ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate on Friday passed a bill making it legal to trap and kill feral hogs, sending it to Governor Brian Kemp to be signed into law.
HB 946 passed on a unanimous 46-0 vote. It amends Georgia hunting laws relating to the trapping of feral hogs, which currently must be done with a license. This bill will make it possible to trap feral hogs without a license — though only if they are killed upon capture.
The current statute states: “It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, fish, trap, or possess any wildlife or feral hog without first procuring all of the licenses, stamps, or permits required or authorized under this title.”
HB 946 adds a clause there that says, “provided, however, that persons may trap feral hogs without a hunting or trapping license, provided that such hogs shall be killed upon capture.”
The bill passed by the Georgia General Assembly also “allows for hunting feral hogs from motor vehicles on private property and the use of unmanned aircraft systems in certain circumstances,” the Georgia Senate Press Office said.
