Bow hunting in your backyard
07-25-2012, 10:51 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Georgia
Posts: 82
Bow hunting in your backyard
I live in Georgia and i live in a neiborhood but there are no houses within about 200 yards of my house and my backyard is woods with a creek so there are lots of deer and i was wondering if it is legal to shoot deer or not with a bow in your backyard in georgia. i have all the requirements and a lisence but i was just wondering.
07-25-2012, 11:38 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,926
Depends
You don't live in an area that doesn't permit hunting, regardless of individual property size.
How far away from the property line are you, and is that visited by others.
Once hunted an old farm. I made sure that I was over fifty yards from a property line, and made sure I could and did shoot an arrow accurately. Doesn't do any good to see the deer go crashing into someones else's back yard.
How far away from the property line are you, and is that visited by others.
Once hunted an old farm. I made sure that I was over fifty yards from a property line, and made sure I could and did shoot an arrow accurately. Doesn't do any good to see the deer go crashing into someones else's back yard.
07-25-2012, 11:59 AM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Northern WI
Posts: 853
Check with your city. It may be legal, maybe not. Another thing to consider are your neighbors - will they let you retrieve a wounded deer? If not, then you may need to trespass in order to retrieve a wounded deer. At any rate, you will need to find those answers - we can't answer those questions for you.
In many cities there are designated public areas for bow hunting in the city - you might want to check in on this too.
In many cities there are designated public areas for bow hunting in the city - you might want to check in on this too.
