Deer Management Assistance Programs
(AgDMAP) Agricultural Deer Management Assistance Program
The Agricultural Deer Management Assistance Program (AgDMAP) is authorized by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC). Landholder and hunter participation is voluntary. The primary objective is to provide landholders who are experiencing agricultural damage with an additional opportunity to harvest deer on their property during the regular deer seasons. Please thoroughly read the following information before completing your application. Applications will be reviewed by a district biologist before final approval.
Applications can be submitted online via your Go Outdoors North Carolina account (see link below for instructions) or by calling 919-707-0050. Prior to submitting applications, contact your local Wildlife Management District and Conservation Biologist to discuss your deer management objectives, harvest history, herd status, and property details.
Deer harvested on enrolled properties must be tagged with provided AgDMAP tags or be validated with the hunter’s big game harvest report card. AgDMAP tags can be used at any time during any open deer season, and do not count towards season bag limits. All harvests must be registered with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
(CDMAP) Community Deer Management Assistance Program
The Community Deer Management Assistance Program (CDMAP) is a voluntary program administered by the Wildlife Resources Commission. The primary objective of CDMAP is to reduce or maintain deer numbers in residential or other highly-developed areas to minimize human-deer conflicts while preserving or improving herd health. To help communities accomplish this, CDMAP provides additional opportunity for licensed hunters to harvest deer on enrolled properties with landowner permission.
Applications can be submitted online via your Go Outdoors North Carolina account (see link below for instructions) or by calling 919-707-0050. Prior to submitting applications, contact your District Biologist to discuss your deer management objectives, harvest history, herd status, and property details.
Deer harvested on enrolled properties must be tagged with provided DMAP tags or be validated with the hunter’s big game harvest report card. DMAP tags can be used at any time during any open deer season, and do not count towards season bag limits. All harvests must be registered with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
(DMAP) Deer Management Assistance Program
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s (NCWRC) Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) was created to assist clubs in reaching their deer management and harvest goals through collection of biological data and issuance of antlered and/or antlerless tags. Participating clubs must meet certain criteria to apply for DMAP, and deer harvested with program deer tags do not apply to seasonal bag limits. In return, it is agreed that the club will collect predetermined data to assist the local wildlife biologist in making management decisions regarding the club’s deer herd and harvest.
Whatever your management objectives are, DMAP provides both flexibility and professional assistance to develop an effective deer management strategy. Benefits of the program include:
- Professional assistance from a North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission biologist
- A structured data collection program to better evaluate the condition of your herd, to make science-based management decisions, and to track the long-term success of your program
- Tags that that do not count towards season bag limits and are valid during any open deer season, regardless of the either-sex season in your county.
Applications can be submitted online via your Go Outdoors North Carolina account (see link below for instructions) or by calling 919-707-0050. Prior to submitting applications, contact your District Biologist to discuss your deer management objectives, harvest history, herd status, and property details.
Deer harvested on enrolled properties must be tagged with provided DMAP tags or be validated with the hunter’s big game harvest report card. DMAP tags can be used at any time during any open deer season, and do not count towards season bag limits.
- All harvests must be registered with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission.
- Biological data must be collected from each deer harvested. Data to be collected include sex, weight, harvest authorization #, harvest date, and antler measurements.
- A jawbone must be removed from each harvested deer for age determination. Datasheets and jawbones will be transferred to the assisting biologist at the end of the hunting season.