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Public Land Hunting & Fishing in North Carolina

Free and permit-required public hunting and fishing areas in North Carolina: national forests, BLM land, state WMAs, and wildlife refuges. 4 areas listed.

National Forests 3
Pisgah National Forest
Haywood, Madison, Yancey, McDowell, Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania, Burke, Caldwell, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga County · 510,000 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Pisgah National Forest encompasses 510,000 acres of the southern Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina, includi...
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Nantahala National Forest
Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Jackson, Swain, Transylvania County · 531,000 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Nantahala National Forest covers 531,000 acres of the southwestern-most North Carolina mountains, bordering the Great Sm...
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Uwharrie National Forest
Montgomery, Randolph, Davidson, Stanly County · 50,000 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Uwharrie National Forest protects 50,000 acres of the ancient Uwharrie Mountains in the North Carolina Piedmont, among t...
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Wildlife Refuges 1
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Tyrrell, Hyde, Washington County · 110,000 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Pocosin Lakes NWR protects 110,000 acres of coastal plain pocosins, an uncommon wetland type characterized by dense shru...
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