Public land and seasons near Columbia, NC

Columbia deer dates and CWD status

Deer hunters around Columbia use the Southeastern season dates. Archery opens Sep 12, blackpowder Oct 3 and gun Oct 17, with the gun season closing Jan 1, 2027. Antlerless days cover the full archery, blackpowder and gun seasons. Tyrrell County is not in a CWD management or surveillance area. Shining lights where deer feed is barred in Tyrrell County from 11 p.m. until half an hour before sunrise.

Deer zones and dates from the 2026-2027 Season Dates at a Glance and the digest deer seasons; urban archery from the digest deer regulations; CWD counts from the NCWRC CWD testing chart; light-shining hours from 15A NCAC 10B. Checked October 25, 2026.

Agency help near Columbia

Agency contacts for Columbia hunters: the nearest wildlife commission site, any Forest Service or refuge office in reach, and the District 1 biologist.

From the NCWRC facilities layer, the NCWRC district biologist sheet and the federal office pages listed in services.json, checked October 25, 2026.

Columbia: county-only hunting laws

Local legislation for Tyrrell County, as the digest prints it (bare actions are prohibited):

• To hunt, take, or kill, or to attempt to hunt, take or kill, any wild animal or wild bird with a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow on, from, or across the right-of-way of any state-maintained road or to discharge any firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow on, from, or across the right-of-way of any state-maintained road or highway. This does not apply to hunters lawfully recovering dogs as long as weapons remain in a motor vehicle or to a person lawfully engaged in the act of taking bullfrogs with a rimfire weapon.
• To possess a loaded firearm while on the right-of-way of any state-maintained road or highway outside the confines of the passenger area of the vehicle.
• To hunt, take, or kill, or to attempt to hunt, take or kill, any wild animal or wild bird with a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow, or dogs or to possess a loaded firearm outside the confines of the passenger area of the vehicle, on the land of another, without the written permission of the landowner or lessee of the land, dated and valid for no more than one year. This law does not apply to a person who leases land for the purpose of hunting while hunting on that leased land or to a member of a hunting club with a current and valid membership card while hunting on club land.
• Hunt with a gun or dog on another’s land without permission of the owner or lessee.

From the digest local laws by county; checked October 25, 2026.

Processors and shops in reach of Columbia

Businesses Columbia hunters rely on, grouped by trade and sorted by miles. Deer can be sampled for CWD at Twisted Willow Farm, a cooperator 28 mi out.

Venison processing

Taxidermy studios

Gear shops

Processors from NC Hunters for the Hungry, the NCWRC Cervid Health Cooperator layer and Yellow Pages; taxidermists from the cooperator layer and Yellow Pages; shops from Yellow Pages, Academy store pages and NCWRC CWD freezer hosts; guides and preserves from Yellow Pages. Checked October 25, 2026; hours were not checked.

Columbia area hunting events

2 upcoming events and 12 NCWRC classes inside about 30 straight-line miles, soonest first: NCWRC Learn to Hunt, NWTF gun bash and hunter education course. Read October 25, 2026.

Coming up

Hunter education dates

The class page has 4 more dates here. Find a class

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Bases a short hop from Columbia

For another base besides Columbia, weigh Roper, Hertford, Edenton and Elizabeth City.

Before leaving Columbia

The NCWRC digest and the game land rules are the final word for hunts from Columbia.