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Will There Be a Second Day of Bear Season for the Central Georgia Bear Zone?
By regulation, if fewer than 6 female bears are killed by hunters on Dec. 20, the 1st Saturday after January 1 is open to further bear hunting. If more than 6 female bears are killed by hunters on Dec. 20, there will be no second day open to further bear hunting for Central Georgia. Check this page on Mon. Dec. 22 to see results.
Hunter Resources
BEAR TAGGING
All legally-harvested bears must be reported through Georgia Game Check within 24 hours. Additionally, each bear zone has specific checking and tagging requirements. Refer to pages 14-16 in the Hunting and Fishing Regulation Guide for a complete listing of bear regulations.
- Northern Bear Zone
Within 3 business days, bears (minimum of hide and skull) must be taken to any Game Management Office (except Fitzgerald) during regular business hours or to a state-approved cooperator for biological data collection and tagging.
County First Name Last Name Business Address City State ZIP Phone Hours Banks Stacey/Cindy Miller Cherokee Farm Deer Processing 330 West Coker Road Alto GA 30510 706-968-2847 Hours may vary. Contact cooperator for details. Dawson Joseph Green The Steel Buffalo Butchery 1500 Harmony Church Road Dawsonville GA 30534 706-216-2170 8 AM - 5 PM (Mon-Thurs); 8 AM - 9 PM (Fri-Sun) Habersham Chad Ivester Chad's Meat House 564 Hills Crossing Road Clarkesville GA 30523 706-499-4280 Hours may vary. Contact cooperator for details. Habersham Chris Carter Trophy Taker 4243 Duncan Bridge Rd SW Cornelia GA 30531 706-894-1230 Hours may vary. Contact cooperator for details. Lumpkin Joe Simmons Rock Acres Deer Processing 349 Rock Acres Rd Dahlonega GA 30533 706-300-7233 8 AM - 9 PM (Mon-Sun) Union Jimmy McClure McClure's Deer Processing 126 Wilson Road Blairsville GA 30514 706-781-7205
706-781-53558 AM - 1 Hour After Dark (Mon-Sat), Closed (Sunday) Towns Jeff Youngblood Mill Creek Taxidermy 2485 Mill Creek Road Hiawassee GA 30546 706-994-9597 Flexible hours; call for availability Forsyth/Cherokee Paul Reed Paul Reed Taxidermy 471 Old Brown Road Alpharetta GA 30004 814-312-0968 8 AM - 5 PM (Mon-Sat), Closed Sunday White/Lumpkin/Dawson/Hall Frank Manning Bear Scat LLC Anywhere In White County Area Or Adjacent Counties Cleveland GA 30528 706-878-0751 Flexible hours; can meet; call for availability Rabun Max Norton Bear Scat LLC Rabun County Area Rabun Gap GA 30568 706-878-0492 Text or call for availability; flexible hours Murray Larry Etheridge — 105 Hensley Rd Chatsworth GA 30705 706-847-5194 8 AM - 9 PM (Mon-Sun) Murray Jimmy Patterson Patterson Processing 1120 Sumach Church Rd Chatsworth GA 30705 706-847-6875 Hours may vary. Contact cooperator for details. Murray Brady Sluder North Georgia Skullworks 19 Stewart Creek Rd Chatsworth GA 30705 423-716-7262 Hours may vary. Contact cooperator for details. Gilmer Terry Payne Tail's Creek Processing 34 Burgess Cir Ellijay GA 30540 706-273-8928 — - Southern Bear Zone
Bears (minimum of hide and skull) must be tagged within 24 hours at a state-approved cooperator in the southern bear zone or at one of the following locations:
Fargo Georgia Forestry Commission Office – Thursdays and Fridays 10 am – 7 pm; Saturdays noon – 9 pm., all hunt days
Folkston Georgia Forestry Commission Office – Thursdays and Fridays 10 am – 7 pm; Saturdays noon – 9 pm., all hunt days
Dixon Memorial WMA – Sept. 25-27; 8 am – 8 pm
After hours, call 1-800-241-4113, or 912-262-3173 on the following business day to arrange tagging.
County First Name Last Name Business Address City State ZIP Phone Hours Clinch Ty Henderson Henderson Deer Processing 256 Corbitt Rd. Homerville GA 31634 912-487-6782 9 AM-9PM during southern zone hunt days.
Management
- The 6 BearWise Basics (link to a printable flyer to use in your community or business location)
- Bear Strategic Management Plan
- Nuisance Bear Information
Basic Biology
- Be BearWise (Sound Information and Smart Solutions for Helping Prevent Issues with Bears: Find tips, information, print-able flyers, activities for kids and more)
- Bear Fact Sheet
