Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-4-2-.42 - Special Regulations for Hunting Waterfowl on Certain Reservoirs

(1) No vegetation shall be cut or removed on Corps of Engineers or Georgia Power property. Temporary hunting blinds may be constructed, but are to be removed completely at the end of each day.

(2) The following U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Lakes are open to hunting during statewide seasons and during federal special opportunity hunting days, unless otherwise specified: Allatoona Lake, Carters Lake, George W. Andrews Lake, Hartwell Lake, J. Strom Thurmond Lake (Lake Clarks Hill), Lake Seminole, Lake Sidney Lanier (after Labor Day), Richard B. Russell Lake, Walter F. George Lake (Lake Eufaula), and West Point Lake.

(3) Special regulations for Walter F. George Lake:

(a) A permit purchased from the US Army Corps of Engineers Resource Management in Ft. Gaines, Georgia is required to hunt waterfowl.

(b) Hunting from land is prohibited outside of specified hunting areas and wildlife management areas.

(c) Waterfowl hunting is prohibited on the waters of Walter F. George Lake within the Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge unless otherwise specified by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

(d) Hunting is prohibited within 600 feet of docks, structures, vessels, roads, public parks, public walking/biking trails, and other developed areas such as subdivisions.

(4) Special regulations for Lake Sidney Lanier:

(a) No hunting without written permission is allowed within 600 feet of any dock, house, structure, bridge, road, boat ramp, marina, or open recreation area outside of Lula Bridge WMA.

(b) Hunting hours are from 30 minutes before sunrise to 10:00 AM daily during September and conform to federal legal hunting hours thereafter.

(c) Waterfowl hunting is permitted on closed parks as designated by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 600 feet restriction does not apply within closed parks where waterfowl hunting is permitted.

(5) Special Regulations for Lake Allatoona:

(a) No hunting without written permission is allowed within 600 feet of any dock, house, structure, bridge, road, boat ramp, marina, or open recreation area.

(b) Waterfowl hunting is permitted on closed parks as designated by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 600 feet restriction does not apply within closed parks where waterfowl hunting is permitted.

(6) No hunting without written permission is allowed within 300 feet of any dock, house, structure, bridge, road, boat ramp, marina, or open recreation area on Lake Seminole or Lake Blackshear.

(7) The following Georgia Power Lakes are open to hunting during statewide seasons and during federal special opportunity hunting days unless otherwise specified: Lake Burton, Lake Seed, Lake Rabun, Tallulah Falls Lake, Lake Tugalo, Lake Yonah, Lake Oconee, Lake Sinclair, Lake Oliver, Lake Harding, Goat Rock Lake, Lake Worth, and the Langdale and Riverview Projects.

(8) No hunting without written permission is allowed within 300 feet of any dock, house, structure, bridge, road, boat ramp, marina, or open recreation area on Lake Burton, Lake Seed, Lake Rabun, Tallulah Falls Lake, Lake Tugalo, Lake Yonah, Lake Oconee, Lake Sinclair, and that portion of Lake Oliver south of Standing Boy Creek.

(9) It is unlawful to hunt waterfowl on Lake Sinclair from the confluence of Shoulder Bone Creek north to Wallace Dam except as may otherwise be provided.

(10) The main portion of Lake Jackson is closed to waterfowl hunting. Those portions of Lake Jackson lying north of Georgia Highway 36 and north of Newton Factory Bridge Road are open under statewide regulations.

(11) It is unlawful to hunt waterfowl on Lake North Highlands.

(12) Waterfowl regulations specific to Rum Creek Wildlife Management Area shall apply to Lake Juliette.

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Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-4-2-.42

O.C.G.A. § 27-1-4.

Original Rule entitled "Quail" was filed on October 19, 1973; effective November 8, 1973. Amended: Rule repealed and a new Rule of the same title adopted. Filed July 22, 1974; effective August 11, 1974. Amended: Rule repealed and a new Rule of the same title adopted. Filed December 9, 1975; effective December 29, 1975. Amended: Rule repealed and a new Rule entitled "Opossum" adopted. Filed August 5, 1976; effective August 25, 1976. Amended: Rule repealed. Filed September 14, 1977; effective October 4, 1977. Adopted: New Rule entitled "Special Regulations for Hunting Waterfowl on Certain Reservoirs" adopted. F. June 1, 2017; eff. June 21, 2017. Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. May 1, 2020; eff. May 21, 2020.