O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 27-3-27 (2019)

Unlawful use of bear bait

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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(a) It is unlawful to use any type of bait to concentrate the bear population in any area or to lure them to any location which gives or might give a hunter an unnatural advantage when hunting bear. (b) Any person violating the provisions of this Code section is guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature and, upon conviction, may be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 and not to exceed $5,000.00 or by confinement for a term not to exceed 12 months, or both.

History

(Code 1981, § 27-3-27, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1157, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2391, § 7; Ga. L. 1993, p. 91, § 27.)

Annotations

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1998–1998 · leading case: Quintrell v. State, 499 S.E.2d 117 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998).
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Quintrell v. State, 499 S.E.2d 117 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “He enumerates error in the denial of his motion to suppress as evidence a videotape showing Quintrell in possession of a hunting bow and arrows on a hunting stand located nearby, which was above food generally considered to be bear bait.”
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