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GA SB473
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/10/2010
Primary Sponsor
Don Balfour
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AI Summary
- Changes the closed season for deer statewide to February 1 through September 7, replacing the previous closing date of January 16 and eliminating the separate extended archery-only closed season exception for certain counties
- Sets the open season for deer as September 8 through January 31 statewide, removing the previous January 15 end date and eliminating the separate extended archery-only season (January 1–31) that applied only to Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, and Rockdale counties
- Establishes a daily and season bag limit of ten antlerless deer and two antlered bucks, with a restriction that only one antlered buck may have fewer than four points one inch or longer on one side of the antlers
- Allows up to two deer per managed hunt on wildlife management areas without complying with the statewide bag limit
- Requires that the beginning and ending dates of the open season for deer be uniform statewide, while the board retains authority to set rules on a state-wide, regional, or local basis for other aspects of season and bag limits
Legislative Description
Wildlife; closed seasons for deer; change certain provisions
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/10/2010
Committee Referrals
Natural Resources and the Environment3/10/2010
Full Bill Text
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