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Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.32 - Turkey

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
(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.
O.C.G.A. §§
											27-1-4,
				  27-3-15.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.33 - Special Opportunity Turkey Season

Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(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
				391-4-2-.32.
(2) Not less than one (1) adult, at least 18
				years of age, shall accompany any youth or mobility impaired person
				participating in this season but such adult may not take or attempt to take a
				turkey.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4,
				  27-2-4.4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
Ga. L. 1977, p.
				  396.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
Ga. L. 1977, p.
				  396.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
Ga. L. 1977, p.
				  396.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
Ga. L. 1977, p.
				  396.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
Ga. L. 1977, p.
				  396.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
Ga. L. 1977, p.
				  396.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.40 - General Regulations for Hunting Federally Regulated Migratory Game Birds

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(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 Federal Regulations except as may
				be otherwise specified in this Subject.
(3) Federally approved nontoxic shot size F
				or smaller is required for all duck and goose hunting; no lead shot may be in
				possession.
(4) The possession
				limits for federally regulated migratory game birds is three (3) times the
				daily bag limit, singly, combined, or in the aggregate, as established for a
				species.
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-3-15(d).
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(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 statewide seasons and during federal
				special opportunity hunting days, unless otherwise specified: Allatoona Lake,
				Carters Lake, George W. Andrews Lake, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake
				(Lake Clarks Hill), Lake Seminole, Lake Sidney Lanier (after Labor Day),
				Richard B. Russell Lake, Walter F. George Lake (Lake Eufaula), and West Point
				Lake.
(3) Special regulations for
				Walter F. George Lake:
(a) A permit purchased
				from the US Army Corps of Engineers Resource Management in Ft. Gaines, Georgia
				is required to hunt waterfowl.
(b)
				Hunting from land is prohibited outside of specified hunting areas and wildlife
				management areas.
(c) Waterfowl
				hunting is prohibited on the waters of Walter F. George Lake within the Eufaula
				National Wildlife Refuge unless otherwise specified by the U. S. Fish and
				Wildlife Service.
(d) Hunting is
				prohibited within 600 feet of docks, structures, vessels, roads, public parks,
				public walking/biking trails, and other developed areas such as
				subdivisions.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.43 - Canada Geese, Snow Geese, White-fronted Geese and Brant

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
(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, the first
				Saturday after December 5 and 50 days thereafter.
(2) Snow Geese (including Blue Geese) and
				White-Fronted Geese may be taken during open seasons for hunting Canada Geese
				except during September.
(2) The
				daily bag limits on Canada Geese and White-Fronted Geese combined are five (5)
				per day. The daily bag limit on Snow Geese is five (5).
(3) The season is closed on Atlantic
				Brant.
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-3-15(d).
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Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(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).
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4,
				  27-3-15(d).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.45 - Coots

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
(1) The open
				seasons for hunting coots are the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving Day and 8
				days thereafter and the first Saturday after December 5 and 50 days
				thereafter.
(2) The daily bag limit
				is fifteen (15).
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-3-15(d).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.46 - Crows

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
(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 dates described herein only
				when crows are found committing or about to commit depredations upon ornamental
				or shade trees, agriculture crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated
				in such numbers as to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4,
				  27-3-15(d).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.47 - Ducks

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) The open seasons for hunting ducks are
				the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving Day and 8 days thereafter and the first
				Saturday after December 5 and 50 days thereafter.
(2) The department is authorized to annually
				determine and publish daily or seasonal bag and possession limits for ducks
				compliant with the federal frameworks established by the United States Fish and
				Wildlife Service.
(3) The season is
				closed on harlequin ducks.
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-3-15(d).
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(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 daily bag limit is three (3) of a
				single species or in the aggregate of the above species.
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-3-15(d).
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Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The open seasons for hunting gallinules
				are the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving Day and 8 days thereafter and the first
				Saturday after December 5 and 50 days thereafter.
(2) The daily bag limit on gallinules is
				fifteen (15).
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-3-15(d).
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
(1) The open
				seasons for hunting mergansers are the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving Day and
				8 days thereafter and the first Saturday after December 5 and 50 days
				thereafter.
(2) In addition to the
				limits applying to other ducks during the regular duck season, the daily bag
				limit on mergansers is five (5).
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-3-15(d).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.51 - Mourning Doves

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) For the purpose of hunting mourning doves
				and white-winged doves, the open seasons are from the first Saturday in
				September and 36 days thereafter; the Saturday before Thanksgiving and 8 days
				thereafter, and December 19 through January 31.
(2) The daily bag limit is fifteen (15)
				mourning and white-winged doves in the aggregate.
(3) Daily shooting hours are from one-half
				hour before sunrise to sunset.
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											§
											27-3-3,
				  27-3-15(d).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.52 - Rails (Marsh Hens)

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) The open season for hunting rails (marsh
				hens) is not to exceed 70 days in a single or two segments as determined and
				published annually by the department.
(2) The daily bag limit on marsh hens (king
				and clapper rails) is fifteen (15), either singly or in combination.
(3) In addition to marsh hens, a daily bag
				limit of twenty-five (25) sora and Virginia rails may be taken, either singly
				or in combination.
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-3-15(d).
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Current through
				Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The open seasons for hunting scoters,
				eiders, and long-tailed ducks are the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving Day and 8
				days thereafter and the first Saturday after December 5 and 50 days
				thereafter.
(2) The daily bag limit
				on sea ducks is four (4) and applies to the six (6) duck daily bag limit. This
				limit cannot include more than three (3) scoters daily; nor more than three (3)
				eiders daily of which no more than one (1) may be a hen; and no more than three
				(3) long-tailed ducks daily.
O.C.G.A.
				  27-3-15(d)
				  .
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
(1) In addition to
				the open seasons for hunting ducks, the open season for hunting teal is the
				second Saturday in September and 15 days thereafter.
(2) The daily bag limit on teal during this
				season is six (6).
O.C.G.A. §
											27-3-15(d).
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
(1) The open season
				for hunting woodcock shall be from the first Saturday after December 4 through
				44 days thereafter.
(2) The daily
				bag limit shall be three (3) and the possession limit shall be nine
				(9).
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4,
				  27-3-15(d).
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
(1) The open season
				for youths 17 years of age or less, active duty military, and veterans hunting
				ducks, coots, gallinules (common moorhen), mergansers, sea ducks, Canada Geese
				and Snow Geese is the Saturday and Sunday preceding the November duck
				season.
(2) An adult at least 18
				years of age must accompany the youth into the field during this season but may
				not hunt.
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-3-15(d).
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4 and
				  27-3-15(d).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.58 - Repealed

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4 and
				  27-3-15(d).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.59 - Repealed

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-4 and
				  27-3-15(d).
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.61 - Camping Regulations on Wildlife Management Areas

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) All camps or fires shall be in designated
				campgrounds unless otherwise posted at the check station, except that camping
				is allowed anywhere on National Forest lands unless otherwise indicated or
				signed. U.S. Forest Service regulations govern camping on WMAs located on
				National Forest lands. All campers must comply with any conditions of use as
				posted or provided by the site.
(2)
				Unless otherwise provided through written permission by the Department,
				camping, or establishment of a campsite, shall be limited to a period of time
				not to exceed 14 consecutive days; after which the campsite shall be vacated
				and all personally owned property or physical features of the camp removed for
				a period of not less than 7 days. During such 7-day period a new campsite may
				neither be established within the boundaries of the same WMA nor within a
				1-mile straight-line radius of the vacated campsite on any other WMA by the
				same person(s).
(3) It is unlawful
				for any person to use any musical instruments, radios, televisions, generators
				or other noise making devices after 10:00 p.m. daily, in such a manner that
				such devices may be heard by other WMA visitors. Nothing in this regulation
				shall be construed to prevent use of medically needed devices or aids to
				disabled persons.
O.C.G.A.
				  §§
											12-3-9,
				  27-1-4.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.62 - Vehicle, Horse, ATV and Other Conveyance Use on Wildlife Management Areas

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) As used in this Rule:
(a) "all-terrain vehicle" or "ATV" means a
				tracked or wheeled motor vehicle powered by an electrical or motor fuel engine
				and generally characterized by low-pressure tires, an open operator area, a
				seat designed to be straddled by the operator or a bench style seat,
				handlebars, lever arms or steering wheel for steering, and is intended for
				off-road use by an individual or multiple riders on natural terrain. This
				includes off-road motorcycles (dirt bikes), utility vehicles, golf carts, 4 and
				3-wheeled cycles and other off road vehicles.
(b) "Open roads" shall mean those roads not
				closed with a gate, sign, earthen berm, or similar device.
(c) "Bicycle" includes electric assisted
				bicycles as defined in O.C.G.A
				40-1-1.
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Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) For purposes of this Rule, "hunting
				structure" means any portable tree stand, ground blind, stool, chair, bucket,
				waterfowl blind, or other similar device used for hunting.
(2) For small game hunts, hunting structures
				may be placed and shall be removed from the WMA only on the day of the hunt,
				except that on opening day of dove season hunters shall not enter a managed
				dove field and hunting structures shall not be placed on a managed dove field
				prior to 10 a.m. or as otherwise noted in Rule
				391-4-2-.70.
(3) For big game and feral hog/coyote hunts,
				hunting structures shall not be placed any sooner than one day prior to the
				hunt and shall be removed from the WMA no later than 12:00 noon the day
				following the hunt.
(4) It is
				unlawful for any person to place any tree stand on utility poles or other
				structures supporting utility lines.
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) As used in this Rule, "Youth" means
				persons 16 years of age and younger, "Adult" means persons 18 years and older,
				and "direct supervision" or "directly supervised" means uninterrupted, unaided
				visual contact and auditory communication of a child by an adult.
(2) All persons under sixteen (16) years of
				age shall be accompanied by and under direct supervision of an Adult when
				hunting.
(3) On Youth Hunts for big
				game, only one firearm is allowed and only the Youth may hunt. An Adult shall
				supervise no more than one Youth.
(4) On Youth Hunts for small game, one Adult
				may directly supervise no more than two (2) Youth. Except as otherwise
				specified in
				391-4-2-.70, adults and Youth may
				possess firearms and hunt on small game Youth hunts, provided that an Adult
				hunting on such hunts shall be directly supervising the Youth or Youths
				participating in the hunt.
(5) On
				Youth hunts, a person of 16 years of age may hunt unsupervised provided that
				person is properly licensed. The 16- year old may bring an Adult for
				supervision, provided that the Adult is directly supervising the 16-year old
				for a big game hunt or directly supervising the 16-year old and no more than
				one other Youth during a small game hunt.
(6) On Youth hunts for quail, bird dog
				handlers may accompany youth parties provided, however, that such handlers may
				not hunt or carry a firearm except as provided in O.C.G.A.
				16-11-129.
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
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Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Two (2) deer may be killed during any one
				bonus deer hunt. However, on bonus hunts when antler restrictions are in
				effect, no more than one (1) of the two (2) deer allowed may be an antlered
				buck.
(2) On bonus deer hunts,
				hunters should not record deer on the harvest record nor enter it in the
				Georgia Game Check harvest reporting system, but deliver the deer on the date
				of kill to the Wildlife Resources Division check station on the area where
				department personnel will provide a single-use tag. On all other deer hunts,
				the hunter's deer harvest record must be completed and the harvest must be
				reported pursuant to Rule
				391-4-2-.03.
(3) All deer hunts are either sex unless
				otherwise specified in
				391-4-2-.70.
(4) A hunter shall harvest no more than 1
				gobbler per season on any single wildlife management area, department-managed
				property, the Oconee National Forest outside of wildlife management areas or
				the Chattahoochee National Forest outside of wildlife management areas, unless
				otherwise specified in
				391-4-2-.70.
(5) Turkeys harvested on WMAs must be
				recorded on the hunter's harvest record and reported pursuant to Rule
				391-4-2-.03.
(6) The head and hide of all bears killed
				during open seasons must be presented at the check station on same date as
				killed on hunt dates when the check station is staffed. If the check station is
				unstaffed, the hunter shall report the harvest pursuant to
				391-4-2-.03.
(7) Sign in is required for all big game
				hunts unless otherwise specified in Rule
				391-4-2-.70.
(8) Man-drives are prohibited during deer
				hunts. A man-drive is defined as an organized hunting technique involving three
				(3) or more hunters using a coordinated effort to drive animals from cover to
				another hunter for the purpose of shooting.
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.67 - Small Game Regulations on Wildlife Management Areas

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) During small game hunts, hunters may hunt
				any small game in season subject to state seasons, regulations and bag limits
				except as may otherwise be provided in Rule
				391-4-2-.70 and:
(a) The daily bag limit on fox squirrels is 1
				per hunter.
(b) The daily bag limit
				on bobwhite quail is 3 per hunter, unless otherwise specified in Rule
				391-4-2-.70.
(c) During a quota hunt for any species, only
				drawn hunters and their party members may hunt.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.68 - Training of Hunting Dogs on Wildlife Management Areas

Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The training of hunting dogs for hunting
				any particular species may occur only during dates open for hunting such
				species on each WMA, unless otherwise specified, and in accordance with
				O.C.G.A. Section
				27-3-16.
(2) There is no limit on the number of trail
				dogs for rabbit, fox, squirrel, raccoon, bobcat or opossum unless otherwise
				provided in Rule
				391-4-2-.70.
(3) Trail dogs for rabbit are limited to
				beagles, bassets and dachshunds only.
(4) Dogs are not allowed for pursuing big
				game or for pursuing or catching hogs unless otherwise specified in rules
				391-4-2-.70,
				391-4-2-.71 and
				391-4-2-.73. Hunters whose dogs are
				found in violation of this regulation shall be deemed in violation of O.C.G.A.
				Section 27-1-33.
(5) On bird dog training areas, as indicated
				in 391-4-2-.70 for
				individual WMAs, dog training is restricted to designated portions of WMA only
				and is allowed year-round and during daylight hours only unless otherwise
				specified in
				391-4-2-.70. Pen-reared quail or
				pigeons may be used during training exercises on bird dog training areas in
				accordance with O.C.G.A.
				27-3-16.
(6) Dog training is prohibited during quota
				quail or rabbit hunts.
(7) Field
				trials may be held on WMAs provided the organizer has the proper permit
				authorized by O.C.G.A. Section
				27-2-21. The conditions provided
				in the permit shall be met. No permits will be issued if there are conflicts
				with area objectives as determined by the department.
(8) It is unlawful for any person to fail to
				remove his/her dog(s) from a WMAs upon his/her departure from such
				WMA.
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) A Voluntary Public Access (VPA) Area is a
				privately owned parcel or parcels of land enrolled through the USDA Voluntary
				Public Access Grant Program for limited and specific public hunting
				opportunity. Unless otherwise specified in
				391-4-2-.70, rules and regulations
				for each area are posted on-site and on the department's website.
(2) VPAs are closed to coyote and hog hunting
				during the statewide May 16-May 31 coyote season unless otherwise specified in
				391-4-2-.70.
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Rules
				391-4-2-.60 through
				391-4-2-.68 apply to the wildlife
				management areas (WMA), herein, except as otherwise prescribed by the
				department.
(2) For the wildlife
				management areas herein, the department is authorized to prescribe hunt types,
				weapons restrictions, bag limits, antler restrictions, and any other special
				limitations, and to annually publish the same.
(3)
Cochrans Creek WMA
(a) Deer may be hunted during the following
				dates as prescribed by the department:
1. From
				the 2nd Saturday in September through 29 days
				thereafter.
2. From the
				1st Thursday after October 20 through 4 days
				thereafter.
3. From the
				1st Wednesday after October 31 through 4 days
				thereafter.
4. From the
				1st Thursday after Thanksgiving through 3 days
				thereafter.
5. From the
				1st Monday after December 5 through the
				2nd Sunday in January.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.73 - Pursuit of Bears with Dogs on Wildlife Management Areas, Other State Lands and Federal Areas

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) The purpose of this rule is to establish
				regulations governing the use of dogs to pursue bears for training and hunting
				purposes on wildlife management areas, other state lands and federal
				areas.
(2) It is unlawful for any
				person to allow their dog(s) to pursue a bear(s) on any wildlife management
				area, other state land or federal land during any time other than the season(s)
				specified for such wildlife management area, other state land or federal land
				in rule 391-4-2-.70.
(3) On wildlife management areas, other state
				lands or federal lands that have a season(s) specified for pursuing bears for
				the purposes of training hunting dogs or hunting bears pursuant to rule
				391-4-2-.70:
(a) It is unlawful for any person to
				participate or assist in a lawful open season for pursuing bears with dogs
				without first procuring a valid hunting license and big game license pursuant
				to O.C.G.A. Title 27; and
(b) Any
				person participating or assisting in a lawful open season for pursuing bears
				for the purpose of training hunting dogs shall comply with the provisions of
				O.C.G.A. Sec.
				27-3-16; and
(c) It is unlawful for any person
				participating or assisting in a lawful open season for pursuing bears for the
				purpose of training hunting dogs to fail to check-in once per season online via
				the departments website or application, or as otherwise specified in the annual
				popular guide to Hunting Regulations; and
(d) It is unlawful for any person to fail to
				mark each dog used for pursuing bears with such person's first name, last name,
				address, and valid telephone number; and
(e) It is unlawful for any person to fail to
				remove their dog(s) from any such area upon departure; and
(f) It is unlawful for any person
				participating or assisting in a lawful open season for pursuing bears with dogs
				to allow their dog(s) to pursue any bear onto property for which permission has
				not been granted in accordance with O.C.G.A. Sec.
				27-3-1 or onto any wildlife
				management area, other state land or federal land at any time not specified in
				Rule 391-4-2-.70.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-2 - HUNTING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-2-.74 - Special Opportunity Hunts on Department-managed Lands

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
The department may authorize a specialty hunt,
				  mobility-impaired hunt, or hunt-and-learn event on any department-managed land
				  within the season frameworks established in O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  27-3-15. Additionally, the
				  department may close such land in whole or in part to other access or use when
				  conducting such hunts or events and shall publish any such hunts, events, or
				  closures and post notice at the site or area.
O.C.G.A.
				  §
											27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
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Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
O.C.G.A. §§
											27-1-4,
				  27-2-18.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
Any other regulation, or parts thereof in conflict with the
				  above regulations is hereby repealed.
Ga. L. 1977, p. 396,
				  as amended.
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Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
O.C.G.A. §
											27-1-4.
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Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Except as otherwise provided by law or rule and regulation,
				  it shall be lawful to take any non-game species of fish.
Ga. L. 1977, Act No.
				  235; Ga. Code Title 45; O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  27-1-28(a)
				  .
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Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The season for taking striped bass and
				for spearfishing shall be November 1 through April 30 in:
(a) The Flint River and its tributaries from
				the Georgia Power Company dams at Albany to the U.S. Highway 84 bridge in
				Bainbridge;
(b) The Chattahoochee
				River and its tributaries from the Columbia Lock and Dam to the Georgia Highway
				91 bridge at the upper end of the Lake Seminole; and
(c) Spring Creek and its tributaries down to
				Georgia Highway 253 in Lake Seminole.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-3 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-3-.04 - Waters Open to Commercial Fishing

Current through Rules and
				Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Except as otherwise provided by law or rule and regulation,
				  all waters are open to commercial fishing except:
(a) The Coosa River, from the confluence of
				the Etowah and Oostanaula Rivers to the Georgia-Alabama Boundary line and all
				streams flowing into the Coosa River between those two points are closed to
				commercial fishing;
(b) That
				portion of Lake Weiss located in Georgia is closed to commercial
				fishing;
(c) The Oostanaula River
				from the State Highway 156 bridge to the confluence of the Oostanaula and
				Etowah Rivers and all streams flowing into the Oostanaula River between those
				two points are closed to commercial fishing; and
(d) The Etowah River from the U.S. Highway
				411 bridge downstream to the confluence of the Etowah and the Oostanaula Rivers
				and all streams flowing into the Etowah River between those two points are
				closed to commercial fishing.
O.C.G.A. §
											27-4-70.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
In keeping with sound principles of wildlife research and
				  management, creel and possession limits are:
(1) Ten (10) of any one or a combination of
				the following species, except only one (1) fish may be greater than twenty-two
				(22) inches from Lake Lindsay Grace:
(a)
				Largemouth bass;
(b) Smallmouth
				bass;
(c) Shoal bass;
(d) Suwannee bass;
(e) Spotted bass or Kentucky bass;
(f) Redeye or Coosa bass.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
In keeping with sound principles of wildlife research and
				  management, creel and possession limits are:
(1) Ten (10) of any one or a combination of
				the following species, except only five (5) may be of species (c)-(j) listed
				below as well as only one (1) fish may be greater than twenty-two (22) inches
				from Lake Lindsay Grace:
(a) Largemouth bass
				or Florida bass;
(b) Spotted bass
				or Kentucky bass or Alabama bass;
(c) Altamaha bass;
(d) Bartram's bass;
(e) Chattahoochee bass;
(f) Redeye or Coosa bass;
(g) Shoal bass;
(h) Smallmouth bass;
(i) Suwannee bass;
(j) Tallapoosa bass.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-3 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-3-.06 - Size Limits

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
									27-4-10 and in keeping with sound
				principles of wildlife research and management, fish of the following sizes may
				not be taken.
(a) It shall be unlawful to
				take or possess largemouth bass as follows:
1. Less than fourteen inches (14") in total
				length from Lake Oconee;
2. Less
				than fourteen inches (14") in total length from West Point Reservoir;
3. Less than fourteen inches (14") in total
				length from all public fishing areas operated by the
Department; provided, however, this shall not apply to lakes
				  at public fishing areas which have been posted as having a different length
				  limit for largemouth bass;
4. Less than fourteen inches (14") in total
				length from Walter F. George Reservoir;
5. Less than fourteen inches (14") in total
				length from Lake Blackshear;
6.
				Less than fourteen inches (14") in total length from Lake Lanier; and
7. From fifteen inches (15") to twenty two
				inches (22") in total length from Lake Lindsay Grace in Wayne County.
8. Less than twelve inches (12") in total
				length from all other waters of this state; provided, however, there shall be
				no limitations on the sizes of largemouth bass taken from lakes Burton,
				Juliette on the Rum Creek Wildlife Management Area, and Blue Ridge.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-3 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-3-.06 - Size Limits

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
									27-4-10 and in keeping with sound
				principles of wildlife research and management, fish of the following sizes may
				not be taken.
(a) It shall be unlawful to
				take or possess largemouth bass as follows:
1.
				Less than fourteen inches (14") in total length from Lake Oconee;
2. Less than fourteen inches (14") in total
				length from West Point Reservoir;
3. Less than fourteen inches (14") in total
				length from all public fishing areas operated by the department; provided,
				however, this shall not apply to lakes at public fishing areas which have been
				posted as having a different length limit for largemouth bass;
4. Less than fourteen inches (14") in total
				length from Walter F. George Reservoir;
5. Less than fourteen inches (14") in total
				length from Lake Blackshear;
6.
				Less than fourteen inches (14") in total length from Lake Lanier; and
7. From fifteen inches (15") to twenty-two
				inches (22") in total length from Lake Lindsay Grace in Wayne County.
8. Less than twelve inches (12") in total
				length from all other waters of this state; provided, however, there shall be
				no limitations on the sizes of largemouth bass taken from lakes Burton,
				Juliette on the Rum Creek Wildlife Management Area, and Blue Ridge.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-4 - WILDLIFE RESOURCES DIVISION › Subject 391-4-3 - FISHING REGULATIONS › Rule 391-4-3-.07 - Fishing on and Using State Owned or Operated Property

Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) No person shall fish in that portion of
				Moccasin Creek from Lake Burton Hatchery water intake downstream to a sign
				marking the approximate normal pool level of Lake Burton, except those persons
				under twelve (12) years of age and those persons holding honorary fishing
				licenses.
(2) On Wednesdays,
				Saturdays and Sundays only, persons may fish in Dukes Creek and its tributaries
				on the Smithgall Woods-Dukes Creek Conservation Area, including the Highway 75
				Alternate right-of-way, after obtaining a permit from the Department.
				Registered guests of the Smithgall Woods-Dukes Creek Conservation Area may fish
				in Dukes Creek and its tributaries on the Smithgall Woods-Dukes Creek
				Conservation Area upstream from the Georgia Highway 75 Alternate Bridge any day
				they are registered as guests. The Department may close certain portions of
				Dukes Creek or its tributaries on the Smithgall Woods-Dukes Creek Conservation
				Area, including the Highway 75 Alternate right-of-way, to fishing at any time
				for fisheries management purposes.
(3) Persons may not fish from service piers
				at boat ramps owned or operated by the department which have been posted with a
				sign stating that fishing is prohibited.
(4) Open containers of alcoholic beverages
				are prohibited at boat ramps and fishing piers owned or operated by the
				department where signs have been posted stating said prohibition. This
				provision does not apply to national forest lands.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  27-1-3,
				  27-1-4,
				  27-1-33,
				  27-4-12,
				  27-4-51.
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Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
O.C.G.A. §§
											27-1-3,
				  27-2-23.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(1) Drivers of vehicles parking at the Rocky
				Mountain public fishing area must obtain a daily or annual Rocky Mountain
				public fishing area parking permit (which is not a Parks, Recreation and
				Historic Sites Division Parking Pass).
(2) On ponds or portions of ponds where
				fisheries resources are limited, area managers may limit fishing to persons
				under 16 years of age by posting a sign at the pond which indicates said
				limitations.
(3) Except as provided
				by O.C.G.A. Sec.
				27-4-11.1, the creel and
				possession limits for fish caught from public fishing areas are:
(a) Fifteen (15) of any one or a combination
				of the game species of bream or sunfish;
(b) Five (5) largemouth bass;
(c) Five (5) channel catfish;
(d) All grass carp must be immediately
				returned to the waters from which they were caught unless otherwise posted;
				and
(e) All fish or designated fish
				species taken from ponds and lakes posted as open only to catch and release
				fishing must be immediately returned to the waters from which they were taken.
				Possession of fish or designated fish species in ponds and lakes open only to
				catch and release fishing is not allowed.