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Sampson County, North Carolina

Game found here
White-tailed DeerWild Turkey
Coastal PlainSee on map →0 questions

Unit info

Game species
White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey
Group
Coastal Plain
Area
N/A
Public land
N/A
Black Bear — season & harvest
Reported harvest
69

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
1,942

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
543

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

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Sampson County occupies a broad swath of the eastern Coastal Plain, where flat agricultural lands, pocosins, and the Black River corridor create productive habitat for white-tailed deer and wild turkey. The county supports high deer densities on its large farms and timber tracts, and the Black River with its ancient bald cypress and gum swamps provides exceptional bottomland hunting cover. Access is predominantly private but the agricultural hunting tradition runs deep in this productive rural county.

Terrain & elevation

Flat eastern Coastal Plain with extensive agricultural fields, Black River bottomlands featuring ancient cypress and gum swamps, and upland pine and hardwood tracts across a largely rural landscape

Hunting pressure

Low to moderate - large rural county with mostly private access keeps pressure manageable and deer populations high

Tags & permits

Standard NC hunting license with harvest report card; statewide bag limits apply

Species & seasons

Wild turkey populations are strong throughout the agricultural and woodland interface; some waterfowl hunting along the Black River and impoundments during migration

Highlights

Black River cypress swamp deer hunting in one of the most ecologically significant river corridors in eastern NC; high deer densities on private agricultural lands

Questions, tips & discussion

Ask anything about Sampson 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.