Helping protect the rights of individuals and preserve the natural resources of Georgia

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GTA Annual Convention

2026
September 18-19

GTA Youth Field Trial

2027
January 1-3

GTA Adult Field Trial

2026
January 23-25

GTA Spring Fling Event

2026
April 11

Georgia Trappers Association
Mission Statement

We are interested in promoting the education and growth of hunting, fishing, and trapping while maintaining the highest standards of sportsmanship. We want to encourage public conservation and the protection, restoration and management of water, wildlife, forest and fields. We strive to cooperate with county, state, federal and private agencies having the responsibilities for wildlife and land management.

Announcements

GA Trapping Licenses Now Available Online:
No paper Applications needed: (Click Here for GA DNR)

H.B. 1147 has passed into law.
As of 7/1/22 It is now legal to trap Raccoon and Opossum year round in Georgia

45th Annual GTA Convention
September 18th & 19th, 2026
Location: Dublin, GA

Click here for attendance and sponsorship information.

GON Articles

* 2024 GTA Convention
* 2024 Youth Field Trials
* 2025 Puurfect Ending to Trapping

GTA 45th Annual Convention Sept. 18-19, 2026
GTA Youth Field Trials Jan. 1 - 3, 2027 Swainsboro, GA.
Keeping Georgia Wild Day @ the Capital; January 2027
Fisharama/Turkeyrama February 5 - 7, 2027
GON Sportman Expo March 5-6, 2027 - Tifton, GA
Fur Pickup in Valdosta, GA; March TBD
Fur Pickup in Perry, GA; March TBD
Fur Pickup in South Carolina March TBD
2026 - 2027 Trapper Harvest Survey due March 30, 2027 to the GA DNR
GTA Spring Fling - Metter, GA; March/April TBD.
Georgia Taxidermist Ass. Show April 30 - May 2, 2026
NTA Convention July 27-24 2027 - Lima, OH

Upcoming Events

Legislative Summary

Given the extreme political environment across the country as it pertains to just about everything—but more to the point conservation, wildlife management, and trapping as a whole—as well as this being a mid-term and significant State election year for the State of Georgia and election year for the GTA, I feel it is imperative to document and have as a matter of record the legislative precedent that has been established over the last 20 years as it pertains to trapping.
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