Since I couldn't find any reference to the use of snares in the general game laws booklets, I called a Conservation Officer friend. He said the weren't legal and sent me the code statute he used as the basis he his belief. I read the cite, then the whole code section, then I read the entire section again. I emailed the Ranger that the OCGA section he cited did NOT prohibit the use of snares and further it did not appear that there was any prohibition on their use during trapping season. He's checking on it. I asked another Ranger the same question this week while attending CLE seminars and got the same answer; snares are not permissible in GA. He cited a code section that was different then the one cited by the first Ranger, But I showed him where and why I did not believe snares were prohibited. He's checking on it.
Now this may have to go up for an opinion of the State Attorney General, but by the "Rules of Construction" used in drafting statutes, I maintain the use of snares, or any other device, is not prohibited by statute in Georgia. Does anyone have any experience in this area? Better yet, does anyone volunteer to be arrested so we can take this up (on appeal) as a test case?
