Tagging Birds in Georgia

[Turkey Trot]

The GW's around here aren't the least bit shy about walking up on private land, I assure you. If people wanna be unethical and poach game illegally, they will do it on public or private land. Ask almost any one of them and they will tell you the same I would imagine. Georgia used to have a tagging system years ago but they found that the numbers of licensed hunters improved greatly when the tagging system was done away with.

I hunt pretty much the same "around here" as you.  The point is the system is strapped for money, officers are spread thin, and they have a limit on gas allotments.  They are not going to check every patch being hunted and every hunter.  There is just no way.

[joshb311]

The GW's around here aren't the least bit shy about walking up on private land, I assure you. If people wanna be unethical and poach game illegally, they will do it on public or private land. Ask almost any one of them and they will tell you the same I would imagine. Georgia used to have a tagging system years ago but they found that the numbers of licensed hunters improved greatly when the tagging system was done away with.

I hunt pretty much the same "around here" as you.  The point is the system is strapped for money, officers are spread thin, and they have a limit on gas allotments.  They are not going to check every patch being hunted and every hunter.  There is just no way.

Yeah, I understood that but the point I was getting to was that if people want to poach they're gonna. No matter how much law enforcement is running through the woods. Just because it's private land means nothing. If you read through the DNR law enforcement reports I think you would see that just as many arrests are made by GW's on private land as public. Resource allocation is going to have no bearing on that.

[longspur]

The regs I have for 2011 - 2012 say #2 or smaller shot and 30 min. before sunrise til 30 min. after sunset. Always best to read them yourself.