NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 219

HOUSE BILL 599

AN ACT ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR DEER HUNTING IN GREENE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful to take or kill or attempt to take or kill deer with, by, or through the use of dogs in any manner.

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful to take or kill or attempt to take or kill deer with rifles, except through the use of tree stands with at least an eight-foot elevation.

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful to hunt fox, either red or gray, with firearms during the two-week deer season.

Sec. 4. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined a minimum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or imprisoned not exceeding 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 5. This act shall apply only in Greene County.

Sec. 6. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1975.