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title: O.C.G.A. § 27-3-8. Unlawful devices.
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# O.C.G.A. § 27-3-8. Unlawful devices.

It shall be unlawful for any person to make use of any pitfall, deadfall, catch, snare, trap, net, salt lick, blind pig, baited hook, or other device for the purpose of taking any game animal or game bird or any other wildlife, except as otherwise provided in this title or by rule or regulation of the board.

## History

Ga. L. 1911, p. 137, § 17; Code 1933, § 45-322; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1005, § 1; Ga. L. 1952, p. 362, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 483, § 62; Ga. L. 1972, p. 925, § 2; Code 1933, § 45-507, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 396, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 798, § 8.

## Administrative Rules and Regulations

Hunting regulations, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Subject 391-4-2.