GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 764

Short Title:  Adjust Deer Management.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Martin of Pitt.

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Referred to:  Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources

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April 20, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE DEER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 113-291.2(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Upon application of any landholder or agent of a landholder accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), the Executive Director may require a survey of the deer population on the land of such landholder.  If as a result of the survey it is determined that there is an overpopulation of deer in relation to the carrying capacity of the land, that the herd is substantially dependent on such land for its food and cover, and that the imbalance in the deer population is not readily correctable by an either-sex deer season of reasonable length, the Executive Director may issue to such landholder or agent a number of special antlerless deer tags that in the judgment of the Executive Director is sufficient to correct or alleviate the population imbalance.  Subject to applicable hunting license requirements, the special deer tags may be used by any person or persons selected by the landholder or his agent as authority to take antlerless deer, including male deer with 'buttons' or spikes not readily visible, on the tract of land concerned during any established deer hunting season.  Each antlerless deer killed shall be affixed immediately with a special antlerless deer tag and shall be reported immediately in the wildlife cooperator tagging book supplied with the special antlerless deer tags.  This tagging book and any unused tags shall be returned to the Commission within 15 days of the close of the season. Antlerless deer taken under this program and tagged with the special antlerless tags provided shall not count as part of the daily bag, possession, and season limits of the person taking the deer."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.