Hyde 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
- 301
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
- 955
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
- 102
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 · sourcedHyde County is one of the most ecologically wild counties in North Carolina, dominated by vast pocosins, flooded agricultural impoundments, and Lake Mattamuskeet — the largest natural lake in the state and a nationally significant waterfowl staging area. Tundra swans, Canada geese, and multiple duck species winter here in staggering numbers, making waterfowl hunting the primary draw for out-of-state visitors. The dense pocosin swamps also harbor one of the most robust black bear populations on the East Coast.
Vast flat coastal plain; extensive pocosins (shrub swamps) and bay lakes; Lake Mattamuskeet and surrounding agricultural impoundments; Pungo Lake flats
low to moderate for deer and bear; waterfowl hunts at NWR blinds are highly competitive through the lottery system
OTC licenses; quota bear hunts managed through NCWRC managed hunt program for the coastal plain bear zone
World-class waterfowl including tundra swans, snow geese, Canada geese, and diving ducks; black bear density among the highest in eastern North America; wild turkey in agricultural field edges
Lake Mattamuskeet tundra swan and duck hunting via NWR lottery; eastern black bear hunts in Pocosin Lakes pocosin swamps
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Hyde 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.