North Carolina

14 mallards (only 2 hen mallards), 3 wood ducks, 3 pintails, 2 black ducks, 2 redheads, 2 canvasbacks, 1 mottled duck, 1 fulvous whistling duck. Scaup: 1 before Jan. 9, 2 on/after Jan. 9. 4 total sea ducks (no more than 3 scoters, 3 eiders [only 1 hen eider], or 3 long-tailed ducks). Harlequin duck season closed. Black and mottled duck season closed until Nov. 22.

24 mallards (only 2 hen mallards), 3 wood ducks, 3 pintails, 2 black ducks, 2 redheads, 2 canvasbacks, 1 mottled duck, 1 fulvous whistling duck. Scaup: 1 before Jan. 9, 2 on/after Jan. 9. 4 total sea ducks (no more than 3 scoters, 3 eiders [only 1 hen eider], or 3 long-tailed ducks). Harlequin duck season closed.

1Open only in area east of U.S. Highway 17. Includes green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, and cinnamon teal.

2September Teal Season is restricted to east of US-17, which corresponds to the Coastal Zone.

3Open only in area east of U.S. Highway 17. Includes green-winged, blue-winged, and cinnamon teal.

4September Teal Season restricted to area east of US Hwy 17 (Coastal Zone equivalent).

5Open only in area east of U.S. Highway 17. Includes Green-winged, Blue-winged, and Cinnamon teal.

6Season restricted to area east of US 17, which aligns with Coastal Zone.

7Open only in that area east of U.S. Highway 17. Includes Green-winged, Blue-winged, and Cinnamon teal.

8Season restricted to east of US Hwy 17, which corresponds to the Coastal Zone area.

1Canada Goose Zones do not apply during September. In area west of US Hwy 17: shooting hours extended to 1/2 hour after sunset, unplugged guns allowed, electronic calls permitted.

2Statewide season; expanded methods allowed west of US Hwy 17 only.

3Canada geese or white-fronted geese singly or in aggregate. See Goose Zone Map for Resident Population Zone boundaries.

4Resident Population Zone.

5Canada Goose Zones do not apply during September. West of US-17: extended shooting hours to 1/2 hour after sunset, unplugged guns, electronic calls allowed.

6Statewide September Canada Goose season. Different rules west of US-17.

7Canada geese or white-fronted geese, singly or in the aggregate. See Goose Zone Map.

8Resident Population Zone. Season: Oct. 16–25, Nov. 8–Dec. 6 & Dec. 18–Feb. 7.

9Daily limit 1 Canada goose or 1 white-fronted goose.

10Northeast Hunt Zone; mapped to Coastal Zone as best approximation.

11Zone labeled 'Northeast Hunt Zone' on page; mapped to Coastal Zone as the coastal goose-specific area.

12Northeast Hunt Zone mapped to Coastal Zone per convention; page does not specify zone in the known Inland/Coastal schema.

13Northeast Hunt Zone — page does not map exactly to Inland/Coastal zone list; using Coastal Zone as closest match based on geography.

14Daily limit 5 Canada geese or white-fronted geese either singly or in the aggregate.

15Zone labeled 'Resident Population Zone' on page; mapped to Inland Zone as it is the non-coastal goose zone.

16Zone labeled 'Resident Population Zone' on page.

1No possession limit. Includes Snow Geese and Ross's Geese.

2No possession limit stated.

3Includes snow geese and Ross's geese.

4Includes snow geese and Ross's geese. No possession limit.

1No daily limit; no possession limit. By permit only. Expanded methods: unplugged guns, electronic calls, shooting until 1/2 hour past sunset.

2Permit required. Expanded hunting methods allowed including electronic calls and unplugged guns.

3No daily limit, no possession limit. By permit only. Unplugged guns and electronic calls allowed. Shooting hours extended to 1/2 hour past sunset.

4Light Geese Conservation Order Season by permit only.

5By permit only. No daily or possession limit. Unplugged guns and electronic calls allowed. Shooting hours extended to 1/2 hour past sunset.

6Permit required; apply through NC Wildlife Resources Commission or Go Outdoors NC portal.

7No daily limit; no possession limit. Unplugged guns and electronic calls allowed. Shooting hours extended to 1/2 hour past sunset. By permit only.

8Light geese conservation order; expanded hunting methods allowed.

1Coots season dates same as ducks; Inland Zone splits applied.

2Coots season dates same as ducks; Coastal Zone splits applied.

1No more than 2 hooded mergansers

2Merganser season dates same as ducks; Coastal Zone splits applied.

3Merganser season dates same as ducks; Inland Zone splits applied.

1By permit only. 1 per season. Limited permits issued via random drawing.

2Permit required; 1 swan per season limit.

31 per season with special permit; permit required via random drawing through NCWRC.

4By permit only; limited number of permits issued via random drawing.

5By permit only. 1 per season.

6Limited permits issued by random drawing through NC Wildlife Resources Commission.

71 per season; permit required. Permits issued by random drawing.

8By permit only; limited number of permits issued through random drawing.

1Same daily limits as regular waterfowl seasons. Youth under 16; must be accompanied by adult 18+. Legal species: ducks, geese, brant, tundra swans, mergansers, coots.

2Dec. 6 date shown in RED indicating a regulation change. Two youth waterfowl days: Dec. 6 and Feb. 7.

3Second of two youth waterfowl days.

1Same daily limits as regular waterfowl seasons. Must be properly licensed with valid credentials, HIP certification and Federal Duck Stamp. Must have valid permit to hunt tundra swans.

2Dec. 6 date shown in RED indicating a regulation change. Two veterans/military days: Dec. 6 and Feb. 7.

3Second of two veterans/military waterfowl days.

1Falconry only. Daily bag and possession limits are for all species singly or in the aggregate.

2Extended falconry season for ducks, mergansers and coots.

3Ducks, mergansers and coots. Falconry only.

4No Sunday hunting.

1Brant: daily limit 1.

2Brant season Dec. 29 – Jan. 31.

3No more than 3 scoters, 3 eiders (only 1 hen eider), or 3 long-tailed ducks. All sea ducks count toward general daily limit of 6 ducks.

4Sea Duck Area includes Atlantic Ocean waters and coastal waters south of U.S. 64 separated by ≥800 yards of open water from any shore, island or marsh.