Abstract:
The recently concluded management area deer season was the second best in all the years since these hunts have been conducted. Recordkeeping began in 1948. The 1966 season deer kill was 2,517 and was exceeded only in 1963 when 2,747 deer were taken. Wildlife management areas include Pisgah, Mt. Mitchell, Sandhills, and Croatan. Bucks with guns, either sex, and bow and arrow are the three types of hunts on which statistics are gathered.