Stokes 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
- 10
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
- 3,192
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
- 283
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
Sign in to contributeStokes County anchors the northwestern Piedmont of North Carolina along the Virginia border, where the Sauratown Mountains rise as a dramatic outlier range above the Dan River basin amid rolling hardwood ridges. White-tailed deer and wild turkey hunting is strong throughout the county on predominantly forested private and public lands. Hanging Rock State Park anchors a natural area complex that functions as a de facto wildlife refuge, concentrating game on adjacent huntable properties.
Rolling Piedmont hills with the dramatic Sauratown Mountain outlier range; Dan River and Moore Creek drainages; mixed hardwood forests dominate with pockets of pine and scattered agricultural openings
Dan River Game Land and Sauratown Mountains area parcels provide public hunting; Hanging Rock State Park is closed to hunting but serves as a refuge concentrating wildlife on surrounding private lands
Low to moderate - rural county with quality public land and limited hunting pressure compared to more urban neighboring counties
Standard NC hunting license with harvest report card; statewide bag limits apply
Wild turkey is very strong in the hardwood ridges of the Sauratown area; ruffed grouse historically present in suitable habitat; small game hunting active on public lands
Dan River Game Land public access; Sauratown Mountains wildlife refuge corridor effect that concentrates deer and turkey on adjacent huntable lands
Questions, tips & discussion
Ask anything about Stokes 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 106d ago.