Dare County, North Carolina
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Waterfowl, Black Bear
- Group
- Coastal Plain
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
Black Bear — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 28
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
- 103
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
- 5
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, Waterfowl also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedDare County stretches from the Outer Banks barrier islands inland to vast pocosin wilderness sheltering one of the eastern United States' most surprising black bear populations. Alligator River NWR and adjacent game lands provide some of the most remote public hunting in North Carolina, with exceptional waterfowl hunting over flooded agricultural fields and managed impoundments. White-tailed deer reach impressive sizes in the county's isolated timber tracts, and the sheer scale of public land here is unmatched anywhere in coastal NC.
Outer Banks barrier island and maritime forest on the coast; vast inland pocosins, bay forests, drained peat agricultural fields, and Alligator River bottomlands
Low to moderate; extreme remoteness and poor road access limit hunting effort significantly
OTC combination license; no county antler restrictions; game land permit may be required
Black bear population on Alligator River NWR is among the densest in eastern NC; waterfowl excellent over refuge impoundments; tundra swans winter in large numbers
Alligator River NWR black bear hunting opportunity rare on the East Coast; wilderness character and scale of public land unmatched in eastern North Carolina
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Dare 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.
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Boundaries: NCWRC county-based deer management units. Community info last updated 15d ago.