Hunters / wildlife experts of TWW:

What is the law on shooting a deer on my property out of season? I asked a Sheriff friend of mine who is also an avid hunter, and he said to just blast it. But his rationale was that my property is so big that as long as I butcher the animal, no one would ever know. In other words, my closest neighbor would barely even hear the gunshot. He also mentioned that he thinks there is a provision that states you can shoot a deer out of season if it is considered a nuisance (which this particular deer is). Just wondering what the official law is on the subject.

7/9/2012 10:19:52 AM

How many points?

7/9/2012 10:23:02 AM

REDNECK THREAD ITT

7/9/2012 10:23:39 AM

^^ doe

7/9/2012 10:24:10 AM

Can I hunt the deer from my backyard that are decimating the plants, shrubs and trees in my neighborhood? And if so, what can I hunt with? — Paul Dlouhy, Wake Forest

The Wildlife Resources Commission sets hunting seasons which apply to all of the state, and these seasons, bag limits and manner of take are explained in our Regulations Digest. If your backyard is within an area under the jurisdiction of municipal ordinances, some of these ordinances may restrict the methods you may use to take deer during the hunting season. If this is the case, you would need to get a waiver from the governing body that enacted and enforces such ordinances to use a normally prohibited hunting method such as a firearm or bow and arrow. If the deer are destroying your property, you may shoot those deer at any time with any legal method and dispose of the dead deer on your property unless you first obtain a depredation permit to utilize the deer meat (though you can keep the first five for your own use without a permit). The same restrictions that may be placed on you by a municipal governing body for hunting would also apply for shooting deer in the act of depredating your property. The depredation law applies only to the individual property owner’s property and would not be something that could be addressed necessarily for your neighborhood as a whole.


[Edited on July 9, 2012 at 10:26 AM. Reason : http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5908252/]

7/9/2012 10:25:07 AM

^ nice, thanks

looks like I am getting up super early tomorrow morning

[Edited on July 9, 2012 at 10:28 AM. Reason : a]

7/9/2012 10:27:54 AM

so can I have its head

7/9/2012 10:29:01 AM

You can have the whole damn thing if you come get it

7/9/2012 10:29:28 AM

BlackJesus wouldn't know what to do with a gun, let alone a deer

7/9/2012 10:33:23 AM

is the deer eating your bees?

7/9/2012 10:49:11 AM

7/9/2012 10:50:40 AM

^^ no, just everything in the garden.

Funny story though with the bees. The other day I watched a squirrel creep up to the hives because I guess it smelled the honey. Several of the bees started going after it and chased him back down into the woods. I wish I could train them to do the same to the deer.

7/9/2012 10:58:31 AM