
With firearms deer season underway in Georgia, wildlife officials are reminding hunters that all harvested deer must be reported through the state’s Georgia Game Check system.

With firearms deer season underway in Georgia, wildlife officials are reminding hunters that all harvested deer must be reported through the state’s Georgia Game Check system.

Georgia’s firearms deer hunting season opened yesterday, Saturday, October 17, bringing thousands of hunters into the woods across Chattooga County and the rest of the state.

Georgia deer hunters will have another opportunity to head into the woods beginning Saturday as the state’s week-long primitive weapons deer hunting season gets underway.

Chattooga County was among the stronger deer harvest areas in Northwest Georgia during the 2025–2026 hunting season, according to a new statewide map showing the number of deer reported harvested per square mile.

Deer hunters in Chattooga County will have an additional opportunity to take an antlerless deer this weekend during Georgia’s early antlerless-only firearms deer season.

A popular Northwest Georgia wildlife management area that has been closed to the public for more than three years is set to return to public ownership and eventually reopen for hunting and other outdoor recreation.

Georgia deer hunters are already in the woods for archery season, but the opening of the state’s regular firearms deer season is now just a few weeks away.

With Georgia’s archery deer season underway, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters about new statewide requirements for disposing of deer carcasses and unused deer parts.

Georgia’s archery deer season is underway, but hunters across Northwest Georgia are dealing with unusually hot and dry conditions during the opening days of the season.

Georgia deer hunters are heading back into the woods today as the state’s 2026-2027 archery deer season gets underway, and wildlife officials are reminding hunters that one of the greatest dangers may come before they ever take a shot.