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BEAR TAGGING

All legally-harvested bears must be reported through Georgia Game Check within 24 hours. Additionally, each bear zone has specific checking and tagging requirements. Refer to pages 14-16 in the Hunting and Fishing Regulation Guide for a complete listing of bear regulations.

 

Northern Bear Zone

Within 3 business days, bears (minimum of hide and skull) must be taken to any Game Management Office (except Fitzgerald) during regular business hours or to a state-approved cooperator for biological data collection and tagging.

CountyFirst NameLast NameBusinessAddressCityStateZIPPhoneHours
BanksStacey/CindyMillerCherokee Farm Deer Processing330 West Coker RoadAltoGA30510706-968-2847Hours may vary. Contact cooperator for details.
DawsonJosephGreenThe Steel Buffalo Butchery1500 Harmony Church RoadDawsonvilleGA30534706-216-21708 AM - 5 PM (Mon-Thurs); 8 AM - 9 PM (Fri-Sun)
HabershamChadIvesterChad's Meat House564 Hills Crossing RoadClarkesvilleGA30523706-499-4280Hours may vary. Contact cooperator for details.
HabershamChrisCarterTrophy Taker4243 Duncan Bridge Rd SWCorneliaGA30531706-894-1230Hours may vary. Contact cooperator for details.
LumpkinJoeSimmonsRock Acres Deer Processing349 Rock Acres RdDahlonegaGA30533706-300-72338 AM - 9 PM (Mon-Sun)
UnionJimmyMcClureMcClure's Deer Processing126 Wilson RoadBlairsvilleGA30514706-781-7205
706-781-5355
8 AM - 1 Hour After Dark (Mon-Sat), Closed (Sunday)
TownsJeffYoungbloodMill Creek Taxidermy2485 Mill Creek RoadHiawasseeGA30546706-994-9597Flexible hours; call for availability
Forsyth/CherokeePaulReedPaul Reed Taxidermy471 Old Brown RoadAlpharettaGA30004814-312-09688 AM - 5 PM (Mon-Sat), Closed Sunday
White/Lumpkin/Dawson/HallFrankManningBear Scat LLCAnywhere In White County Area Or Adjacent CountiesClevelandGA30528706-878-0751Flexible hours; can meet; call for availability
RabunMaxNortonBear Scat LLCRabun County AreaRabun GapGA30568706-878-0492Text or call for availability; flexible hours
MurrayLarryEtheridge105 Hensley RdChatsworthGA30705706-847-51948 AM - 9 PM (Mon-Sun)
MurrayJimmyPattersonPatterson Processing1120 Sumach Church RdChatsworthGA30705706-847-6875Hours may vary. Contact cooperator for details.
MurrayBradySluderNorth Georgia Skullworks19 Stewart Creek RdChatsworthGA30705423-716-7262Hours may vary. Contact cooperator for details.
GilmerTerryPayneTail's Creek Processing34 Burgess CirEllijayGA30540706-273-8928
Southern Bear Zone

Bears (minimum of hide and skull) must be tagged within 24 hours at a state-approved cooperator in the southern bear zone or at one of the following locations:

Fargo Georgia Forestry Commission Office – Thursdays and Fridays 10 am – 7 pm; Saturdays noon – 9 pm., all hunt days

Folkston Georgia Forestry Commission Office – Thursdays and Fridays 10 am – 7 pm; Saturdays noon – 9 pm., all hunt days

Dixon Memorial WMA – Sept. 25-27; 8 am – 8 pm

After hours, call 1-800-241-4113, or 912-262-3173 on the following business day to arrange tagging.

CountyFirst NameLast NameBusinessAddressCityStateZIPPhoneHours
ClinchTyHendersonHenderson Deer Processing256 Corbitt Rd.HomervilleGA31634912-487-67829 AM-9PM during southern zone hunt days.

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