NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 515
HOUSE BILL 535

AN ACT TO PROTECT WILD OR FERAL HOGS IN MACON AND JACKSON COUNTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Wild or feral hogs are hereby declared to be game animals. It shall be unlawful to take any wild or feral hog between the effective date of this Act and October 15, 1967.
Beginning in 1967, the open season for taking wild or feral hogs shall be as follows: October 15 to January 1.
The bag limit on wild or feral hogs shall be as follows: Per day, one; per season, two; possession, two.
Sec. 2. A violation of this Act shall be a misdemeanor punishable in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. This Act shall be applicable only to Jackson, Macon and Clay Counties.
Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of May, 1965.