Youth and mobility-impaired hunters utilizing private land have a chance to harvest a turkey during a special early turkey season March 18 and 19.
Georgia’s 2017 statewide turkey hunting season opens March 25. For more information, click here.
“What a fantastic opportunity for two deserving groups to get a chance to get in the woods before the season opens statewide the following weekend,” said John Bowers, chief of Wildlife Resources Division Game Management. The weekend hunt opportunity is available only for youth 16 years of age and younger or hunters who are mobility-impaired, such as those confined to a wheelchair, or who have hemiplegia, monoplegia, paraplegia or single-leg amputation above the knee.
Youth hunters must be accompanied by an adult, 18 years or older, who may call for turkey, but not take or attempt to take a turkey. All turkey hunters, including those under 16 years of age, landowners, honorary, lifetime, and sportsman license holders, must obtain a free harvest record each season.
Before moving a harvested turkey, hunters are required to immediately enter the date and county on the harvest record, and within 72 hours, must complete the reporting process through Georgia Game Check.
More information is available here.
Resident youth hunters under age 16 will not need a license.
Hunters age 16 years or older (including those accompanying youth or others) will need a hunting license and a big game license unless hunting on their own private land.
Licenses may be purchased by phone at (800)366-2661 or online.
For a list of retail license vendors click here.