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When does North Carolina's 2026–27 american woodcock season open?
Last updated 2026-09-24 · from NCWRC data · 2026–27 season year
North Carolina's 2026–27 american woodcock season runs December 10, 2026 to January 30, 2027 — 52 days afield. North Carolina allows Sunday hunting on private land with some limits, and restricts it on many public game lands. The per-game-land rule is not carried in this app — check the game land before you go.
The dates
NCWRC's own dates for the 2026–27 season year, read from NCWRC. North Carolina lists this season as American woodcock.
| Segment | Opens | Closes | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statewide | December 10, 2026 | January 30, 2027 | 52 |
The best weeks
This app carries no agency-sourced peak for american woodcock in North Carolina, so none is claimed here. Within the dates above, the two weeks either side of the leaf drop are the traditional answer in the northern states and the first hard frost is the southern one — both are hunters' rules of thumb rather than anything an agency published.
Shooting hours
- Legal hours
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not carried NCWRC publishes shooting hours in the Regulations Digest rather than as a sentence on a page we read, and this app holds no copy. We do not retype it from memory — a wrong minute at either end of the day is a citation. Read the digest before opening day. NCWRC
- Sundays
- North Carolina allows Sunday hunting on private land with some limits, and restricts it on many public game lands. The per-game-land rule is not carried in this app — check the game land before you go.
The other questions
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