North Carolina Wildlife Federation Chapter
Your Land. Our Mission.
A Shared Legacy.
Partnering with North Carolina landowners to manage wildlife, mentor new adult hunters, and protect working lands.
Stewardship Updates
Resources for managing your land for wildlife
Recommended reading, news and events from the NCWF Lands Team, and links to state and nonprofit programs.
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USDA conservation cost-share: apply by October 30
NRCS North Carolina is taking applications for FY2027 EQIP, CSP and ACEP funding. Apply at your local USDA Service Center by October 30, 2026 to be considered this round.
Who we are
A disciplined team that treats your land like their own
Fall Line Outdoors (FLOC) is a chapter of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and is run entirely by volunteers.
We bring together experienced mentors and adult students, led by 12 certified hunter education instructors, to learn hunting, fishing and conservation the right way: hands-on, supervised, and rooted in respect for the land and its owners. We run fall deer hunts that reduce crop damage, monitor for Chronic Wasting Disease, and give back with volunteer work days on habitat projects. We prefer partnerships of three years or more, so we can learn your property and deliver lasting results.
What we bring to your property
Wildlife management and real help on the ground
Deer herd management
Targeted doe harvests to balance the local herd and reduce crop and timber damage, coordinated with NC Wildlife Resources Commission rules.
CWD disease monitoring
Chronic Wasting Disease samples collected and reported, to protect the long-term health of the wildlife on your land.
Harvest reports
A written report of every deer taken, ready for your crop-damage and land-management records.
Food plots, if you agree
We plan, prepare and plant food plots and wildflower edges that feed deer, turkey and pollinators, always where and when you approve.
Volunteer help for your projects
We provide volunteers, free of charge, to help you get projects done that support access, hunting opportunity or your wildlife habitat goals: fence repair, brush clearing, habitat work and trash pickup. We bring willing hands and hand tools. We are not contractors, and we do not run heavy equipment or maintain roads.
Results in 2025
A growing chapter with real results
86
Community members
12
Certified instructors
44
Active volunteers
55
CWD samples
~100
Hunters trained
10
Hunter Ed classes
Our 10 hunter education classes, some with 12 to 15 participants each, bring new hunters into North Carolina every year.
How we treat your land
Respect comes first. Every visit, every season.
Our promise to you
✓ Advance notice before every visit
✓ A single point of contact for you
✓ Full compliance with NC Wildlife Resources Commission regulations
✓ Deer harvest reports for your crop-damage records
✓ All trash removed, property left clean
✓ Every gate left as we found it
Why landowners partner with us
✓ Fewer deer to protect your crops and timber
✓ Hunt liability insurance for every activity
✓ Anyone who visits your land passes a background check
✓ Every participant signs a release of landowner liability
✓ Multi-year partnerships for lasting impact
Only background-checked people on your land. Everyone covered by our insurance. We always leave the woods better than we found them.
Partnerships in action
Two success stories from our partner land
From bare ground to green forage: a food plot in Lillington, NC
Together with a landowner in Lillington, our volunteers planned and built a set of food plots across several fields in 2026. We tested the soil, prepared the ground over the summer, and planted a fall forage blend for deer with wildflower edges for pollinators.
The plan fits the working farm. Strips along crop fields go in only after harvest, and the farmer tills them as usual in spring. By mid-September the plots were up and green, and our students walked them as part of their field training.
✓ About 2.6 acres of food plots and wildflower edges
✓ Fall and spring plantings, staged across the season
✓ Planned around the landowner’s crops and schedule
Every spring: clean-up and stand day with our students
Before each season, mentors and students spend work days on partner land. We clean up stand sites and shooting lanes, pick up trash, take down and move ladder stands, and assemble and raise larger platform stands in the spots the landowner agreed to.
Students watch and help at every step. They learn to wear a full-body harness and lifeline, use haul lines and a winch instead of their backs, and hear from mentors why each site was chosen. The land is cleaner after the day than before it.
✓ A yearly work day before hunting season
✓ Stands placed only where the landowner agrees
✓ Safety gear and supervision at every step
Your land as a classroom
How we use your land to teach new hunters
Most of our students have never scouted a property before. Your land is where they learn to do it right, with mentors at their side.
1. Mentors scout first
Before students arrive, our mentors walk the property and mark sign: rubs, scrapes, food sources and bedding areas.
2. Walk-through with students
Mentors lead small groups along the marked route and show how to find signs of deer presence, travel corridors between bedding and food, and potential food sources.
3. Stands and safety
Students learn how to choose a tree and how to install and use a climber or a fixed stand safely, with harness and lifeline, and with wind and access in mind.
4. Ready to scout on their own
We teach what to pay attention to when they scout later: wind, quiet entry and exit routes, property lines, and the landowner’s rules.
Field classroom on partner land before the walk-through.
A platform stand laid out for assembly. Students learn each step.
Let’s talk about your land.
We would like to learn about your property and discuss how a multi-year FLOC partnership can support your land-management goals. A first conversation comes with no commitment.
Fall Line Outdoors Chapter (FLOC) is a nonprofit affiliate of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF). All services are delivered by unpaid volunteers. Every dollar goes directly to program costs.