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Georgia Legal Shooting Hours
A county picker that works out the week’s legal hunting light in your browser, the WRD rule for game and for migratory birds, the night hunting exceptions for hogs, coyotes and coons, and the noon close on WMA duck impoundments.
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Pick a Georgia county, see the week
Change the county and the seven days below redraw. Duck, goose and dove hunters stop at the sunset time shown, not the later close.
Choose a county and the next seven days of sunrise, sunset and the half-hour legal window appear, worked out in your browser for the middle of that county.
Times are computed for each county’s Census internal point in Eastern time. The guide prints no table and points hunters to the Outdoors GA app. Sources: WRD hunting information, checked October 13, 2026.
Georgia hunting hours by kind of game
One rule covers deer, bear, turkey and small game: a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset. Every migratory bird stops at sunset.
| Game or situation | WRD rule |
|---|---|
| Game animals and birds | Legal hunting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset. |
| Migratory birds | 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset (all migratory birds). |
| WMA duck impoundments | Duck hunting on managed WMA impoundments ends at noon, except the last Saturday of the season (until sunset). |
| Alligator quota hunt | Day or night during the season. |
| Night hunting | Alligators, raccoons, opossums, foxes, coyotes, bobcats and feral hogs may be hunted at night (feral hogs at night on private land only; no night hunting on WMAs/National Forest for hogs and coyotes). Lights for raccoons, opossums, foxes or bobcats must be carried on the hunter's body, on a hat/helmet, or on a belt system; no voltage limit. |
| Sunrise and sunset tables | Sunrise and sunset times are available in the Outdoors GA app; the guide prints no table. |
Sources: hunting hours; migratory bird seasons, checked October 13, 2026.
After dark in the Georgia woods
Seven animals may be hunted at night in Georgia. Hogs and coyotes are the catch: after dark they are private-land only, with no night hunting for either on WMAs or national forest.
Night hunting
Alligators, raccoons, opossums, foxes, coyotes, bobcats and feral hogs may be hunted at night; lights for raccoon/opossum/fox/bobcat carried on body, hat/helmet or belt. No night hunting of hogs or coyotes on WMAs/National Forests.
Lights
Unlawful to blind wildlife with lights.
Electronic calls
Electronically amplified sounds unlawful for game except electronic calls for bobcats, crows, foxes and coyotes (and feral hogs on WMAs). Electronic communications equipment may not be used to aid pursuit of game.
Hogs on WMAs
Private land: any legal weapon, day or night. WMAs/NF: only the weapons legal for the season open on the area; any legal weapon during WMA May 16-31 coyote/hog season where allowed.
Orange or pink
At least 500 sq in of daylight fluorescent orange or fluorescent blaze pink above the waist (may include a head covering), worn as an outer garment by the hunter and anyone accompanying the hunter.
National forest
No discharge within 150 yards of residences, campsites or developed sites, across Forest Service roads or water bodies, or into caves; no loaded weapons in vehicles; hogs daylight only; no night hunting of coyotes; no placing food or bait that attracts wildlife.
Sources: night hunting; unlawful activities; orange; federal areas, checked October 13, 2026.
How far legal light shifts across Georgia
Sorted east to west. Dade County, the farthest west, sees sunrise about 18 minutes after Chatham County, the farthest east, so legal light both opens and closes later on the western side of the state.
| County | WRD region | Center longitude | Sun later than Chatham |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 81.09° W | +0 min |
| Effingham | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 81.34° W | +1 min |
| McIntosh | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 81.37° W | +1 min |
| Bryan | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 81.44° W | +1 min |
| Liberty | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 81.46° W | +1 min |
| Glynn | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 81.50° W | +2 min |
| Screven | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 81.62° W | +2 min |
| Camden | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 81.64° W | +2 min |
| Bulloch | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 81.74° W | +3 min |
| Long | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 81.74° W | +3 min |
| Evans | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 81.89° W | +3 min |
| Wayne | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 81.91° W | +3 min |
| Jenkins | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 81.97° W | +4 min |
| Brantley | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 81.98° W | +4 min |
| Burke | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.00° W | +4 min |
| Tattnall | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.06° W | +4 min |
| Candler | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.07° W | +4 min |
| Richmond | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.07° W | +4 min |
| Charlton | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 82.14° W | +4 min |
| Pierce | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 82.21° W | +5 min |
| Columbia | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.25° W | +5 min |
| Appling | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.29° W | +5 min |
| Emanuel | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.30° W | +5 min |
| Toombs | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.33° W | +5 min |
| Jefferson | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.42° W | +5 min |
| Ware | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 82.42° W | +5 min |
| Lincoln | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.45° W | +5 min |
| Bacon | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.45° W | +5 min |
| McDuffie | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.48° W | +6 min |
| Montgomery | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.53° W | +6 min |
| Treutlen | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.57° W | +6 min |
| Glascock | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.61° W | +6 min |
| Jeff Davis | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.64° W | +6 min |
| Johnson | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.66° W | +6 min |
| Warren | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.68° W | +6 min |
| Clinch | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 82.70° W | +6 min |
| Wheeler | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.73° W | +7 min |
| Wilkes | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.75° W | +7 min |
| Washington | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.80° W | +7 min |
| Elbert | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 82.84° W | +7 min |
| Coffee | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.84° W | +7 min |
| Taliaferro | Region 3 (Thomson) | 82.88° W | +7 min |
| Atkinson | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 82.88° W | +7 min |
| Echols | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 82.90° W | +7 min |
| Laurens | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.93° W | +7 min |
| Telfair | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 82.93° W | +7 min |
| Hart | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 82.96° W | +8 min |
| Hancock | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.00° W | +8 min |
| Lanier | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 83.06° W | +8 min |
| Oglethorpe | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.07° W | +8 min |
| Ben Hill | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 83.15° W | +8 min |
| Greene | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.17° W | +8 min |
| Dodge | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 83.17° W | +8 min |
| Wilkinson | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.18° W | +8 min |
| Madison | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.21° W | +8 min |
| Franklin | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.23° W | +9 min |
| Berrien | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 83.23° W | +9 min |
| Baldwin | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.26° W | +9 min |
| Lowndes | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 83.27° W | +9 min |
| Irwin | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 83.28° W | +9 min |
| Stephens | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.29° W | +9 min |
| Bleckley | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 83.33° W | +9 min |
| Clarke | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.37° W | +9 min |
| Putnam | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.37° W | +9 min |
| Rabun | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.40° W | +9 min |
| Twiggs | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.43° W | +9 min |
| Cook | Region 6 (Brunswick) | 83.43° W | +9 min |
| Oconee | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.44° W | +9 min |
| Wilcox | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 83.44° W | +9 min |
| Pulaski | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 83.48° W | +10 min |
| Banks | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.50° W | +10 min |
| Morgan | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.50° W | +10 min |
| Habersham | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.53° W | +10 min |
| Tift | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 83.53° W | +10 min |
| Jones | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.56° W | +10 min |
| Jackson | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.56° W | +10 min |
| Brooks | Region 5 (Albany) | 83.58° W | +10 min |
| Turner | Region 4 (Fitzgerald) | 83.62° W | +10 min |
| Houston | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.66° W | +10 min |
| Jasper | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.69° W | +10 min |
| Bibb | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.69° W | +10 min |
| Barrow | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.71° W | +11 min |
| Walton | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.73° W | +11 min |
| Towns | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.73° W | +11 min |
| White | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.74° W | +11 min |
| Crisp | Region 5 (Albany) | 83.76° W | +11 min |
| Colquitt | Region 5 (Albany) | 83.77° W | +11 min |
| Dooly | Region 5 (Albany) | 83.81° W | +11 min |
| Hall | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.82° W | +11 min |
| Peach | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.83° W | +11 min |
| Worth | Region 5 (Albany) | 83.85° W | +11 min |
| Newton | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.85° W | +11 min |
| Thomas | Region 5 (Albany) | 83.92° W | +11 min |
| Monroe | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.92° W | +11 min |
| Butts | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.96° W | +11 min |
| Crawford | Region 3 (Thomson) | 83.98° W | +12 min |
| Union | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 83.99° W | +12 min |
| Lumpkin | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 84.00° W | +12 min |
| Gwinnett | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 84.03° W | +12 min |
| Rockdale | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 84.03° W | +12 min |
| Macon | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.05° W | +12 min |
| Forsyth | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 84.13° W | +12 min |
| Lee | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.15° W | +12 min |
| Lamar | Region 3 (Thomson) | 84.15° W | +12 min |
| Henry | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.15° W | +12 min |
| Dawson | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 84.17° W | +12 min |
| Mitchell | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.19° W | +12 min |
| Sumter | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.20° W | +12 min |
| Dougherty | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.21° W | +12 min |
| DeKalb | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 84.23° W | +13 min |
| Grady | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.24° W | +13 min |
| Taylor | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.25° W | +13 min |
| Spalding | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.28° W | +13 min |
| Upson | Region 3 (Thomson) | 84.29° W | +13 min |
| Fannin | Region 2 (Gainesville) | 84.32° W | +13 min |
| Schley | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.32° W | +13 min |
| Pike | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.39° W | +13 min |
| Clayton | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.41° W | +13 min |
| Terrell | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.44° W | +13 min |
| Gilmer | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.45° W | +13 min |
| Baker | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.45° W | +13 min |
| Fulton | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.47° W | +14 min |
| Cherokee | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.48° W | +14 min |
| Pickens | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.49° W | +14 min |
| Fayette | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.49° W | +14 min |
| Marion | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.53° W | +14 min |
| Talbot | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.53° W | +14 min |
| Webster | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.55° W | +14 min |
| Cobb | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.57° W | +14 min |
| Decatur | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.58° W | +14 min |
| Calhoun | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.63° W | +14 min |
| Meriwether | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.67° W | +14 min |
| Miller | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.73° W | +15 min |
| Murray | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.74° W | +15 min |
| Randolph | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.75° W | +15 min |
| Coweta | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.76° W | +15 min |
| Douglas | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.77° W | +15 min |
| Chattahoochee | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.79° W | +15 min |
| Stewart | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.83° W | +15 min |
| Bartow | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.84° W | +15 min |
| Paulding | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.87° W | +15 min |
| Seminole | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.87° W | +15 min |
| Gordon | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.87° W | +15 min |
| Muscogee | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.87° W | +15 min |
| Early | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.91° W | +15 min |
| Harris | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.91° W | +15 min |
| Whitfield | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 84.97° W | +16 min |
| Clay | Region 5 (Albany) | 84.99° W | +16 min |
| Quitman | Region 5 (Albany) | 85.00° W | +16 min |
| Troup | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 85.03° W | +16 min |
| Carroll | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 85.08° W | +16 min |
| Heard | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 85.14° W | +16 min |
| Catoosa | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 85.14° W | +16 min |
| Polk | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 85.19° W | +16 min |
| Floyd | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 85.21° W | +17 min |
| Haralson | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 85.22° W | +17 min |
| Walker | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 85.31° W | +17 min |
| Chattooga | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 85.35° W | +17 min |
| Dade | Region 1 (Armuchee) | 85.51° W | +18 min |
Our arithmetic, not a WRD figure: four minutes of solar time per degree of longitude, from Census 2024 Gazetteer county points (Census Gazetteer). Latitude and season shift the real times a few minutes more, which the picker above accounts for.
Georgia shooting hour questions
What time can I start hunting in Georgia?
Thirty minutes before sunrise, for every game animal and bird, migratory birds included.
When does legal hunting end for deer?
Thirty minutes after sunset. Turkey, bear and small game follow the same window.
Do dove hunters get the extra half hour?
No. Doves, ducks, geese and all other migratory birds stop at sunset.
Why do WMA duck hunts end at noon?
Duck hunting on managed WMA impoundments ends at noon, except the last Saturday of the season (until sunset).
After dark, where can Georgia hunters chase hogs?
On private land, day or night, with any legal weapon. WMAs and national forest land allow no night hog hunting.
Which animals can be hunted at night?
Alligators, raccoons, opossums, foxes, coyotes, bobcats and feral hogs, with the public land limits for hogs and coyotes.
Does Georgia print a sunrise table?
No. The guide refers hunters to the Outdoors GA app; the county picker on this page computes the same window in your browser.
Is alligator hunting limited to daylight?
No. Quota permit holders may hunt alligators day or night during the season.
Confirm it with Georgia WRD
Checked against the eRegulations edition of the Georgia guide on October 13, 2026. Poaching tips go to the Ranger Hotline at 1-800-241-4113.
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