We just wrapped up the second weekend of Georgia’s 2017-2018 deer season. While we had a few really nice days following Hurricane Irma things quickly warmed up for the weekend. Facebook was pretty quiet over the weekend as far as deer harvests go, but there was one exceptionally nice buck taken by Thomas Shea Lamb in Sumter County. You can see that buck and more on our Facebook page. I took another look at Georgia DNR’s game check report this morning and wanted to share those results with you. There are two tables in this report. The first is deer harvest on Georgia’s public lands, organized by WMA. The second is the overall deer harvest by county. Keep in mind that hunters have 72 hours to report their harvest, so there are certainly some deer killed over the weekend that have not yet been recorded. And, as we all know, there were plenty of deer killed over the weekend that will never be reported, but that’s a whole other story. I can only report what is legally checked.
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Public Land Harvest by WMA
| WMA | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alapaha River WMA | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Allatoona WMA | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Alligator Creek WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Almo Tract Chattahoochee Fall Line WMA | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Altama Plantation WMA | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Berry College WMA | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Berry Creek Area Rum Creek WMA | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| BF Grant WMA | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Blue Ridge WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Broad River WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cartecay Tract Rich Mountain WMA | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Carter's Lake Coosawattee WMA | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cedar Creek WMA | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chattahoochee National Forest (outside WMA) | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| Chattahoochee WMA | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Chickasawhatchee WMA | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Clark's Hill WMA (Clark Hill) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Clybel WMA (Charlie Elliott) | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Coosawattee WMA | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Corps of Engineers Clark's Hill Lake (outside WMA) | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Corps of Engineers Lake Allatoona (outside WMA) | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Corps of Engineers Lake George (outside WMA) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Corps of Engineers Lake Russell (outside WMA) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Corps of Engineers West Point Lake (outside WMA) | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Dawson Forest WMA | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Dilane WMA | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Doerun Pitcherplant Bog WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elbert County WMA (Beverly, Heardmont, Pickens, Vaughter) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Flat Creek PFA | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Flint River WMA | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Fort Gordon | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Fort Perry Chattahoochee Fall Line WMA | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Fort Stewart | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Fort Yargo State Park | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Bay WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Griffin Ridge WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gum Swamp Creek Ocmulgee WMA | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Hart County WMA | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Hunter Army Airfield | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Kurz WMA | 4 | 22 | 26 |
| John's Mountain WMA | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lake Hartwell Corps of Engineers | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lake Lanier Islands Corps of Engineers | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lake Russell WMA | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Lower Broad River WMA (Broad River, Anthony Shoals) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mayhaw WMA | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| McGraw Ford WMA | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Montezuma Bluffs WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oaky Woods WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ocmulgee WMA | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oconee National Forest (outside WMA) | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Oconee WMA | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Oliver Bridge WMA | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Otting Tract WMA | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Paulding Forest WMA | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Penholoway Swamp WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pine Log WMA | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Private Land | 1010 | 2121 | 3131 |
| Public Land - Other | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Redlands WMA | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Rich Mountain WMA | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Richmond Hill WMA | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| River Bend WMA | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Robins Air Force Base | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Rocky Mountain PFA | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rum Creek WMA | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sansavilla WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sheffield WMA | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Silver Lake WMA | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spirit Creek Forest WMA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sprewell Bluff WMA | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Standing Boy Creek State Park | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Tallulah Gorge State Park | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tuckahoe WMA (Spring Lake) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| West Point WMA | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals: | 1096 | 2339 | 3435 |
Overall Harvest by County
| County | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appling | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Atkinson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Bacon | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Baker | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Baldwin | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Banks | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| Barrow | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| Bartow | 15 | 36 | 51 |
| Ben Hill | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Berrien | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Bibb | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Bleckley | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Brantley | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Brooks | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bryan | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Bulloch | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Burke | 14 | 36 | 50 |
| Butts | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| Calhoun | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Camden | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Candler | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| Carroll | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| Catoosa | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Charlton | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Chatham | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Chattahoochee | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Chattooga | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| Cherokee | 25 | 49 | 74 |
| Clarke | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| Clay | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Clayton | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Clinch | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Cobb | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| Coffee | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Colquitt | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Columbia | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| Cook | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Coweta | 13 | 29 | 42 |
| Crawford | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Crisp | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Dade | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Dawson | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| Decatur | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| DeKalb | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Dodge | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Dooly | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| Dougherty | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Douglas | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Early | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Echols | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Effingham | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Elbert | 10 | 39 | 49 |
| Emanuel | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Evans | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Fannin | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| Fayette | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| Floyd | 20 | 32 | 52 |
| Forsyth | 29 | 13 | 42 |
| Franklin | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| Fulton | 26 | 32 | 58 |
| Gilmer | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| Glascock | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Glynn | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Gordon | 16 | 23 | 39 |
| Grady | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Greene | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| Gwinnett | 31 | 24 | 55 |
| Habersham | 23 | 32 | 55 |
| Hall | 37 | 57 | 94 |
| Hancock | 10 | 27 | 37 |
| Haralson | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| Harris | 16 | 31 | 47 |
| Hart | 16 | 31 | 47 |
| Heard | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| Henry | 15 | 24 | 39 |
| Houston | 15 | 19 | 34 |
| Irwin | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Jackson | 16 | 43 | 59 |
| Jasper | 19 | 27 | 46 |
| Jeff Davis | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Jefferson | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| Jenkins | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Johnson | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Jones | 8 | 19 | 27 |
| Lamar | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Lanier | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Laurens | 8 | 23 | 31 |
| Lee | 17 | 16 | 33 |
| Liberty | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Lincoln | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Long | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lowndes | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Lumpkin | 9 | 29 | 38 |
| Macon | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| Madison | 10 | 44 | 54 |
| Marion | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| McDuffie | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| McIntosh | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Meriwether | 13 | 74 | 87 |
| Miller | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Mitchell | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Monroe | 11 | 29 | 40 |
| Montgomery | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Morgan | 20 | 32 | 52 |
| Murray | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Muscogee | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| Newton | 17 | 37 | 54 |
| Oconee | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| Oglethorpe | 19 | 34 | 53 |
| Paulding | 22 | 32 | 54 |
| Peach | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Pickens | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| Pierce | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Pike | 9 | 28 | 37 |
| Polk | 11 | 28 | 39 |
| Pulaski | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Putnam | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| Quitman | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Rabun | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Randolph | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Richmond | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Rockdale | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Schley | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Screven | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Seminole | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Spalding | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| Stephens | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Stewart | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Sumter | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| Talbot | 3 | 31 | 34 |
| Taliaferro | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Tattnall | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Taylor | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| Telfair | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Terrell | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Thomas | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Tift | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Toombs | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Towns | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Treutlen | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Troup | 11 | 24 | 35 |
| Turner | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Twiggs | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| Union | 13 | 30 | 43 |
| Upson | 16 | 35 | 51 |
| Walker | 10 | 28 | 38 |
| Walton | 14 | 42 | 56 |
| Ware | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Warren | 4 | 21 | 25 |
| Washington | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Wayne | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Webster | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Wheeler | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| White | 5 | 17 | 22 |
| Whitfield | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| Wilcox | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Wilkes | 7 | 26 | 33 |
| Wilkinson | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| Worth | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| Total: | 1096 | 2339 | 3435 |