Franklin County, North Carolina
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey
- Group
- Piedmont
- Area
- N/A
- Public land
- N/A
Black Bear — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 2
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
- 2,411
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
- 415
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 · sourcedFranklin County bridges the Piedmont and Coastal Plain in the upper Neuse River watershed, offering some of the most accessible and productive public hunting in the greater Raleigh area through the Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land complex. Deer numbers are strong throughout mixed timber and agricultural land, and wild turkey thrive in the mature hardwood corridors along the Neuse and its tributaries. The county represents one of the better public land hunting values in central North Carolina for hunters without private access in the crowded Research Triangle region.
Gently rolling transition zone between Piedmont and Coastal Plain with Neuse River bottomlands, mixed pine-hardwood forest, agricultural fields, and Kerr Lake shoreline on the northern border
Moderate; substantial public land absorbs pressure from the Raleigh metro corridor; meaningfully more opportunity than neighboring Wake or Durham counties
OTC combination license required; no county antler restrictions; game land check-in permit may be required for specific tracts
Wild turkey excellent in hardwood corridors and game land timber; waterfowl on Kerr Lake and Neuse River impoundments during migration; dove hunting on agricultural edges
Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land as a premier central NC public land hunting destination for the Raleigh area; Kerr Lake waterfowl and shoreline deer hunting opportunity
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Franklin 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.