Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 27. GAME AND FISH · Chapter 3. WILDLIFE GENERALLY · Article 1. HUNTING · Part 2. DEER

27-3-40. Required clothing.

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It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt deer or for any person to accompany another person hunting deer during the firearms deer season unless each person shall wear a total of at least 500 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink material as an outer garment. Such clothing must be worn above the waistline and may include a head covering.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1973, p. 711, § 1; Code 1933, § 45-517, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 2025, p. 290, § 3/HB 167, effective July 1, 2025.

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, inserted “or fluorescent pink” in the first sentence.

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Text read from t27-t30-(v22)-pdf.pdf, Volume V22, 2018 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 71 to 72; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 b54071b79715.