Jones 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
- 274
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
- 1,882
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
- 285
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 · sourcedJones County is a quiet, rural corner of eastern North Carolina where Croatan National Forest and extensive private timberlands create large blocks of undisturbed habitat for deer, turkey, and black bear. Pocosins and bay swamps interdigitate with longleaf pine flats and hardwood creek bottoms, giving the landscape a genuinely wild character for eastern NC. Low population density and minimal development keep hunting pressure low, making this county a worthwhile destination for hunters willing to explore public land.
Flat coastal plain; longleaf pine flatwoods and pocosin wetlands; hardwood bottomlands along the Trent River and tributaries; Croatan National Forest with wire-grass understory
low — remote and sparsely populated; limited hunter density compared to counties closer to metro areas
OTC licenses; bear season managed through NCWRC quota hunt system for the coastal plain zone
Black bear present in the pocosins and longleaf flatwoods; wild turkey in the pine savannas; squirrel hunting in the mixed hardwood bottoms
Croatan National Forest public land deer and bear hunting with low competition; longleaf pine turkey habitat in a genuinely rural eastern NC setting
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Jones 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.