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The items shown on this page are not for sale, but please contact me if you have any for sale or trade. There are some NC badges, as well as other states on my sale pages. Fishing and Hunting License Sales Pages
License Badges
All badges are resident, celluloid, and 1 3/4 inches unless noted.
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1927 State Fishing
The first badge issued, celluloid over metal back. |
1927 County Hunting
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1927 State Hunting
Unusual to find consecutive number badges. |
1928 State Fishing
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1928 County Hunting
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1928 State Hunting
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1929 County Fishing
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1929 State Fishing
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1929-30 County Fishing
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1929-30 State Fishing
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1929-30 County Hunting
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1929-30 State Hunting
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1930-31 County Hunting
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1930-31 State Hunting
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1931 County Fishing
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1931 State Fishing
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1931-32 County Hunting
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1931-32 State Hunting
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1932 County Fishing
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1932 State Fishing
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1932-33 County Hunting
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1932-33 State Hunting
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1933 State Fishing
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1933-34 County Hunting
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1933-34 State Hunting
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1934 County Fishing
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1934 State Fishing
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1934-35 County Hunting
Lithographed |
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1934-35 State Hunting
Lithographed |
1934-35 State Fishing
Lithographed |
1935-36 County Hunting
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1935-36 State Hunting
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1935-36 State Hunting & Fishing
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1936 County Fishing
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1936-37 County Hunting
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1936-37 State Hunting
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1936-37 State Hunting & Fishing
All metal 1 3/8 inches. |
1937 State Fishing
Copper plated metal. |
1937-38 County Hunting
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1937-38 State Hunting
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1937-38 State Hunting & Fishing
Enamel, nickel plate, brass metal, 1 1/2 in. . |
1937-38 State Trapping
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1938 County Fishing
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1938 State Fishing
Enamel, nickel on brass 1 3/4 in.. |
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1938-39 County Hunting
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1938-39 State Hunting
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1938-39 State Hunting & Fishing
Nickel plate on brass 13/8 in. |
1939 County Fishing
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1939 State Fishing
The last year that license badges were issued by
North Carolina. |
From 1927 to 1939 the State of North Carolina issued badges that you had to wear when hunting or fishing.
All North Carolina Hunting & Fishing licenses badges are hard to find. There are many badges not shown here. There were non-resident badges and a complimentary badge.
The County badges would only allow you to hunt or fish in the county they were issued in. They were cheaper than the state badges. You were required to wear the badge when hunting or fishing.
The six all metal badges are unique to North Carolina. No other state issued metal badges like these. Especially the Bluegill shaped badge, and the stylized Acorn shaped badge. While it is not the rarest badge, the bluegill is one of the most unusual badges from any state.
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1935-36 License Fees |
| County fishing $1.10 | County hunting $1.10 |
| State fishing $2.10 | State hunting $2.10 |
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State hunting & fishing $3.10 |
Paper Licenses that went with the badges.
You also were required to have the paper license that went with the badge in your possession. This was to prevent multiple individuals from using a badge. Some badges had a pocket on the back to hold the folded license.
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1930-31 County Hunting
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1931 State Fishing
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1932-33 County Hunting
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Later Paper Licenses
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1946 State One Day Fishing |
1953 State Fishing
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1961-62 County Hunting
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North Carolina Hunting & Fishing Regulation Booklets
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1953 Fishing
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1955 Fishing
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1963-64 Hunting & Trapping
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North Carolina Lifetime License Buttons
These were given to hunters or fishermen when they bought a lifetime license from the state. These are not "official" license badges, required to be worn, they were just a thank you gift from the state for buying the license. 1 3/4 inch.
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Lifetime Fisherman
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Lifetime Hunter
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Lifetime Sportsman
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North Caroline Lifetime License Card
Plastic, 2 1/3 x 3 3/8 inches. This was the official license you are required to carry. |
North Carolina Fish Net Tags
Used on gill nets and etc.
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1952
Brass, 3 1/2 inches |
1953
Aluminum, 2 1/2 inches. |
1956
Aluminum, 3 1/2 inches. |
1957
Aluminum, 2 1/4 inches. |
North Carolina Fish & Game Warden Badges
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Badge #1921
This was from when the Wildlife Department was under Department of Conservation and Development. Slightly larger than badge 2, by a different maker, also uses a bit different style of the letters. Less concave. Copper finish. |
Badge # 3035
A bit later than the first badge. Smaller pin, badge is a bit shorter. More concave. There is also a version of this badge that says Protector on it. Heavy, bronze finish. |
Other North Carolina Wildlife Badges
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2002 Wildlife Commission From the NC State Fair. 1 3/4 inches |
Fish For Fun
NC Wildlife Resources Commission 1980s? 2 inches. |
Think Habitat
From the Wildlife Commission, 1990s, 1 1/2 inch. |
Certified Safe Hunter Pin
1 inch, 1980s? |
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Kinston, NC Safe Hunter Tournament
Tie Tack 3/4 inch. 1970s? |
Wildlife In North Carolina Magazine Pinbacks
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These pins are given out every year at the Wildlife in North Carolina Magazine exhibit at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh.
"The NC Wildlife Resources Commission State Fair pins feature a different species each year. The species correspond to the theme of the commission's State Fair exhibit.
The oldest dated State Fair pin is 1983. There are two others, squirrel and heron, that don't show a date. My guess, looking at the more primitive graphics is that the squirrel came first. The heron is a very attractive pin.
The pin for the 1992 State Fair had an incorrect year. It was dated 1993. The two 1993 pins feature a quail and a turtle. The species for 1992 was the quail.
The 1997 pin also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. Its date is 1947-1997.
In 2002 there were 2 pins given out at the exhibit. One was the Eastern Coral Snake as the species pin. The other was a larger pin featuring the commission's stationery logo.
The 2002 pin was the first year the species was labeled on the pin. They have been labeled since then." (Information courtesy of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Department.
The last pin is the 2006 Wildlife In North Carolina pin with a Rafiinesque Big Eared bat on it.
North Carolina has a wonderful, award winning, wildlife and nature magazine called Wildlife in North Carolina, it is published by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources commission and features the wildlife of the state, fishing, hunting, and just observing nature. Beautiful nature photography, and excellent writing. Click Here to Subscribe.
Other items from North Carolina State Wildlife
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Common Fish Caught in North Carolina
Nice Plastic laminated common fish card from the Wildlife Resources Commission. |
2005 North Carolina Sample Badges
The badges below were designed by an artist, and submitted in 2004 to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. They were not selected for use, but the designs are still under consideration for some use in the future. The artist had 100 sample sets made up, and the wildlife commission gave permission for him to sell them, as long as he waited till after 2005, and added a disclaimer that they were not official, nor were they endorsed by the Wildlife Commission. Who knows, maybe one day we will see badges again. These are wonderful designs. Well made, metal Around 2 inches.
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Fishing
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Hunting
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Hunting & Fishing
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Trapping
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Other North Carolina Hunting & Fishing Items
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Cape Hatteras Angler's Club
1971 Contestant's badge for their annual surf fishing tournament |
Cape Hatteras Anglers Club
Club Patch 4 inches. |
Cape Hatteras Anglers Club
1974 Surf Fishing Tournament Patch 4 inches. |
Cape Hatteras Anglers Club
1965 sterling silver 2nd place Surf Fishing Tournament pin. 1 inch. |
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Nag's Head Surf Fishing Club
1962 Contestant's badge for their annual surf fishing tournament.
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Nags Head Surf Fishing Club
Club Patch 4 inches.
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Nags Head Surf Fishing Club
1954 1st Award Team Angler 10k gold. |
Nags Head Surf Fishing Club
1955 3rd Place Team. Copper plated.
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Scotch Bonnet Fishing Pier
Season Pass badge 1981. Topsail Island, NC |
I am always interested in buying North Carolina badges both ones not shown here, or these same badges for sale or trade.
I collect, sell, and trade fishing & hunting license badges. If you have any badges to sell or trade, please e-mail me at the address below. I am primarily interested in southern licenses, but will consider other badges. I also collect Field & Stream award and honor pins, and other fishing related pins. If you have any for sale or trade, please contact me below:
Telephone: (828)-437-5938 10-5 Mon.-Sat. Eastern time.
The badges on this page are not for sale, I do have some North Carolina badges, and other hunting and fishing badges for sale or trade on the following pages:
Old Fishing and Hunting License Sales Pages
Fake North Carolina Badge
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Fake North Carolina Badge |
Real North Carolina Badge |
The badge, above left, came from the Bob Timberlake Gallery in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Cost was $2.95. It isn't a full reproduction, as you can see it is a repro of the 1938 badge, but they changed the date to 1937 (someone told me Timberlake was born in 1937), and they reversed the colors of the black and silver, the pin on the back is different. The new badge is constructed out of cheaper metal, the old badge is nickel plate on brass. New badge is flat, the old badge is concave. . Even with these differences I will bet some folks will be selling the new badge as old, and probably some will be replacing the new style pin, and dirtying the badge up a bit to make it look old. The new badge is made in China. I have seen a reproduction a 1939 County Hunting badge, that was a very poor fake done on a modern badge machine, with poor photocopying. I saw seven North Carolina fakes being sold on eBay as reproductions. The seller listed the size as 2 1/4 inches. They looked pretty good, and if someone just had a picture to go by, and did not know the size, they could fool even a regular collector.
The last few months I have been seeing many fake badges for sale on eBay. Some are 1 3/4 inch fakes, some aged to look old and fool collectors. Some are 2 1/4 inch reproductions. I have seen New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, California, Mississippi, and others. Some sellers are selling them as old, some are selling them as reproductions. One of the problems is that even the sellers that are being honest are selling badges that are not plainly marked as reproductions. Unscrupulous sellers are buying these badges on eBay and then selling them as old, original badges. The quality of these fakes vary from good quality fakes that might fool a collector, to very poor fakes that are unlikely to fool anyone with a personal inspection of the badge. The problem is that all a person has to go by on eBay is a small picture, the description, and the experience and honesty of the seller. Know your seller. If you have any doubts ask questions, ask if they will guarantee the authenticity and age of the badge. .
I also collect other fishing and hunting items, rods, reels, lures, accessories and memorabilia, in addition to other fishing and hunting badges, pins, and medals, some of which will be shown if you click on the links below:
Wanted: Hunting & Fishing License Badges
Hunting and Fishing Badges, Pins, Medals, and etc
Field & Stream Badge Information
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