In the State of Georgia, hunting turkeys over bait is illegal – but some hunters may not have gotten the memo.  Although the state amended the law a few years back, allowing corn piles for deer hunters, the same does not apply to hunters hitting the woods after Ol Tom.

“Any person who takes any big game animal, other than deer, within 200 yards of any place where any corn, wheat, or other grains, salts, apples, or other feed or bait has been placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered so as to constitute a lure, attraction, or enticement for any game bird or game animal shall, upon conviction of thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and shall be punished as provided by Code Section 17-10-4. — Georgia Code – O.C.G.A. § 27-3-9

On Saturday, Georgia DNR Corporal Chad Cox and Game Warden Carla Gann confiscated a turkey taken over bait in Floyd County. The bird was given to a needy family. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources wants hunters to remember that is illegal to take turkey’s over bait.