Time is running out to apply for one of Georgia’s 2019-2020 quota deer hunts. The deadline is September 1. Georgia offers a wide variety of these limited draw hunts, ranging from those that provide your best opportunity at a mature buck to those that offer great odds of putting fresh venison in your freezer. Here is a full list of WMA quota deer hunts offered for the 2019-2020 season, including the type of hunt, the number of hunters to be drawn, and the dates of the hunt.
Below that table, we will discuss how many points it will likely take to draw each of these hunts.
Georgia’s 2019-2020 Quota Deer Hunts
| Location | Weapon | Type | Quota | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altama Plantation WMA | Firearms | Either Sex | Q50 | Nov. 7-9 s | Nov. 28-30 s | ||
| B.F. Grant WMA | Firearms | Quality Buck/Antlerless | Q400 | Nov. 7-9 c | Nov. 21 – 23 c | ||
| Berry College WMA | Firearms | Buck Only /Either Sex Last 2 Days | Q1000 | Oct 30-Nov. 2 c | ||
| Berry College WMA | Firearms | Either Sex | Q1000 | Dec. 4- 7 c | ||
| Blanton Creek WMA | Firearms | Quality Buck/Anterless | Q200 | Oct. 24-26 c| Nov. 7-9 c | ||
| Bond Swamp NWR | Firearms | Either Sex | Q200 | Nov. 22 – 23 | Dec. 6 – 7 | ||
| Chattahoochee Fall Line WMA/Almo Area | Firearms | Quality Buck/Antlerless | Q150 | Oct. 24-26 c | Nov. 14-16 c | ||
| Chattahoochee Fall Line WMA/Fort Perry Area | Firearms | Quality Buck/Antlerless | Q35 | Oct. 31-Nov. 2 c | Nov. 14-16 c | ||
| Chattahoochee Fall Line WMA/Hilliard Tract | Firearms | Quality Buck/Antlerless | Q100 | Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 c, Nov. 21 – 23 c | ||
| Chickasawhatchee WMA | Firearms | Either Sex | Q350 | Nov. 7-9 c | Dec. 5-7 s | ||
| Clybel WMA | Firearms | Either Sex | Q200 | Nov. 7-9 c | Nov. 21-23 c | ||
| Coosawattee WMA | Firearms | Either Sex | Q300 | Oct. 31-Nov. 2 c | Dec. 19-21 c | ||
| Cumberland Island N.S. | Archery | Either Sex | Q125 | Oct 14-16 | ||
| Cumberland Island N.S. | Primitive | Either Sex | Q100 | Nov. 11 – 13, Dec. 2 – 4 | ||
| Di-Lane Plantation WMA | Firearms | Quality Buck/Antlerless | Q400 | Oct. 10-12 c | Oct. 24-26 c | ||
| Flint River WMA | Firearms | Quality Buck/Antlerless | Q35 | Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 s | Nov. 14-16 c | ||
| Gaither WMA | Firearms | Either Sex | Q25 | Nov. 1 – 3 s | Jan. 10 – 12 s | ||
| Joe Kurz WMA | Firearms | Quality Buck/Antlerless Last Day | Q100 | Oct. 17-19 c | Nov. 7-9 c | ||
| Lanahasee Creek WMA | Firearms | Quality Buck/Antlerless | Q50 | Nov. 21 – 23 c | Dec. 5-7 c | ||
| Okefenokee NWR-Suwannee Canal | Firearms | Either Sex | Q30 | Oct. 25 – 26 | ||
| Ossabaw WMA | Archery | Either Sex | Q100 | Oct. 10-12 c | ||
| Ossabaw WMA | Primitive | Either Sex | Q100 | Oct. 24-26 c | ||
| Ossabaw WMA | Firearms | Either Sex | Q100 | Nov. 7-9 c | Dec. 12-14 c | ||
| Piedmont NWR | Primitive & Firearms | Either Sex | Q1250 | Primitive: Oct. 31 – Nov. 2; Firearms: Nov. 7 -9 | Nov. 14 – 16 | ||
| River Creek WMA | Firearms | Quality Buck/Antlerless | Q35 | Nov. 6-9 s| Dec. 4-7 c | ||
| Rum Creek WMA | Firearms | Either Sex Last Day | Q200 | Oct. 31-Nov. 2 c | Nov. 14-16 c | ||
| Sapelo WMA south end only | Archery | Either Sex | Q125 | Dec. 12-14 c | ||
| Sapelo WMA | Primitive | Either Sex | Q125 | Oct. 24-26 c | ||
| Sapelo WMA | Firearms | Either Sex | Q125 | Nov. 7-9 c | Nov. 21-23 c | ||
| Sapelo WMA | Firearms | Either Sex | Q75 | Oct. 11 – 13 | ||
| Silver Lake WMA | Firearms | Either Sex | Q160 | Dec. 12-14 c |
Your Odds of Getting Drawn
Applying for Georgia’s quota deer hunts can be a gamble. You want to use enough preference points — providing you have some saved up — to draw the hunt you desire, but you don’t want to waste them by using more points than necessary. There’s no way to know for sure exactly how many to points to wager for any particular hunt but by checking out the draw results from past years, you can at least gain an idea of how many points it may take to draw that hunt you’ve been waiting for. So to help you out, we have listed the drawing results LAST YEAR’s hunts. While there’s no guarantee the chips will fall the same way this season, it will certainly give you a starting point. Before you check out the full table below, here are a few interesting facts from last year’s deer quota hunt drawing:
- Everyone who wagered 2 points on a deer got drawn for their first-choice hunt, with the exception of the two Flint River WMA hunts and the first Gaither WMA hunt.
- On 9 quota hunts, everyone who put in for the hunt as their first choice was drawn (No points were needed)
2018 Quota Deer Hunt Draw Results
| Hunt Location | Quota | Total Apps | First Choice | 6+ Points | 5 Points | 4 Points | 3 Points | 2 Points | 1 Point | 0 Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altama Plantation - 1st Hunt Either Sex | 50 | 352 | 248 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (3) | 100% (8) | 100% (19) | 9% (218) |
| Altama Plantation - 2nd Hunt Either Sex | 50 | 244 | 40 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (1) | 100% (38) |
| B.F. Grant - 1st Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 400 | 1877 | 1276 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (9) | 100% (40) | 100% (320) | 4% (907) |
| B.F. Grant - 2st Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 400 | 944 | 235 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (3) | 100% (20) | 100% (210) |
| Berry College - 1st Hunt Buck Only and Either Sex Last 2 Days | 1000 | 2027 | 1291 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (8) | 100% (52) | 76% (1229) |
| Berry College - 2nd Hunt Either Sex | 1000 | 1997 | 602 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (7) | 100% (11) | 100% (583) |
| Blanton Creek - 1st Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 200 | 540 | 249 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (3) | 100% (21) | 79% (224) |
| Blanton Creek - 2nd Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless Last Day | 200 | 624 | 285 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (40) | 65% (244) |
| Chattahoochee Fall Line-Almo - 1st Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 150 | 398 | 175 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (3) | 100% (3) | 100% (18) | 83% (151) |
| Chattahoochee Fall Line-Almo - 2nd Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 150 | 382 | 170 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (4) | 100% (29) | 87% (137) |
| Chattahoochee Fall Line-Fort Perry - 1st Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 35 | 263 | 102 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (11) | 100% (16) | 8% (73) |
| Chattahoochee Fall Line-Fort Perry - 2nd Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 35 | 245 | 79 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (3) | 100% (7) | 100% (20) | 15% (48) |
| Chickasawhatchee - 1st Hunt Either Sex | 350 | 951 | 469 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (15) | 100% (75) | 69% (378) |
| Chickasawhatchee - 2nd Hunt Either Sex | 350 | 1130 | 575 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (16) | 100% (97) | 50% (460) |
| Clybel/Charlie Elliott - 1st Hunt Either Sex | 200 | 1008 | 636 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (27) | 100% (127) | 9% (481) |
| Clybel/Charlie Elliott - 2nd Hunt Either Sex | 200 | 782 | 151 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 0% (0) | 100% (4) | 100% (11) | 100% (135) |
| Coosawattee - 1st Hunt Either Sex | 300 | 1061 | 527 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (2) | 100% (53) | 52% (471) |
| Coosawattee - 2nd Hunt Either Sex | 300 | 1074 | 277 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (4) | 100% (15) | 100% (258) |
| Di-Lane Plantation - 1st Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 400 | 978 | 654 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (11) | 100% (55) | 57% (587) |
| Di-Lane Plantation - 2nd Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 400 | 809 | 218 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (3) | 100% (215) |
| Flint River - 1st Hunt Either Sex | 35 | 690 | 363 | 0% (0) | 100% (3) | 100% (5) | 68% (41) | 0% (32) | 0% (49) | 0% (233) |
| Flint River - 2nd Hunt Either Sex | 35 | 583 | 243 | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (3) | 60% (52) | 0% (40) | 0% (30) | 0% (117) |
| Gaither WMA - 1st Hunt, Either Sex | 25 | 757 | 516 | 100% (1) | 100% (10) | 100% (4) | 63% (16) | 0% (41) | 0% (78) | 0% (366) |
| Gaither WMA - 2nd Hunt, Either Sex | 25 | 526 | 98 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (2) | 100% (5) | 100% (15) | 3% (75) |
| Joe Kurz - 1st Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless Last Day | 100 | 643 | 327 | 100% (2) | 0% (0) | 100% (4) | 100% (1) | 100% (19) | 100% (74) | 0% (227) |
| Joe Kurz - 2nd Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless Last Day | 100 | 712 | 370 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (6) | 100% (71) | 21% (104) | 0% (187) |
| Lanahassee Creek - 1st Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 50 | 144 | 85 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (4) | 100% (18) | 43% (61) |
| Lanahassee Creek - 2nd Hunt Quality Buck and Antlerless | 50 | 126 | 20 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (19) |
| Ossabaw Island - 1st Hunt Either Sex (Archery Only) | 100 | 356 | 216 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (4) | 100% (29) | 100% (24) | 27% (159) |
| Ossabaw Island - 2nd Hunt Either Sex | 100 | 562 | 377 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (14) | 100% (64) | 48% (44) | 0% (253) |
| Ossabaw Island - 3rd Hunt Either Sex | 100 | 396 | 161 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (28) | 100% (53) | 24% (80) |
| Ossabaw Island - 4th Hunt Either Sex | 100 | 517 | 293 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (9) | 100% (4) | 100% (80) | 14% (51) | 0% (149) |
| River Creek - 1st Hunt Either Sex | 35 | 208 | 85 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (3) | 100% (1) | 100% (12) | 27% (67) |
| River Creek - 2nd Hunt Either Sex | 35 | 291 | 143 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (8) | 100% (17) | 23% (48) | 0% (69) |
| Rum Creek - 1st Hunt Buck Only and Either Sex Last Day | 200 | 524 | 271 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (7) | 100% (40) | 68% (224) |
| Rum Creek - 2nd Hunt Buck Only and Either Sex Last Day | 200 | 458 | 143 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (8) | 100% (131) |
| Sapelo Island - 1st Hunt Either Sex | 125 | 427 | 204 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (9) | 100% (24) | 54% (170) |
| Sapelo Island - 2nd Hunt Either Sex | 125 | 399 | 175 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (9) | 100% (8) | 71% (158) |
| Sapelo Island - 3rd Hunt Either Sex | 125 | 338 | 105 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | 100% (9) | 100% (95) |
| Sapelo Island - 4th Hunt Either Sex (Archery Only) | 125 | 259 | 153 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (12) | 81% (139) |
| Silver Lake - Only Hunt Either Sex | 160 | 507 | 264 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (2) | 100% (22) | 57% (240) |
To apply for one of Georgia’s deer quota hunts, click here.