waterfowl hunting includes:
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Hunting Regulations
Bodie Island Waterfowl Hunt Reservation Procedures
On an overcast day, with 38 degrees, light misty drizzle, and an 18 knot wind, duck hunters' thoughts turn to the frail barrier islands off the North Carolina coast. Snow geese, Canada geese, mallards, tundra swans, and many other waterfowl follow the Atlantic Flyway south to the food-rich marshes of the Outer Banks.
The State of North Carolina, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service request hunters take extra care while hunting on Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
To hunt legally at Cape Hatteras National Seashore you must have on your person a valid North Carolina hunting license with North Carolina waterfowl privilege and a Federal Duck Stamp.
Learn the silhouettes, flight patterns and winter plumage of the waterfowl you may legally hunt. Your familiarity with game and non-game species will contribute to waterfowl conservation programs and help insure a successful hunt.
Where and Where Not to Waterfowl Hunt
Bodie Island
Hunting on this island is by registration request only and is limited by a lottery. Successful applicants may hunt in assigned blinds only. Twenty (20) permanent blinds are available and are assigned to successful lottery applicants. Hunters must register at the Whalebone Visitor Contact Station to be assigned a blind.
Further information and a hunting map of the Bodie Island area may be obtained from ranger stations at Buxton, Ocracoke, Bodie Island and the Outer Banks Group National Park Service Headquarters Office near Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on Roanoke Island.
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Hunting is not permitted on this portion of Hatteras Island or the adjacent waters of Pamlico Sound.
Hatteras Island
Hunting is permitted within 250 feet of the Pamlico Sound shoreline, between the villages of Salvo and Avon, Avon and Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras, and Hatteras Village and Hatteras Inlet.
Ocracoke Island
Hunting is permitted on the Pamlico Sound side of NC Highway 12, within 250 feet of the shoreline excluding Ocracoke Village, Hammock Hills Nature Trail, and the posted area near Ocracoke Pony Pasture.
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