2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 27 - GAME AND FISH (§§ 27-1-1 — 27-5-12)
Chapter 3 - WILDLIFE GENERALLY (§§ 27-3-1 — 27-3-185)
Article 1 - HUNTING (§§ 27-3-1 — 27-3-50)
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-3-1 — 27-3-29)
Section 27-3-13 - Hunting of wildlife or feral hog from boats, aircraft, or motor vehicles

• (a) It shall be unlawful to hunt any wildlife or feral hog from an electric, gas, or diesel boat, a steamboat, a sailboat, an aircraft, a hydroplane, a hovercraft, or a motor vehicle; except that alligators may be hunted from any boat or watercraft under power and feral hogs may be hunted from motor vehicles in accordance with an applicable wildlife control permit issued by the department.

• (b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250.00 and, in the discretion of the sentencing court, imprisonment for not more than 12 months; provided, however, that such fine shall not be subject to suspension, stay, or probation except that if the court finds that payment of such fine would impose great economic hardship upon the defendant, the court may order such fine paid in installments.

Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 228,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2015.

Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 311, § 10, eff. 7/1/2003.