ORIGINAL: LKNCHOPPERS
I agree. Gun hunters decimate the population here. I think they should shorten the gun season to 1 week and make it shotgun, no rifles. Look what it has done for Ohio and Illinois.
Here are the season dates for NC, can you imagine the hunter outcry if you reduced the gun season to 1 week, are the deer in your area really being decimated? Last time I checked the stats on both VA an NC they were experiencing record population #'s and harvest #'s. Who will kill all of the deer if it were switched to a 1 week gun season? Not trying to be argumentative just curious.
Eastern Deer Season
Bow and Arrow: Sept. 8 – Oct. 5
Muzzleloading: Oct. 6 – 12
Gun: Oct. 13 – Jan. 1
Central Deer Season
Bow and Arrow: Sept. 8 – Nov. 2
Muzzleloading: Nov. 3 – 9
Gun: Nov. 10 – Jan. 1
Northwestern Deer Season
Bow and Arrow: Sept. 8 – Nov. 9
Muzzleloading: Nov. 10 – 16
Gun: Nov. 17 – Dec. 15
Western Deer Season
Bow and Arrow: Sept. 10 – Oct. 6
and Oct. 15 – Nov. 17
Muzzleloading: Oct. 8 - 13
Gun: Nov. 19 – Dec. 8