Thread: GA Squirrel Hunting

Where do I go? When are the legal seasons?

What licenses do I need?

I plan to just use my .20 cal airgun, as it has always been good to me for small game. And it's mighty quiet.

My boss shoots em from the backyard patio year round

get in your car and drive down the road

From the GA regs on http://georgiawildlife.com/hunting/regulations

Here's the PDF version of the GA regs for 2010-2011 http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/def...AHD_LowRes.pdf

Squirrel Statewide August 15 – February 28 12 per day.

HUNTER EDUCATION & AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR HUNTING
Resident and non-resident hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1961 must
successfully complete a hunter education course prior to purchasing
a hunting license. Hunter education courses certified or mandated
by any state wildlife agency or Canadian province are accepted.
Hunter education is not required to purchase an Apprentice
Hunting License or a Three-day Hunting & Fishing license.
Hunter education is not required to hunt on one’s own land or
land of a parent or guardian (blood or dependent relationship)

residing in the same household.

Contact your local DNR Law

Enforcement Office or (770) 761-3010 for course information or

register at

gohuntgeorgia.com.

SMALL GAME & FURBEARER FIREARMS

• Rifles and Handguns:

Any .22-cal. or

smaller rimfire, air rifle, or any muzzleloading

firearm.

• Shotguns

: Any having shot shell size 3.5

inches or smaller in length with No. 2 or

smaller shot.

LaRue, I hope this helps..... I recommend stopping by somewhere that sells license and picking up a GA 2010-2011 regs book.

More............

UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES

• Importation of any whole cervid (deer species) carcass or cervid

carcass part from any state having a documented case of a cervid


infected with CWD, except that the following may be imported:


1) boned-out meat; 2) commercially processed cuts of meat;


3) meat with no part of spinal column or head attached; 4) clean


skull plates w/antlers attached; 5) clean antlers; 6) finished taxidermy


heads; 7) clean upper canines (buglers, whistlers, ivories).


• Hunting while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.


• Use of any pitfall, deadfall, snare, catch, trap, net, exposed salt or


minerals, live decoy, or baited hook to take game species.


• Hunting within 200 yards of bait unless bait has been completely


removed for 10 days.


• Hunting within sight of bait, regardless of distance.


• Hunting or shooting from or across a public road.


• Discharging a firearm within 50 yards of a public road.


• Hunting from a vehicle, plane, or boat under power.


• Hunting without landowners’ permission, including power line,


gas line, railroad and other rights-of-way. Written permission


must be obtained if land is so posted.


• Use of drugs, poisons, chemicals, smoke, gas, or explosives, or


electronically-amplified sounds to hunt any game species.


• Use of electronic communications equipment to aid in the pursuit


of game.


• Use of a computer or any other device to remotely discharge a


firearm for the purpose of hunting.


• Selling or purchasing any game species or parts thereof, except


antlers, hides, and tails of legally taken deer, tails of legally taken


squirrels, and legally taken alligator products.


• Disturbing wildlife dens, holes, or homes, or driving wildlife,


except venomous snakes, from their dens, holes, or homes.


• Blinding wildlife with lights.


• Killing or crippling game without reasonable efforts to retrieve.


• Holding, possessing, releasing, or importing wildlife without a


permit from the DNR.


• Concealing the taking or possession of wildlife (or parts) which


the person in possession reasonably should have known was obtained

illegally.

LEGAL HOURS

for hunting are 30 minutes before sunrise until 30

minutes after sunset, except that alligators, raccoons, opossums,

foxes, coyotes, bobcats and feral hogs may be hunted at night. Any


light used to hunt raccoons, opossums, foxes, or bobcats shall be


carried on the person of a hunter, affixed to a helmet or hat worn by


a hunter, or be part of a belt system worn by a hunter. Legal hours for

migratory bird hunting conform to federal regulations (see page 29).

Originally Posted by 99Tarbox

My boss shoots em from the backyard patio year round

I could do that, but it's not very sporting plus I have apartments behind my house.