Because the disease has not been found in Georgia to date, there is no recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control to test deer before consuming them. Georgia Wildlife Resources Division has conducted statewide surveillance for CWD since 2002. If you harvest a white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, moose, caribou, or any other species of deer outside the state of Georgia, you may bring back only the following carcass parts:ģ – antlers, skulls, skull plates, teeth or jawbones with no soft tissue attached (velvet antlers are okay) Ĥ – finished taxidermy products. Written permission must be obtained from the landowner to hunt on power line, gas line, railroad, or other rights-of-way. Hunting from a stand or platform attached to a transmission tower is trespassing and is prohibited. It is unlawful to take a deer by any means while it is in a lake, stream, or pond. Hunters must provide the Game Check confirmation number to the facility when dropping off a deer. Whole or field-dressed deer received by a cold-storage or meat processing facility must be marked with the hunter’s name, date, county of harvest and sex of deer. Persons transporting deer harvested by another hunter must possess, in writing, the complete name, address, telephone and hunting license number of the person who harvested the deer, and the Game Check confirmation number. Transporting Deer Harvested by Another Hunter It is unlawful to remove the head of a deer until the deer is processed or surrendered to a storage facility for storage or processing. During “buck-only” hunts or seasons, a deer must have antlers visible above the hairline to be legal for harvest. AntlersĪntlerless deer are those having no visible antlers above the hairline (including “button bucks”) and may only be taken during either-sex or antlerless seasons or hunts. Additionally, harvested deer must be reported through Georgia Game Check within 24 hours (see Georgia Game Check). Checking Your DeerĪll deer hunters are required to have a Harvest Record for the current season. Hancock, Harris, Meriwether, Montgomery Randolph, Talbot & Troup: antlered bucks must have a minimum of 4 points, 1-inch or longer, on either antler or a minimum 15-inch outside antler spread to be legal. County-Wide Antler Restrictionsĭooly & Macon: antlered bucks must have a minimum outside antler spread of 15 inches to be legal. (Special county antler restrictions noted in next section). One of the two antlered deer must have a minimum of 4 points, 1 inch or longer, on either antler or a minimum 15-inch outside antler spread to be legal. Season Limitġ0 antlerless deer and 2 antlered deer. During the statewide primitive weapons deer season and WMA primitive weapons hunts, youth under 16 years of age may hunt deer with any legal deer firearm. Statewide, excluding archery-only counties. Archery hunters must wear at least 500 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange during primitive weapons and firearms deer seasons, except in archery-only counties or WMAs. Hunting on the Chattahoochee & Oconee National Forests is buck-only except as otherwise specified, see Deer Seasons and Either-Sex Days. Deer of either sex may be taken, except as otherwise specified on WMAs. Antlered bucks only.Īrchery hunting is allowed during primitive weapon and firearm deer seasons. All Chattahoochee National Forest land east of I-75 is closed to antlerless deer hunting. Chattahoochee NF & Oconee NF: During firearms deer season, archers must follow firearms either-sex dates on the National Forest.Extended Archery Season: Baker, Barrow, Bibb, Chatham, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Decatur, DeKalb, Douglas, Early, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Grady, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Miller, Mitchell, Muscogee, Paulding, Richmond, Rockdale, Seminole, and Thomas counties only in accordance with statewide bag limits and other regulations.Archery Only Counties: Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb and Fulton (north of GA Hwy 92) Counties in accordance with statewide bag limits and other regulations.Section 16-11-125.1, subject to the limitations of O.C.G.A. Archers may not possess any firearms while hunting during archery deer season and primitive weapons hunters may not possess any centerfire or rimfire firearm while hunting during the primitive weapons season unless the person is a lawful weapons carrier as defined in O.C.G.A.
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