Possible move to NC

[blackpenny]

We rented a home in Clemmons as my wife accepted the new position. I'm looking forward to moving to the area Ina few weeks. If we like it, we plan on buying before our lease is up.

[2wfstlhunting]

I find this particularly interesting. I was in western NC in April, and it was my first time in the state.  Coming from western NJ/eastern PA where you have to dodge the deer and the turkeys are there but a special sight when you see them, I was anxious to see what was going on down there.  We drove 4 hours across the state and back from Charlotte to nearly Tenn, and spent a week walking in the woods and parks.  I saw turkeys every day.  I saw exactly ONE deer which was a road kill next to the major highway.  I remain perplexed and am reading this with interest

[adkarcher]

Blackpenny - shoot me a pm if I can help in any way, I work in W-S and live in Lewisville.  I moved down in 2012.  Coming from way upstate NY, hunting around here has been a shocker with limited land available and many restrictions on the game lands that were different than NY where there really weren't any. Can't comment on the lease prices as I never had to pay to hunt before and literally had thousand of acres with 30 minutes or less of my house.  And much of the deer season is very warm...

Adkarcher.

[Bud B.]

If you guys want to scout Uwharrie, about 45 minutes from Hanes Mall, shoot me a PM.

Do a search for Birkhead Wilderness.

[adkarcher]

Blackpenny - Clemmons is right next door to me from Lewisville, in fact 2 of my neighbors are in Clemmons and that is where my boys play  baseball.  So, I spend a lot of time there.  Look up Carolina Traditional Archers for monthly shoots as well.

[blackpenny]

I just returned from picking up my keys and interviewing with some plumbing companies. Very nice and friendly people everywhere I went. Not the best drivers in the world though!

[Jeff D. Holchin]

2wfstlhunting, you make an excellent point about how few deer one sees while driving around NC.  There are exceptions, but generally you do not see many deer when you drive around the state, especially compared to states like WVA or PA.  When we drive through those states, and all midwestern states, we count deer by the dozens!  Same with the roadkill observation - the carnage on the roads in those states is incredible, especially during the rut; dodging deer (dead and alive) is a routine part of driving there.  Not a problem in NC for the most part!  I've never heard of anybody moving here for better hunting; it's always some other reason.

[Phillip Fields]

My family farm is in Randolph County, about 45 miles from Winston Salem. I live in Virginia but still do most of my hunting on the family farm. I only took 2 deer last year, but my brother took 12. My other brother, who farms the family land, constantly complains about the amount of damage the deer do to his crops. These days we mostly hunt family and friends land, but in the past we have killed a ton of deer on Caswell Game lands.