Subject 391-4-2. HUNTING REGULATIONS

It is unlawful for any person to hunt deer or bears or for any person to accompany another person hunting deer or bears during firearms and primitive weapons deer or bear seasons unless each person shall wear a total of at least 500 visible square inches of daylight fluorescent o…

(1) Recognized courses of hunter education instruction shall align with educational standards established by a national governing body for hunter education, including but not limited to those endorsed by the International Hunter Education Association or the Association of Fish an…

(1) An employee or volunteer of the department may become a hunter education instructor upon satisfactory completion of an instructor led training program administered or approved by the department. (2) Persons or agencies authorized to administer a recognized course of hunter in…

(1) Hunting seasons or dates on lands within the boundaries of wildlife management areas, other department managed lands, State or Federal Wildlife Refuges, and military reservations may not coincide with statewide, regional, local or general seasons or regulations unless so stat…

(1) Applicants for department administered quota hunts shall complete an online application provided by the department, except as otherwise instructed in Rule . (2) Only selected applicants may hunt, except that selected applicants for waterfowl, quail, and rabbit may bring no mo…

(1) The trapping season for raccoon, mink, otter, fox, opossum, muskrat, skunk, bobcat and weasel is December 1 through the last day of February except that on private lands not managed by the department there is no closed season on trapping of beaver, coyotes, opossum, and racco…

It shall be unlawful to possess live coyotes, armadillos, groundhogs, and beaver except as provided in O.C.G.A. 27-2-12, 27-213, and 27-2-22. Coyotes may be held live in accordance with the same provisions for live fox as provided in O.C.G.A. 27-2-22.1, except coyotes trapped for…

(1) Definitions. As used in these Rules and Regulations, the following term is defined as follows: (a) "Confine" is to capture, possess or impede free egress of white-tailed deer with a fenced enclosure on an area less than 640 contiguous acres. (b) "Contiguous" means a single un…

It is unlawful for any person or taxidermist to dispose of a deer carcass, or part thereof, on any location other than the property on which the deer was killed, unless the disposal is in accordance with an approved method. Approved methods of disposal include using a commercial …

(1) It is unlawful to: (a) hunt alligators except for hunters with a valid alligator harvest permit issued by the department for such purpose and except for assistants directly accompanying the alligator harvest permit holder if the assistant has in their possession a required va…

Any other regulation, or parts thereof in conflict with the above regulations is hereby repealed.

(1) The open season for alligators is from sunset on the day immediately preceding the 3rd Saturday in August through sunrise the day immediately following the 1st Sunday in October for persons in possession of a valid alligator harvest permit only. (2) The bag limit on alligator…

(1) Bears may be taken with archery equipment during the statewide archery deer season, with primitive weapons during the statewide primitive weapons deer season, and with firearms during the statewide firearms deer season in Barrow, Carroll, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hart, Jacks…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Rule , the season bag limit shall be 10 antlerless deer and 2 antlered bucks per hunter. One of the antlered bucks must have at least 4 points, one inch or longer, on one side of the antlers or a minimum outside antler spread of fifteen (1…

(1) Deer of either sex may be taken with archery equipment in all counties of the state from the second (2nd) Saturday in September through the last day of firearms deer season, except as otherwise specified in this Rule. (2) Deer of either sex may be taken with archery equipment…

Deer of either sex may be taken with primitive weapons in all counties except Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb and that portion of Fulton Co. lying north of Georgia Highway 92, from the first Saturday after Oct. 8 through the following Friday.

(1) Deer may be taken statewide with firearms authorized by law in accordance with the counties, sex, and seasons set forth below, except as otherwise specified. Deer of either sex may be taken with archery equipment any day during open firearms deer season, except as otherwise s…

(1) Dogs may be used to hunt deer pursuant to O.C.G.A 27-3-17 in the following counties during the seasons set forth below: COUNTY SEASON (a) Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Dougherty, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glynn …

(1) For purposes of administering O.C.G.A. Sec. 27-3-17 and issuance of permits, the following terms are defined: (a) "Contiguous acres" means a single unit of land described on an application for a permit to hunt deer with dogs that may include multiple ownerships and may be tra…

(1) The following species may be hunted in accordance with the areas, seasons, and daily bag limits set forth below, except as otherwise specifically provided herein: Species Area Season Bag Limit (a) Bobcat Statewide Dec. 1 through last day in February No Limit (b) Fox Statewide…

(1) Turkeys may be taken from the first Saturday after March 26 through May 15 in all counties of the state. (2) The bag limit is 2 gobblers per hunter per season. (3) The daily bag limit is 1 gobbler per hunter.

(1) Mobility impaired persons, as defined in O.C.G.A. § 27-2-4.4(a), and youth (not greater than 16 years of age) may take turkeys on the consecutive Saturday and Sunday immediately preceding the statewide open turkey season as prescribed in Rule . (2) Not less than one (1) adult…

(1) It is unlawful for any person 16 years of age or older to hunt waterfowl unless such person possesses a valid Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp in addition to all other required licenses. (2) Legal hours for hunting migratory game birds shall conform to Fe…

No person shall take migratory game birds by the aid of baiting, or on or over any baited area, where a person knows or reasonably should have known that the area is or has been baited. As used in this paragraph, "baiting" shall mean the direct or indirect placing, exposing, depo…

(1) No vegetation shall be cut or removed on Corps of Engineers or Georgia Power property. Temporary hunting blinds may be constructed, but are to be removed completely at the end of each day. (2) The following U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Lakes are open to hunting during statew…

(1) The open seasons for hunting Canada Geese are the first Saturday in September and 22 days thereafter; the second Saturday in October and 15 days thereafter; the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving Day and 8 days thereafter; and, from December 12 through January 31. (2) Snow Geese…

(1) The open season for hunting snipe shall be from November 15 through February 28. (2) The daily bag limit shall be eight (8) and the possession limit shall be twenty-four (24).

(1) The open seasons for hunting coots are the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving Day and 8 days thereafter and from December 12 through January 31. (2) The daily bag limit is fifteen (15).

(1) Crows may be taken from the first Saturday in November through the last day in February. (2) There is no limit on the number of crows that may be taken. (3) Electronic calls may be used. (4) Pursuant to 50 CFR 21.43, as now or hereafter amended, crows may be taken outside the…

(1) The open seasons for hunting ducks are the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving Day and 8 days thereafter and from December 12 through January 31. (2) The department is authorized to annually determine and publish daily or seasonal bag and possession limits for ducks compliant wit…

(1) The open seasons for hunting ducks by means of falconry are during the September and October Canada Goose seasons, the Youth, Active Duty Military, and Veterans season, the duck seasons, and the Monday immediately following Thanksgiving Day and 5 days thereafter. (2) The dail…