It shall be unlawful to kill any deer in this state unless the deer has antlers (bone) visible above the hair, provided that the board may by regulation authorize an antlerless or either-sex season or hunt in accordance with sound wildlife management practices.
(Ga. L. 1968, p. 497, § 20; Code 1933, § 45-521, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1987, p. 530, §§ 1, 4; Ga. L. 1988, p. 835, §§ 2, 5.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1987, p. 530, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provided that prosecutions of offenses under this Code section which are pending on April 1, 1987, shall not be abated as a result of the amendment of this Code section by that Act.
Ga. L. 1988, p. 835, § 4, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "It is the intention of the General Assembly that prosecutions of offenses under Code Section 27-3-44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated which are pending on the date this Act becomes effective shall not be abated as a result of the amendment to that Code section accomplished by this Act." This Act became effective April 1, 1988.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Fish, Game, and Wildlife Conservation, § 52 et seq.
C.J.S.- 38 C.J.S., Game; Conservation and Preservation of Wildlife, §§ 55, 56.