 3.2 33% Pamlico County 1,063 3.2 3% Harnett County 1,871 3.1 6% Onslow County 2,378 3.1 34% Columbus County 2,921 3.1 10% Bladen County 2,597 3.0 14% Cherokee County 1,339 2.9 35% Perquimans County 694 2.8 2% Lee County 704 2.8 2% Washington County 934 2.7 46% Henderson County 944 2.5 16% Brunswick County 2,141 2.5 17% Buncombe County 1,626 2.5 16% Macon County 1,232 2.4 49% McDowell County 1,027 2.3 33% Wake County 1,900 2.3 17% Robeson County 2,004 2.1 3% Sampson County 1,942 2.1 2% Transylvania County 763 2.0 55% Carteret County 944 1.9 44% Pasquotank County 396 1.7 6% Cumberland County 1,103 1.7 17% Hoke County 646 1.7 39% Hyde County 955 1.6 83% Jackson County 759 1.5 29% Currituck County 391 1.5 27% Camden County 345 1.4 42% Haywood County 767 1.4 49% Mecklenburg County 697 1.3 11% Tyrrell County 479 1.2 82% New Hanover County 183 1.0 17% Swain County 386 0.7 74% Graham County 168 0.6 63% Dare County 103 0.3 100%
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