Falls-Butner

[NCLeatherstocking]

Anyone in NC hunt Falls-Butner Game Land? Someone told me it was hunted to death and pretty near dangerous to attempt to try and tag a deer there.

[NCLeatherstocking]

Does anyone hunt Game Lands in NC?? Will anyone admit it?

[Smitty_nc1]

Butner-Falls Game land is ok these days. Back when the National Guard land was mixed in and dog hunting was allowed it would get stupid-crazy. People would fight (not argue, but with fist) over who killed what deer. The hunting pressure was very high. Now days it is some pretty good hunting. All of the crazy stuff was 8-10 years ago. Dog hunting hasen' t been allowed for the last year or so. There is also the National Guard land. You can get a permit to hunt the NCNG land from Range HQ Building. I think they charge $15 or $20 for the permit. You shouldn' t listen to what everyone else says about the Game Lands. Make the judgement for yourself. I think you will find it worth while.


Smitty

[1SHOT_1KILL]

I used to hunt the old Butner Game land, back before it became known as Butner-Falls Game land. When the National Guard took back over most of the old Butner Game Land, they acquired some more land back toward I-85, and changed the name of what was left of the old Butner Game Land and the newly acquired land, to Butner-Falls Game Land. This all took place back around 1988 or so.

I have not hunted the Game land since about 1984, back when it was Butner Game land. It was not due to any confrontations, fights, being shot at, or any other dangerous situations. I never saw any of those kind of things, and I started hunting that old game land with my father in 1974, when I was 10 years old. The reason I stopped hunting it back in the mid 1980' s was that it did indeed become too crowded and over hunted.

Fast forward a few years later, say 1992 I started hunting the National Guard land. Entry was (and is still) by permit only. The NC National Guard Training Center has about 5,000 acres, but only about 2,000 to 2,500 can be hunted. Some is bow hunting only and the rest is bow and gun. Permits must be applied for in person at the Range Control Headquarters on Roberts Chapel Rd, just off Range Rd. Cost of permits was $10, may have gone up this, don' t know yet as I haven' t gone to get mine yet. Last year there were only about 150 permits issued. All hunters must sign in and out of the National Guard land, at the same Range Control Headquarters. There is no vehicle access allowed of any kind, so to get into the land is only by foot (which not many hunters now days are willing to do, at least to any distances), all NC hunting regulations and laws apply (plus a few military reg' s and such as well), dogs are prohibited, permanent typoe tree stands are prohibited, etc.

It is worth checking out, you may like what you see on the National Guard Training Site.

[loner]

i lived and hunted in nc on two different occasions.i lived between eden and stoneville,nc and hunted rockingham and caswell counties.the game lands at caswell were well maintained and had good deer and turkeys.i lived in southern pines,nc and hunted the sand hills and anson county.good deer and turkey also.the key for me while hunting game lands was getting as far away from the main roads,and staying on stand all day if necessary.nc had as good hunting for deer and turkey as we do here in ms.i loved nc.btw,we have your former director of G&F here in ms and he has implemented programs you have in north carolina and has done an excellent job.