---
title: "Hunting Regulations"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/environmental-and-energy-law-en/hunting-regulations-en"
field: "Environmental & Energy Law"
description: "Hunting regulations: the hunting-economy regime under the Forest Code — types, grounds, liability. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-03-25"
updated: "2026-10-23"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Hunting Regulations

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/environmental-and-energy-law-en/hunting-regulations-en

A separate state act on hunting does not figure in the basis of this material: the rules connected with hunting are represented here through the hunting-economy regime of the Forest Code — the types of special use, the legal grounds, and liability. On this page you will see how this regime works and where its boundaries lie.

## The Hunting Economy in the System of Special Use

In the forests of Georgia many types of special forest use may be carried out, including the organization of a fishery or a hunting economy. Among the other types are the preparation of timber by economic felling, the preparation of non-timber resources, the organization of plantation economy, and use for agricultural and resort-recreational purposes.

Several types of special use may be carried out simultaneously per unit of area, provided they do not substantially impede one another. In protected forest, the organization of a hunting economy is possible only on the part of a protected territory defined by the law on the system of protected areas — this restriction determines where a hunting economy may be located.

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### Does a separate hunting act exist in this material?

This page rests on the hunting-economy regime of the Forest Code; the organization of a hunting economy is regulated by the relevant legislative act containing the detailed rules.

### Where may a hunting economy be organized?

In protected forest — only on the part of a protected territory defined by the law on the system of protected areas; restrictions for other forest categories are established by law.

### How does the administrative proceeding begin?

On the basis of an interested person's application, by the address of the issuing authority or on the initiative of the forest management body.

### Does a fine release from compensating damage?

No — the imposition of liability does not release from the obligation to compensate damage caused to the forest.