Pro hunting bill passes Ga legislature

[lampern]

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20190403/georgia-legislature-adjourned-sine-die

Senate Bill 72

, sponsored by Sen. Tyler Harper (R-7), repeals the prohibition on hunting in wildlife management areas (WMA) and increases the number of deer tags available to each hunter. Unfortunately, allowing the use of suppressors for hunting on public lands was stricken from the language and failed to be resurrected in conference. It remains lawful to hunt with suppressors on private lands and your NRA will continue to fight to expand hunting with suppressors to all lands in the future.

12 tags per hunter

 

[Mr Bya Lungshot]

What all changed?

 

[lagrangedave]

What prohibitions were repealed?

 

[lampern]

Air bows are now legal for bear, turkey and deer

Deer limit is 12 per hunter either-sex

You can bait hogs near property lines

No WMA license needed

 

[Wanderlust]

Bonus bear tags on wma's and deer check in not limited to two deer.

 

[JustUs4All]

You can bait hogs near property lines

Well actually it says that bait for hogs can not be placed so as to cause the hunting of any species of wildlife on any adjoining property to be prohibited....

 

[stubrew]

Do I read correctly that the "four points on one side" rule is gone?

 

[Danny Leigh]

Aren't suppressors currently allowed on public land? From the 2018/2019 regs...

 

[specialk]

Air bows are now legal for bear, turkey and deer....

interesting....

 

[j_seph]

interesting....

Thinking of getting me one!!!!!!!!

@C.Killmaster is this true that we will be able to kill 12 does or 12 bucks or what with the 12 either sex tags

 

[mattuga]

Thinking of getting me one!!!!!!!!

@C.Killmaster is this true that we will be able to kill 12 does or 12 bucks or what with the 12 either sex tags

I am eagerly awaiting his input even though it seems pretty clear to me. I'm still not sure this big of a change just happened but wow if it did. I figured there would certainly be more chatter going on about this and we would've known if the deer limit was removing any distinction between doe/buck within the 12 deer limit.

 

[Milkman]

Thinking of getting me one!!!!!!!!

@C.Killmaster is this true that we will be able to kill 12 does or 12 bucks or what with the 12 either sex tags

I’m thinking it means 12 antlerlrss instead of the former 10 & 2 rule.

 

[Huntmaster2]

All this is interesting. I did get an email earlier about the proposed regulations found here Proposed Hunting Regulations

 

[shdw633]

I’m thinking it means 12 antlerlrss instead of the former 10 & 2 rule.

Seems odd though that all this talk about cutting back on doe harvest and yet you would increase the limit on them to 12??? I am thinking that the law will give the DNR the authority to tweak the limits in order to help better manage the herd. In areas where no does are allowed or are very limited they can increase the buck harvest to three, four or maybe more instead of two, while clamping down on the doe days in order to cut down on doe harvest in those areas. We'll know in July.

 

[Mike 65]

I’m thinking it means 12 antlerlrss instead of the former 10 & 2 rule.

This is my thinking as well.

 

[Mr Bya Lungshot]

Seems odd though that all this talk about cutting back on doe harvest and yet you would increase the limit on them to 12??? I am thinking that the law will give the DNR the authority to tweak the limits in order to help better manage the herd. In areas where no does are allowed or are very limited they can increase the buck harvest to three, four or maybe more instead of two, while clamping down on the doe days in order to cut down on doe harvest in those areas. We'll know in July.

This^^^
I asked him specifically about the original bill and he said no plans to change the 10/2 this year or until the “need” in some areas. So no 12 bucks or 12 does any place soon if ever.
It does seem to place any and all the authority in the hands of DNR to change anything hunting and fishing related as they see fit rather than voted by the politicians we vote in.
You have to pass it to know what’s in it.

Also no plan to change the 4 point rule “yet” either.

 

[lampern]

The way I read it its 12 deer either-sex UNLESS the DNR changes it.

And I don't see a proposed regulation change changing it (say back to 10 and 2)

 

[lampern]

No proposed change to alter bag limits so I stand by my conclusion that it will be 12 deer of either-sex next year.

 

[Throwback]

The way I read it its 12 deer either-sex UNLESS the DNR changes it.

And I don't see a proposed regulation change changing it (say back to 10 and 2)

This time last year you didn’t see a regulation change legalizing deer baiting either did you?

 

[lampern]

This law now gives the DNR the authority to set bag limits with a maximum of 12 deer per hunter per year.

The "default" is 12 deer of either-sex unless the DNR passes a rule changing that