Columbus County, North Carolina
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Black Bear
- Group
- Coastal Plain
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
Black Bear — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 34
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
- 2,921
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
- 568
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 · sourcedColumbus County in southeastern North Carolina is defined by the Green Swamp, a vast pocosin and longleaf pine wetland complex that supports one of the Coastal Plain's highest concentrations of black bears alongside strong whitetail and turkey populations. The Green Swamp WMA gives hunters meaningful public land access to a landscape of Carolina bays, cypress-bay pocosins, and Atlantic white cedar that most of the state never encounters. Columbus County rewards hunters who embrace challenging navigation through dense, wet, low-country terrain.
Flat southeastern Coastal Plain; Green Swamp pocosin complex with Carolina bays; longleaf pine savannas; blackwater drainages; scattered agricultural tracts and timber company lands
Low to moderate - Green Swamp terrain is challenging and limits casual access; determined hunters find quality opportunity and real solitude
OTC state license; eastern NC regulations apply; Green Swamp WMA check-station requirements during designated seasons
Black bear population among the highest density in southeastern NC with Green Swamp as a core zone; wild turkey in longleaf pine uplands and pocosin edges; some waterfowl in Carolina bay wetlands
Green Swamp WMA black bear hunting - one of the top bear destinations in North Carolina; longleaf pine wild turkey hunting in classic pocosin edge habitat
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Columbus 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 Columbus 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.