N.C. GEN. STAT., ch. 38, § 1 (J. Campbell 1821) (Law Passed 1745).
"Whereas by the brefore recited act, it is, among other things, enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person to kill or destroy any deer, running wild in the woods or unfenced grounds in this government, by guns, or any other ways or means whatsoever, between the fifteenth day of February, and the fifteenth day of July, yearly, and in each year, after the ratification of the said act; and that any person convicted of the same, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five pounds, current money..."
Henry Potter, J. L. Taylor, & Bart Yancey, eds., Laws of the State of North Carolina, Including the Titles of Such Statutes and Parts of Statutes of Great Britain as Are in Force in Said State; Together with the Second Charter Granted by Charles II to the Proprietors of Carolina; the Great Deed of Grant from the Lords Proprietors; the Grant from George II to John Lord Granville; the Bill of Rights and Constitution of the State, Including the Names of the Members of the Convention That Formed the Same; the Constitution of the United States, with the Amendments; and the Treaty of Peace of 1783; With Marginal Notes and References, vol. 1 (Raleigh, NC: J. Campbell, 1821), 169-70. Chapter 38—An Additional Act to an Act, Entitled, An Act to Prevent Killing Deer at Unseasonable Times, and for Putting a Stop to Many Abuses Committed by White Persons, Under Pretence of Hunting, § 1.