113-291. General restrictions. Except as specifically permitted in this Subchapter or in rules made under the authority of this Subchapter, no person may take, possess, buy, sell, or transport any wildlife – whether dead or alive, in whole or in part. Nor may any person take, possess, buy, sell, or transport any nests or eggs […]
113-291.1. Manner of taking wild animals and wild birds. (a) Except as otherwise provided, game may only be taken between a half hour before sunrise and a half hour after sunset and only by one or a combination of the following methods: (1) With a rifle, except that rifles may not be used in taking […]
113-291.10. Beaver Damage Control Advisory Board. (a) There is established the Beaver Damage Control Advisory Board. The Board shall consist of nine members, as follows: (1) The Executive Director of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, or his designee, who shall serve as chair; (2) The Commissioner of Agriculture, or a designee; (3) The Assistant […]
113-291.11. Feeding of alligators prohibited. It is unlawful to intentionally feed alligators outside of captivity. (2007-401, s. 5.)
113-291.12. Unlawful to remove live feral swine from traps. It is unlawful to remove feral swine from a trap while the swine is still alive or to transport the live swine after that removal. (2011-369, s. 6(a).)
113-291.13. Application of wildlife laws to opossums. No State or local statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances related to the capture, captivity, treatment, or release of wildlife shall apply to the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) between the dates of December 29 of each year and January 2 of each subsequent year. (2015-73, s. 1.)
113-291.1A. Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited. (a) It is unlawful for a person to engage in computer-assisted remote hunting or provide or operate a facility that allows others to engage in computer-assisted remote hunting if the wild animal or wild bird being hunted or shot is located in this State. (b) For purposes of this section […]
113-291.2. Seasons and bag limits on wild animals and birds; including animals and birds taken in bag; possession and transportation of wildlife after taking. (a) In accordance with the supply of wildlife and other factors it determines to be of public importance, the Wildlife Resources Commission may fix seasons and bag limits upon the wild […]
113-291.3. Possession, sale, and transportation of wildlife. (a) Live wildlife and the nests and eggs of wild birds may be taken, possessed, transported, bought, sold, imported, exported, or otherwise acquired or disposed of only as specifically authorized in this Subchapter or its implementing rules. The Wildlife Resources Commission may impose necessary reporting, permit, and tagging […]
113-291.4. Regulation of foxes; study of fox and fur-bearer populations. (a) All of the regulatory powers granted the Wildlife Resources Commission generally with respect to game, wild animals, and wildlife apply to foxes unless there are specific overriding restrictions in this section. (b) Except for any closed season under subsection (h), foxes may be taken […]
113-291.4A. Open seasons for taking foxes with firearms. (a) There is an open season for the taking of foxes with firearms in all areas of the State east of Interstate Highway 77 and in Mitchell and Caldwell Counties from the beginning of the season established by the Wildlife Resources Commission for the taking of rabbits […]
113-291.4B. Taking foxes and coyotes in certain counties. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is an open season for taking foxes with weapons and for foxes and coyotes by trapping during the trapping season set by the Wildlife Resources Commission each year, with no tagging requirements prior to or after sale. (b) No […]
113-291.5. Regulation of dogs used in hunting; limitations on authority of Wildlife Resources Commission; control of dogs on game lands; control of dogs chasing deer; other restrictions. (a) Except as provided in G.S. 113-291.4, in the area described below, the Wildlife Resources Commission may regulate the use of dogs taking wildlife with respect to seasons, […]
113-291.5A. Exemption from civil liability for landholder permitting retrieval of hunting dogs. (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to recognize that hunting with dogs is a valuable part of the outdoor heritage of the State of North Carolina, and it is further the intent of the General Assembly to encourage cooperative and […]
113-291.6. Regulation of trapping. (a) No one may take wild animals by trapping upon the land of another without having in his possession written permission issued and dated within the previous year by the owner of the land or his agent. This subsection does not apply to public lands on which trapping is not specifically […]
113-291.7. Regulation of bears; limited retention of local acts closing bear seasons. (a) Local acts closing the season on bears are exempted from the provisions of G.S. 113-133.1(b) until July 1, 1981. After that date any local acts setting a year-round closed season on bears which have not by their terms expired are temporarily retained […]
113-291.8. Requirement to display hunter orange. (a) Any person hunting game animals other than foxes, bobcats, raccoons, and opossum, or hunting upland game birds other than wild turkeys, or hunting feral swine, with the use of firearms, must wear a cap or hat on his head made of hunter orange material or an outer garment […]
113-291.9. Taking of beaver. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, there is an open season for taking beaver with firearms or bow and arrow during any open season for the taking of wild animals, provided that permission has been obtained from the owner or lessee of the land on which the beaver is being taken. (b) […]
113-292. Authority of the Wildlife Resources Commission in regulation of inland fishing and the introduction of exotic species. (a) The Wildlife Resources Commission is authorized to authorize, license, regulate, prohibit, prescribe, or restrict all fishing in inland fishing waters, and the taking of inland game fish in coastal fishing waters, with respect to: (1) Time, […]
113-293. Obstructing rivers or creeks; keeping open fishways in dams. (a), (b) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 830, s. 1. (c) It is unlawful for any person in inland fishing waters: (1) To set a net of any description across the main channel of any river or creek; (2) To erect so as to […]