Burke County, North Carolina
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Black Bear
- Group
- Mountain
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
Black Bear — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 69
Draw odds for Black Beararen't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 2,161
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Eastern Wild Turkey — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 213
Draw odds for Eastern Wild Turkeyaren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Season & harvest data is published for Black Bear, White-tailed Deer, Eastern Wild Turkey so far. Wild Turkey also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedBurke County contains Linville Gorge Wilderness — one of the most dramatic pieces of terrain in the entire Southeast — along with a broad Pisgah National Forest footprint that makes it a premier backcountry mountain hunting destination in western NC. Black bear, white-tailed deer, and wild turkey all inhabit the national forest slopes, and the county blends foothills and high ridges to produce varied habitat across a compact geographic span. Lake James provides a recreational anchor that disperses hunting pressure across a large and diverse landscape.
Rugged mountain and foothills terrain with Linville Gorge dropping nearly 2,000 feet to the Linville River; Table Rock and Hawksbill peaks; Pisgah NF hardwood-cove slopes; Lake James reservoir on the eastern county edge.
Low to moderate — Linville Gorge is physically demanding and limits casual hunters; Pisgah NF road-accessible areas see moderate weekend pressure.
NC OTC statewide license; national forest hunting is open access with standard season frameworks.
Wild Turkey are found throughout the lower-elevation coves and riparian corridors. Black bear are a primary target species in the Linville Gorge and surrounding Pisgah NF drainages.
Linville Gorge Wilderness backcountry bear and deer hunting; one of NC most physically demanding and rewarding public-land hunting experiences.
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Burke County— or drop a tip or trick: access points, where game holds, glassing spots, conditions, crowding, gear that worked. This is where the unit's species-specific intel gets built, hunter by hunter.
Nothing posted yet about Burke County.
Be the first — ask a question (“Best public access on the north end?”) or share a tip (“Glass the burn scars off the main ridge at first light”).
Boundaries: NCWRC county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.