Georgia

The Peach State is a premier southern deer hunting destination, featuring generous bag limits (up to 10 antlerless and 2 antlered bucks) and long seasons stretching from September through January.

Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages deer across diverse regions: the agricultural river bottoms of southwestern Georgia (Dooly, Macon, and Worth counties) producing giant Boone & Crockett bucks; the Piedmont plateau; and the mountainous Chattahoochee National Forest in the north. The November rut offers textbook hunting over oak hardwood mast and food plots.

Georgia provides outstanding spring gobbler hunting across public Wildlife Management Areas and private timber tracts.

Georgia DNR regulates the spring season from early April through mid-May with a two-gobbler limit. Hunters who master tree-calling and soft purrs can coax wary gobblers through mature loblolly pines and river bottom swamps.

Georgia supports three distinct black bear populations: the North Georgia mountains, the Ocmulgee River drainage, and the perimeter of the Okefenokee Swamp in southeastern Georgia.

Hunters pursue bears during designated archery, muzzleloader, and firearms seasons in the Chattahoochee National Forest, glassing mountain hollows and high berry ridges where bears feed prior to winter.

Georgia DNR conducts an annual quota lottery for wild alligator harvest across nine coastal and southern river zones.

Hunts take place between mid-August and early October. Licensed hunters use handheld snatch hooks, bowfishing rigs, and harpoons to subdue large gators along the Altamaha, Savannah, and Flint river basins before harvest.

Wild hogs are widespread throughout Georgia's river drainages, agricultural fields, and coastal islands.

Hogs may be taken year-round on private lands with no bag limits. Public WMAs host special hog hunts following the close of deer season, offering outstanding spot-and-stalk and dog hunting opportunities in bottomland swamps.