This report presents the results of a hunter recruitment and retention workshop that was conducted to develop recommendations for effective actions to increase hunter recruitment and retention in North Carolina and to preserve North Carolina’s hunting heritage. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission contracted Responsive Management to facilitate the “Hunter Retention and Recruitment: Maintaining the Heritage” workshop on October 11 and 12, 2005, in New Bern, North Carolina. Several sportsmen’s groups, hunt clubs, traditionally underrepresented organizations, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the North Carolina Forestry Association, and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commissioners and staff members participated in the workshop. The primary goal of the workshop was to gather input from attendees on problems as well as solutions associated with hunter recruitment and retention in North Carolina.