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-.27 - Firearms Deer Hunting

Current through Rules and Regulations filed
				through June 27, 2024
(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
				specified.
COUNTY
SEX
SEASON
(a) All counties, except Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, that
							 portion of Forsyth lying south of GA Hwy 20, that portion of Fulton lying north
							 of GA Hwy 92 and that portion of Glynn lying within Jekyll Island. In that
							 portion of Forsyth lying south of GA Hwy 20, only shotguns and muzzleloaders
							 may be used.
Antlered Bucks
First Saturday after Oct. 15 through the second
							 Sunday in January.
(b) Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow,
							 Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke,
							 Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Charlton, Chatham,
							 Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt,
							 Columbia, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dodge, Dooly, Douglas,
							 Dougherty, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth,
							 Franklin, Fulton (South of Hwy. 92), Glascock, Glynn (except that portion lying
							 within Jekyll Island), Gordon, Green, Gwinnett, Hall, Hancock, Haralson,
							 Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Jeff Davis,
							 Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty,
							 Lincoln, Long, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marion, McDuffie, McIntosh, Meriwether,
							 Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding,
							 Peach, Pierce, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Randolph, Tattnall,
							 Richmond, Rockdale, Schley, Screven, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot,
							 Taliaferro, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Troup, Turner,
							 Twiggs, Upson, Walker, Walton, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster,
							 Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkinson, and Worth. In that portion of Forsyth lying
							 south of GA Hwy 20, only shotguns and muzzleloaders may be used.
Either-sex
First Saturday after Oct. 15 through the second
							 Sunday in January.
(c) Dawson, Gilmer, Habersham, Lumpkin, Murray,
							 Pickens, Stephens, White, and Whitfield.
Either-sex
First Friday on or after Nov. 3 through the following
							 Thursday, Friday preceding Thanksgiving through Thanksgiving Day, and the last
							 two weeks of the firearms deer season.
(d) Rabun and Towns.
Either-sex
Saturday and Sunday following Thanksgiving and
							 January 1st.
(e) Fannin and Union.
Either-Sex
First Friday after Nov. 3 through the following
							 Thursday and January 1st.
(f) Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell,
							 Seminole, and Thomas.
Either-sex
First Saturday after Oct. 15 through January
							 15th.
O.C.G.A.
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											27-1-4,
				  27-3-15.