2026-27 · 159 counties
Georgia Hunting by County
All 159 Georgia counties with their deer either-sex zone, bear and alligator zones, WRD region, public land, 2025-26 Game Check deer harvest and spring 2026 gobblers. Type in the table to filter.
159Counties
206,677Deer reported 2025-26
298,302WRD adjusted 2025-26
12,634Gobblers 2026
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Midwest Region (Public domain)
All 159 Georgia counties at a glance
Every county page carries the full season table, public land with acres, ten seasons of deer harvest, turkey and bear figures, towns and nearby services.
| County | WRD region | Either-sex zone | Bear zone | Gator zone | Public areas | Deer 2025-26 | Per sq mi | Gobblers 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 7 | 3 | 1,345 | 2.63 | 101 |
| Atkinson | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 6 | 0 | 636 | 1.85 | 45 |
| Bacon | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 6 | 0 | 754 | 2.64 | 51 |
| Baker | 5 (Albany) | Magenta | — | Zone 2 | 2 | 1,041 | 2.98 | 35 |
| Baldwin | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 1 | 1,065 | 3.96 | 85 |
| Banks | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | Northern | — | 4 | 1,731 | 7.40 | 45 |
| Barrow | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | Northern | — | 1 | 755 | 4.63 | 10 |
| Bartow | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 4 | 2,505 | 5.33 | 254 |
| Ben Hill | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 0 | 771 | 3.04 | 37 |
| Berrien | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 4 | 1 | 1,286 | 2.81 | 67 |
| Bibb | 3 (Thomson) | Green | Central | Zone 5 | 2 | 393 | 1.54 | 18 |
| Bleckley | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | Central | Zone 5 | 1 | 689 | 3.14 | 38 |
| Brantley | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | Southern | Zone 6 | 2 | 584 | 1.31 | 70 |
| Brooks | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 4 | 0 | 1,111 | 2.23 | 96 |
| Bryan | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 8 | 3 | 711 | 1.56 | 76 |
| Bulloch | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 8 | 2 | 1,484 | 2.15 | 117 |
| Burke | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 5 | 3,322 | 3.98 | 266 |
| Butts | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | — | 0 | 645 | 3.43 | 60 |
| Calhoun | 5 (Albany) | Magenta | — | Zone 1 | 1 | 1,347 | 4.74 | 34 |
| Camden | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | Southern | Zone 6 | 2 | 617 | 0.79 | 60 |
| Candler | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 8 | 0 | 901 | 3.62 | 53 |
| Carroll | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 0 | 2,360 | 4.68 | 121 |
| Catoosa | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 0 | 844 | 5.20 | 65 |
| Charlton | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | Southern | Zone 6 | 1 | 633 | 0.81 | 91 |
| Chatham | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 8 | 4 | 241 | 0.38 | 8 |
| Chattahoochee | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 0 | 989 | 3.94 | 28 |
| Chattooga | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 3 | 1,517 | 4.84 | 171 |
| Cherokee | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 3 | 2,506 | 5.77 | 131 |
| Clarke | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | — | — | 0 | 483 | 3.99 | 12 |
| Clay | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 2 | 1,047 | 4.83 | 47 |
| Clayton | 1 (Armuchee) | Gray | — | — | 0 | 125 | 0.87 | 2 |
| Clinch | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | Southern | Zone 6 | 2 | 884 | 1.07 | 75 |
| Cobb | 1 (Armuchee) | Gray | Northern | — | 0 | 611 | 1.77 | 6 |
| Coffee | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 1 | 1,428 | 2.37 | 92 |
| Colquitt | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 4 | 1 | 1,861 | 3.34 | 149 |
| Columbia | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 3 | 1,385 | 4.50 | 54 |
| Cook | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 4 | 0 | 655 | 2.81 | 48 |
| Coweta | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | — | — | 1 | 2,260 | 5.07 | 59 |
| Crawford | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 0 | 1,436 | 4.40 | 54 |
| Crisp | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 1 | 662 | 2.36 | 36 |
| Dade | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 0 | 942 | 5.41 | 102 |
| Dawson | 2 (Gainesville) | Orange | Northern | — | 4 | 874 | 4.08 | 69 |
| DeKalb | 2 (Gainesville) | Gray | Northern | — | 1 | 201 | 0.74 | 3 |
| Decatur | 5 (Albany) | Magenta | — | Zone 2 | 3 | 1,494 | 2.40 | 69 |
| Dodge | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 1 | 2,000 | 3.98 | 130 |
| Dooly | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 1 | 1,122 | 2.82 | 54 |
| Dougherty | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 2 | 674 | 2.01 | 43 |
| Douglas | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 0 | 935 | 4.65 | 26 |
| Early | 5 (Albany) | Magenta | — | Zone 1 | 1 | 1,967 | 3.81 | 91 |
| Echols | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | Southern | Zone 6 | 0 | 501 | 1.19 | 61 |
| Effingham | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 8 | 1 | 1,095 | 2.27 | 98 |
| Elbert | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | — | — | 3 | 2,075 | 5.54 | 69 |
| Emanuel | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 1 | 2,036 | 2.95 | 145 |
| Evans | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 8 | 2 | 501 | 2.68 | 33 |
| Fannin | 2 (Gainesville) | Cyan | Northern | — | 7 | 1,740 | 4.45 | 175 |
| Fayette | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | — | — | 0 | 836 | 4.19 | 7 |
| Floyd | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 6 | 2,953 | 5.70 | 372 |
| Forsyth | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | Northern | — | 0 | 1,205 | 4.88 | 9 |
| Franklin | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | Northern | — | 1 | 2,035 | 7.63 | 16 |
| Fulton | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 0 | 1,405 | 2.63 | 26 |
| Gilmer | 1 (Armuchee) | Orange | Northern | — | 8 | 1,417 | 3.28 | 151 |
| Glascock | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 0 | 759 | 5.25 | 61 |
| Glynn | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 7 | 4 | 312 | 0.53 | 47 |
| Gordon | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 5 | 2,894 | 8.09 | 207 |
| Grady | 5 (Albany) | Magenta | — | Zone 2 | 1 | 1,044 | 2.27 | 95 |
| Greene | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | — | 4 | 2,153 | 5.30 | 141 |
| Gwinnett | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | Northern | — | 1 | 810 | 1.85 | 1 |
| Habersham | 2 (Gainesville) | Orange | Northern | — | 4 | 1,338 | 4.79 | 89 |
| Hall | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | Northern | — | 2 | 2,874 | 6.70 | 83 |
| Hancock | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 1 | 3,095 | 6.49 | 279 |
| Haralson | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 2 | 1,442 | 5.09 | 125 |
| Harris | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 2 | 2,074 | 4.38 | 156 |
| Hart | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | Northern | — | 2 | 1,970 | 7.67 | 21 |
| Heard | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | — | — | 3 | 1,662 | 5.52 | 101 |
| Henry | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | — | — | 0 | 686 | 2.10 | 15 |
| Houston | 3 (Thomson) | Green | Central | Zone 3 | 4 | 1,120 | 2.95 | 48 |
| Irwin | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 4 | 1 | 1,123 | 3.10 | 61 |
| Jackson | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | Northern | — | 0 | 2,133 | 6.22 | 23 |
| Jasper | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | — | 5 | 1,871 | 5.01 | 247 |
| Jeff Davis | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 2 | 867 | 2.58 | 48 |
| Jefferson | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 1 | 2,185 | 4.12 | 104 |
| Jenkins | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 1 | 865 | 2.45 | 71 |
| Johnson | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 0 | 1,117 | 3.64 | 67 |
| Jones | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 5 | 1,471 | 3.72 | 213 |
| Lamar | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | — | 0 | 785 | 4.22 | 36 |
| Lanier | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | Southern | Zone 4 | 3 | 288 | 1.44 | 25 |
| Laurens | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | — | 5 | 3,101 | 3.79 | 153 |
| Lee | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 0 | 1,105 | 3.06 | 49 |
| Liberty | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 8 | 1 | 629 | 1.04 | 56 |
| Lincoln | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | — | 6 | 1,316 | 5.12 | 64 |
| Long | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 7 | 4 | 414 | 1.02 | 42 |
| Lowndes | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | Southern | Zone 4 | 2 | 1,220 | 2.39 | 105 |
| Lumpkin | 2 (Gainesville) | Orange | Northern | — | 4 | 1,172 | 4.12 | 132 |
| Macon | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 1 | 1,504 | 3.70 | 65 |
| Madison | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | Northern | — | 1 | 2,078 | 7.28 | 23 |
| Marion | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 4 | 1,433 | 3.90 | 77 |
| McDuffie | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 6 | 1,508 | 5.66 | 72 |
| McIntosh | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 7 | 6 | 422 | 0.73 | 28 |
| Meriwether | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | — | — | 3 | 2,942 | 5.82 | 119 |
| Miller | 5 (Albany) | Magenta | — | Zone 2 | 1 | 788 | 2.78 | 23 |
| Mitchell | 5 (Albany) | Magenta | — | Zone 2 | 0 | 1,257 | 2.45 | 81 |
| Monroe | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 4 | 1,340 | 3.37 | 106 |
| Montgomery | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 1 | 748 | 3.06 | 51 |
| Morgan | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | — | 5 | 1,743 | 4.92 | 62 |
| Murray | 1 (Armuchee) | Orange | Northern | — | 8 | 1,558 | 4.49 | 136 |
| Muscogee | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 2 | 689 | 3.12 | 15 |
| Newton | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | — | — | 2 | 1,159 | 4.15 | 34 |
| Oconee | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | — | — | 3 | 670 | 3.60 | 17 |
| Oglethorpe | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | — | — | 3 | 2,394 | 5.42 | 80 |
| Paulding | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 2 | 1,372 | 4.37 | 111 |
| Peach | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 0 | 590 | 3.90 | 11 |
| Pickens | 1 (Armuchee) | Orange | Northern | — | 0 | 1,068 | 4.59 | 105 |
| Pierce | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 6 | 1 | 599 | 1.75 | 50 |
| Pike | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | — | — | 0 | 1,298 | 5.92 | 19 |
| Polk | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 4 | 1,982 | 6.35 | 253 |
| Pulaski | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 2 | 713 | 2.85 | 52 |
| Putnam | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | — | 6 | 1,740 | 4.82 | 145 |
| Quitman | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 3 | 718 | 4.46 | 10 |
| Rabun | 2 (Gainesville) | Yellow | Northern | — | 4 | 371 | 0.98 | 104 |
| Randolph | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 0 | 1,984 | 4.61 | 70 |
| Richmond | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 3 | 651 | 1.98 | 36 |
| Rockdale | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | — | — | 1 | 364 | 2.76 | 13 |
| Schley | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 0 | 787 | 4.69 | 27 |
| Screven | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 3 | 1,788 | 2.73 | 173 |
| Seminole | 5 (Albany) | Magenta | — | Zone 2 | 3 | 307 | 1.20 | 9 |
| Spalding | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | — | — | 0 | 789 | 3.95 | 13 |
| Stephens | 2 (Gainesville) | Orange | Northern | — | 3 | 646 | 3.52 | 37 |
| Stewart | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 2 | 2,342 | 5.06 | 91 |
| Sumter | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 0 | 1,764 | 3.58 | 58 |
| Talbot | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 4 | 1,914 | 4.85 | 93 |
| Taliaferro | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | — | 0 | 987 | 5.05 | 71 |
| Tattnall | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 7 | 3 | 1,151 | 2.36 | 91 |
| Taylor | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 2 | 1,708 | 4.50 | 73 |
| Telfair | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 1 | 1,384 | 3.12 | 92 |
| Terrell | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 0 | 1,555 | 4.61 | 40 |
| Thomas | 5 (Albany) | Magenta | — | Zone 4 | 1 | 1,322 | 2.39 | 114 |
| Tift | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 4 | 0 | 744 | 2.77 | 25 |
| Toombs | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 7 | 1 | 1,280 | 3.45 | 70 |
| Towns | 2 (Gainesville) | Yellow | Northern | — | 5 | 505 | 2.94 | 78 |
| Treutlen | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 0 | 721 | 3.56 | 44 |
| Troup | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | — | — | 2 | 1,523 | 3.42 | 141 |
| Turner | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 4 | 0 | 793 | 2.73 | 45 |
| Twiggs | 3 (Thomson) | Green | Central | Zone 5 | 2 | 1,338 | 3.69 | 55 |
| Union | 2 (Gainesville) | Cyan | Northern | — | 6 | 1,755 | 5.33 | 169 |
| Upson | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 3 | 1,662 | 5.07 | 60 |
| Walker | 1 (Armuchee) | Green | Northern | — | 5 | 2,098 | 4.69 | 213 |
| Walton | 2 (Gainesville) | Green | Northern | — | 2 | 1,395 | 4.23 | 17 |
| Ware | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | Southern | Zone 6 | 2 | 1,278 | 1.41 | 120 |
| Warren | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 2 | 2,034 | 7.09 | 114 |
| Washington | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 9 | 0 | 3,230 | 4.72 | 175 |
| Wayne | 6 (Brunswick) | Green | — | Zone 7 | 6 | 914 | 1.41 | 69 |
| Webster | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 1 | 1 | 1,164 | 5.54 | 22 |
| Wheeler | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 1 | 810 | 2.70 | 68 |
| White | 2 (Gainesville) | Orange | Northern | — | 8 | 1,092 | 4.51 | 95 |
| Whitfield | 1 (Armuchee) | Orange | Northern | — | 4 | 1,425 | 4.90 | 102 |
| Wilcox | 4 (Fitzgerald) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 0 | 1,009 | 2.63 | 78 |
| Wilkes | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | — | 5 | 2,775 | 5.85 | 138 |
| Wilkinson | 3 (Thomson) | Green | — | Zone 5 | 2 | 1,501 | 3.32 | 106 |
| Worth | 5 (Albany) | Green | — | Zone 3 | 0 | 1,981 | 3.45 | 99 |
Zones from the 2026-27 either-sex days and the WRD GA County Zones layer; deer from the WRD DeerHarvestReports service (reported; per square mile uses WRD’s adjusted total); gobblers from the WRD turkey harvest service; public areas from WRD, USFS, USFWS and Corps listings. Checked October 13, 2026.
Top deer counties of 2025-26
Game Check reports rank these eight first for 2025-26. Statewide hunters reported 206,677 deer and WRD’s adjusted estimate is 298,302. By density the leaders were Gordon, Hart and Franklin.
#1Burke County3,322 deer reported 2025-26#2Washington County3,230 deer reported 2025-26#3Laurens County3,101 deer reported 2025-26#4Hancock County3,095 deer reported 2025-26#5Floyd County2,953 deer reported 2025-26#6Meriwether County2,942 deer reported 2025-26#7Gordon County2,894 deer reported 2025-26#8Hall County2,874 deer reported 2025-26
Counties by WRD Game Management region
WRD runs six Game Management regions from offices in Armuchee, Gainesville, Thomson, Fitzgerald, Albany and Brunswick. Each county page links its region office.
Region 1 (Armuchee), northwest Georgia (28)
- Bartow CountyGreen zone · 2,505 deer
- Carroll CountyGreen zone · 2,360 deer
- Catoosa CountyGreen zone · 844 deer
- Chattooga CountyGreen zone · 1,517 deer
- Cherokee CountyGreen zone · 2,506 deer
- Clayton CountyGray zone · 125 deer
- Cobb CountyGray zone · 611 deer
- Coweta CountyGreen zone · 2,260 deer
- Dade CountyGreen zone · 942 deer
- Douglas CountyGreen zone · 935 deer
- Fayette CountyGreen zone · 836 deer
- Floyd CountyGreen zone · 2,953 deer
- Fulton CountyGreen zone · 1,405 deer
- Gilmer CountyOrange zone · 1,417 deer
- Gordon CountyGreen zone · 2,894 deer
- Haralson CountyGreen zone · 1,442 deer
- Heard CountyGreen zone · 1,662 deer
- Henry CountyGreen zone · 686 deer
- Meriwether CountyGreen zone · 2,942 deer
- Murray CountyOrange zone · 1,558 deer
- Paulding CountyGreen zone · 1,372 deer
- Pickens CountyOrange zone · 1,068 deer
- Pike CountyGreen zone · 1,298 deer
- Polk CountyGreen zone · 1,982 deer
- Spalding CountyGreen zone · 789 deer
- Troup CountyGreen zone · 1,523 deer
- Walker CountyGreen zone · 2,098 deer
- Whitfield CountyOrange zone · 1,425 deer
Region 2 (Gainesville), northeast Georgia (26)
- Banks CountyGreen zone · 1,731 deer
- Barrow CountyGreen zone · 755 deer
- Clarke CountyGreen zone · 483 deer
- Dawson CountyOrange zone · 874 deer
- DeKalb CountyGray zone · 201 deer
- Elbert CountyGreen zone · 2,075 deer
- Fannin CountyCyan zone · 1,740 deer
- Forsyth CountyGreen zone · 1,205 deer
- Franklin CountyGreen zone · 2,035 deer
- Gwinnett CountyGreen zone · 810 deer
- Habersham CountyOrange zone · 1,338 deer
- Hall CountyGreen zone · 2,874 deer
- Hart CountyGreen zone · 1,970 deer
- Jackson CountyGreen zone · 2,133 deer
- Lumpkin CountyOrange zone · 1,172 deer
- Madison CountyGreen zone · 2,078 deer
- Newton CountyGreen zone · 1,159 deer
- Oconee CountyGreen zone · 670 deer
- Oglethorpe CountyGreen zone · 2,394 deer
- Rabun CountyYellow zone · 371 deer
- Rockdale CountyGreen zone · 364 deer
- Stephens CountyOrange zone · 646 deer
- Towns CountyYellow zone · 505 deer
- Union CountyCyan zone · 1,755 deer
- Walton CountyGreen zone · 1,395 deer
- White CountyOrange zone · 1,092 deer
Region 3 (Thomson), east-central Georgia (28)
- Baldwin CountyGreen zone · 1,065 deer
- Bibb CountyGreen zone · 393 deer
- Burke CountyGreen zone · 3,322 deer
- Butts CountyGreen zone · 645 deer
- Columbia CountyGreen zone · 1,385 deer
- Crawford CountyGreen zone · 1,436 deer
- Glascock CountyGreen zone · 759 deer
- Greene CountyGreen zone · 2,153 deer
- Hancock CountyGreen zone · 3,095 deer
- Houston CountyGreen zone · 1,120 deer
- Jasper CountyGreen zone · 1,871 deer
- Jefferson CountyGreen zone · 2,185 deer
- Jones CountyGreen zone · 1,471 deer
- Lamar CountyGreen zone · 785 deer
- Lincoln CountyGreen zone · 1,316 deer
- McDuffie CountyGreen zone · 1,508 deer
- Monroe CountyGreen zone · 1,340 deer
- Morgan CountyGreen zone · 1,743 deer
- Peach CountyGreen zone · 590 deer
- Putnam CountyGreen zone · 1,740 deer
- Richmond CountyGreen zone · 651 deer
- Taliaferro CountyGreen zone · 987 deer
- Twiggs CountyGreen zone · 1,338 deer
- Upson CountyGreen zone · 1,662 deer
- Warren CountyGreen zone · 2,034 deer
- Washington CountyGreen zone · 3,230 deer
- Wilkes CountyGreen zone · 2,775 deer
- Wilkinson CountyGreen zone · 1,501 deer
Region 4 (Fitzgerald), south-central Georgia (27)
- Appling CountyGreen zone · 1,345 deer
- Bacon CountyGreen zone · 754 deer
- Ben Hill CountyGreen zone · 771 deer
- Bleckley CountyGreen zone · 689 deer
- Bulloch CountyGreen zone · 1,484 deer
- Candler CountyGreen zone · 901 deer
- Coffee CountyGreen zone · 1,428 deer
- Dodge CountyGreen zone · 2,000 deer
- Effingham CountyGreen zone · 1,095 deer
- Emanuel CountyGreen zone · 2,036 deer
- Evans CountyGreen zone · 501 deer
- Irwin CountyGreen zone · 1,123 deer
- Jeff Davis CountyGreen zone · 867 deer
- Jenkins CountyGreen zone · 865 deer
- Johnson CountyGreen zone · 1,117 deer
- Laurens CountyGreen zone · 3,101 deer
- Montgomery CountyGreen zone · 748 deer
- Pulaski CountyGreen zone · 713 deer
- Screven CountyGreen zone · 1,788 deer
- Tattnall CountyGreen zone · 1,151 deer
- Telfair CountyGreen zone · 1,384 deer
- Tift CountyGreen zone · 744 deer
- Toombs CountyGreen zone · 1,280 deer
- Treutlen CountyGreen zone · 721 deer
- Turner CountyGreen zone · 793 deer
- Wheeler CountyGreen zone · 810 deer
- Wilcox CountyGreen zone · 1,009 deer
Region 5 (Albany), southwest Georgia (31)
- Baker CountyMagenta zone · 1,041 deer
- Brooks CountyGreen zone · 1,111 deer
- Calhoun CountyMagenta zone · 1,347 deer
- Chattahoochee CountyGreen zone · 989 deer
- Clay CountyGreen zone · 1,047 deer
- Colquitt CountyGreen zone · 1,861 deer
- Crisp CountyGreen zone · 662 deer
- Decatur CountyMagenta zone · 1,494 deer
- Dooly CountyGreen zone · 1,122 deer
- Dougherty CountyGreen zone · 674 deer
- Early CountyMagenta zone · 1,967 deer
- Grady CountyMagenta zone · 1,044 deer
- Harris CountyGreen zone · 2,074 deer
- Lee CountyGreen zone · 1,105 deer
- Macon CountyGreen zone · 1,504 deer
- Marion CountyGreen zone · 1,433 deer
- Miller CountyMagenta zone · 788 deer
- Mitchell CountyMagenta zone · 1,257 deer
- Muscogee CountyGreen zone · 689 deer
- Quitman CountyGreen zone · 718 deer
- Randolph CountyGreen zone · 1,984 deer
- Schley CountyGreen zone · 787 deer
- Seminole CountyMagenta zone · 307 deer
- Stewart CountyGreen zone · 2,342 deer
- Sumter CountyGreen zone · 1,764 deer
- Talbot CountyGreen zone · 1,914 deer
- Taylor CountyGreen zone · 1,708 deer
- Terrell CountyGreen zone · 1,555 deer
- Thomas CountyMagenta zone · 1,322 deer
- Webster CountyGreen zone · 1,164 deer
- Worth CountyGreen zone · 1,981 deer
Region 6 (Brunswick), the coast and southeast Georgia (19)
- Atkinson CountyGreen zone · 636 deer
- Berrien CountyGreen zone · 1,286 deer
- Brantley CountyGreen zone · 584 deer
- Bryan CountyGreen zone · 711 deer
- Camden CountyGreen zone · 617 deer
- Charlton CountyGreen zone · 633 deer
- Chatham CountyGreen zone · 241 deer
- Clinch CountyGreen zone · 884 deer
- Cook CountyGreen zone · 655 deer
- Echols CountyGreen zone · 501 deer
- Glynn CountyGreen zone · 312 deer
- Lanier CountyGreen zone · 288 deer
- Liberty CountyGreen zone · 629 deer
- Long CountyGreen zone · 414 deer
- Lowndes CountyGreen zone · 1,220 deer
- McIntosh CountyGreen zone · 422 deer
- Pierce CountyGreen zone · 599 deer
- Ware CountyGreen zone · 1,278 deer
- Wayne CountyGreen zone · 914 deer
Regions from the WRD GA County Zones layer, checked against the WRD region office list.
Georgia county questions
How many counties does Georgia have?
159, per the Census county list. Each one has a page here with its zones, public land, harvest figures, towns and services.
What are the deer either-sex zones?
WRD colours every county by how many doe days private land gets: Green 134, Magenta 9, Orange 9, Gray (archery only) 3 plus Fulton north of GA Hwy 92, Cyan 2 and Yellow 2.
Which county reported the most deer in 2025-26?
Burke County, with 3,322, followed by Washington and Laurens.
Does WRD publish deer harvest by county?
Yes. Game Check reports every deer with its county, and WRD adds an estimate adjusted for hunters who do not report. Both appear on each county page.
Which county had the most gobblers in 2026?
Floyd County, with 372 reported.
Which counties are in a bear zone?
39 counties are in the Northern zone, 4 in the Central zone (bears checked at Oaky Woods WMA) and 8 in the Southern zone. The rest have no bear season.
Which county produced the most bears in 2025?
Lumpkin County, with 49 legally harvested bears in WRD’s north Georgia summary.
Which county has the most public hunting areas?
Gilmer County, touched by 8 listed public areas.
Which counties are in the CWD Management Area?
Atkinson, Berrien, Lanier and Lowndes, after Georgia’s first CWD detection in January 2025.
From the 2026-27 Georgia hunting guide, WRD Game Check harvest services and the land data cited above, checked October 13, 2026.
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