252-578-2743P.O. Box 535 Jackson, North Carolina United States27845
LILY POND CREEK HUNTING LODGE WHITETAIL DEER, TROPHY BLACK BEAR, EASTERN TURKEY, UPLAND BIRDS & STRIPED BASS FISHING
30,000 acres of owned and leased land within the fertile Roanoke River agricultural region.This is hunting at its best, Southern Style.
Lily Pond Creek Hunting Lodge is located in Northampton County, North Carolina. Northampton County is one of the top deer and turkey producing counties in NC and is tops for the number of bucks per square mile. Our properties are managed exclusively to provide the best opportunity for you to harvest trophy animals. The terrain is a mixture of agricultural fields producing soy beans, cotton and corn with many acres of mixed hardwoods, planted pine and swamp lands, a perfect blend of food and cover to grow an incredible amount of animals. It’s not unusual to see as many as 20 deer and turkeys in one field as you wait for that trophy buck to step into view.
We offer a variety of hunt packages for whitetail deer and the majority of our lands are non-restrictive zones. This means for those hunters that don’t want to count points or antler width can simply relax and hunt. However if a trophy is what your after then our Verona Plantation QDMA farm is for you. Turkey hunting at Lily Pond Creek is as good as it gets anywhere in the country. We have turkeys and lots of them. Our success ratio for our turkey hunts approaches 100% each spring. Mix that in with an afternoon float down the Roanoke River for as many striped bass as you catch and you just had an incredible day afield. We have 4 lodges to stay at and each offer a unique hunt package. Our lodge at the original family plantation is a central gathering place for all of hunters to relax and swap stories about the days hunt.
DEER HUNTING: Northampton County is always at the top of the list when it comes to great Whitetail deer hunting in North Carolina. Northampton boasts the most bucks and total deer per square mile as well as the top producer of number of bucks taken and number of deer harvested per square mile in the entire state. We also enjoy the most liberal bag limit on deer as well as a long season. All of our hunting is done from above ground stands that are easy to get in to, very safe, and comfortable to use. The terrain that we hunt ranges from crop fields of peanuts, soybeans, clover, and milo to hardwood ridges, pine thickets, swamp bottoms, and cutover. We lease thousands of acres of privately owned farms every year and are constantly scouting these to do everything we can to make your outdoor experience the most enjoyable that we can offer.
Bear Hunting: Carolina Ranch is located in Hyde County, NC and has been recognized by wildlife professionals and avid hunters as one of the best areas in the United States for bear hunting. Our property is made up of 14,000 acres of contiguous, private hunting land and is surrounded on three sides by 110,000 acres of the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge; making this a unique area for trophy black bear. NC Wildlife has said there are more bear per square mile on this property than anywhere in the country. To insure and maintain the consistency of great bear on our property, we are working with NC Wildlife who provides us with a maximum number of bear to be harvested each year. Therefore, the number of hunters we allow on the property are also limited. Our bear hunts are baited stand-hunts only. A guide will take you to and from a safe and comfortable stand that is within 50 yards of a bait pile. Tracking, skinning and quartering of your bear is also provided by our guides and is included in your hunting package.
WILD TURKEY HUNTING: AHHH, the old gobbler. In my opinion there is nothing more exciting than hearing him thunder out, responding to the calls of the wishful hunter. Thanks to the North Carolina Game Department, our turkey population has exploded over the last ten years, and boy has the hunting gotten good here. All hunts are fully guided, or if you prefer you can give your talents as a hen a try and call in your own Tom. Whatever you decide your hunt will be something to remember.