Georgia
High whitetail bag limits, long season windows, Eastern wild turkey, and expansive public WMAs.
Small Game & Upland Hunting in Georgia
Official Regulatory Authority
Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division (GADNR)
Northern Bobwhite Quail
Georgia is world-famous for its traditional bobwhite quail plantations in the Red Hills region around Thomasville and Albany.
Hunting behind English pointers and flushing cockers through fire-maintained longleaf pine savannas is a timeless southern sporting tradition.
Mourning Dove
The September dove opener in Georgia is a major sporting holiday. Hunters take stands around millet and corn fields for high-flying migratory birds.
Eastern Grey & Fox Squirrel
The extensive oak-hickory forests of the Piedmont and Chattahoochee National Forest offer rich small game hunting with a generous 12-squirrel daily limit.
Eastern Cottontail & Swamp Rabbit
Plentiful along agricultural borders and briar thickets, with beagle field trials and rabbit hunting popular through February.