"Before hunting, a person wishing to hunt migratory birds is obliged to: pay the fee for removing migratory birds from the environment provided for by the Law of Georgia on Fees for Use of Natural Resources (GEL 10); 

to bring with him the document confirming the payment of this fee in material or electronic form in the case of hunting within seven days (including the day of payment) after the payment; 

when hunting, to carry a document confirming the right to keep and carry a hunting rifle issued by the relevant body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

If these requirements are met, a person is entitled to hunt migratory birds, from the fourth Saturday of August of the year of payment of the fee established for the removal of migratory birds from the environment to March 1 of the following year, and if the fee is paid at the beginning of the year (January or February), a person is entitled to hunt within the period until March 1 of the year of payment of the fee.

The fee can be paid at any bank in Georgia, Receiving Bank: State Treasury, bank code: 220 101 222, bank account number: №200122900, treasury code determining the type of budget receipts: 3033. Employees of the Department of Environmental Supervision of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture will carry out 24-hour enhanced control throughout Georgia in the direction of illegal hunting and violations of hunting rules, within the framework of the hunting season.

In case of a violation of the law, citizens should contact the hotline of the Ministry - 153 (without index, the call is free, anonymity is protected), so that the relevant regional division of the Department of Environmental Supervision can respond immediately.

For a detailed list of prohibited hunting methods and species of migratory birds allowed for hunting, hunting terms and daily limits, according to hunting places, as well as an explanation for paying the fee, see:   https://mepa.gov.ge/Ge/PublicInformation/34043?fbclid=IwAR1-SnQQJuBBwlJ4o-Z6XXgWpiP84tIdD-GWctAj7DQWAGTbKngR8j_fDr0,” – the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia announced.