● Ranked from real North Carolina data · 2024-25
Highest deer harvest counties in North Carolina
Where North Carolina hunters actually kill deer, ranked by the state agency's own reported county harvest. Tags are over-the-counter — the question is where the deer are, and how much of that county you can hunt.
#1Randolph County2,696 antlered bucks2.1% public→#2Anson County2,079 antlered bucks0.9% public→#3Cleveland County2,061 antlered bucks0.9% public→#4Union County1,979 antlered bucks0% public→#5Moore County1,915 antlered bucks1% public→#6Davidson County1,829 antlered bucks1.4% public→#7Stanly County1,795 antlered bucks0.5% public→#8Rutherford County1,768 antlered bucks4.3% public→#9Wilkes County1,712 antlered bucks2% public→#10Rockingham County1,701 antlered bucks0.5% public→#11Halifax County1,659 antlered bucks3.4% public→#12Rowan County1,608 antlered bucks1.9% public→
How this list is ranked
Ranked by reported antlered bucks harvest per county from the state wildlife agency, shown alongside each county's huntable public-land share. High harvest + low public land means the deer are on private ground.
Data year: 2024-25. Each row links to its full page with every number cited to its agency source. A place missing a signal is never guessed — it simply can't rank.
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