Hunters took 6,806 white-tailed deer at Tar Heel game lands last season. That compares with 5,688 the previous year. Nantahala (769) led the way, followed by Pisgah NF 631, Croatan 536.
Locally Butner-Falls of the Neuse had the highest number (484), Jordan 315, Shearon Harris 105, R. Wayne Bailey (Caswell) 213, Chatham 61, Buckhorn 4.