deer hunting in NC

[slugshooter]

I live near Fayetteville in Stedman. It's true that a lot of deer here in the eastern part of the state aren't the biggest, your best bet for bigger deer here in eastern nc is on private land. Fort Bragg has some decent deer, never hunted there but seen pictures, the public land I hunt at Bladen Lakes State Forest aren't the biggest, but there are some good deer there, one guy took an 11 pointer out there opening day. Check for my post in this room titled Score.....Got me a doe. I took her out there, not the biggest, but decent, I've taken a couple spikes out there also. If you are from a state that has monster deer then yes, this will be a little culture shock, I will tell you what I think is the main reason deer are smaller here....dog running...the deer over here don't live as long as in western NC cause they can't run dogs out there, also, the buck limit over here is 4 where western NC is 2.