Trappers For Hire

In an effort to help hunters and land managers who might be having issues with predators, GON has created and will maintain a “Trappers For Hire” list. When you call a trapper, please discuss payment for services prior to having the trapper come out to your property.

This online list will be updated throughout the year. A listing here is not an endorsement of services by GON.

• APPLING CO.
Trapper: Joshua Stone, 912.278.5701
Counties Will Trap: Appling, Toombs, Jeff Davis and Tattnall
Months They Will Trap: December-March

• APPLING CO.
Trapper: Phil Lewis, 912.213.3992
Counties Will Trap: Appling, Jeff Davis, Coffee, Bacon, Toombs, Pierce, Wayne, Tattnall and Montgomery
Months They Will Trap: September-May

• BACON CO.
Trapper: Rodney Wilson: 912.590.4850
Counties Will Trap: Bacon, Appling, Pierce, Brantley, Wayne, Jeff Davis, Ware, Atkinson and Coffee.

• BEN HILL CO.
Trapper:Malachi Boney, 229.457.9616
Counties Will Trap: Ben Hill and Irwin.
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• BIBB CO.
Trapper: Tim Mercer, 478.731.2749
Counties Will Trap: Bibb, Jasper, Monroe, Crawford and Houston
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• BULLOCH CO.
Trapper: Cody Hammond, 912.531.4102
Counties Will Trap: Bulloch, Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and Screven
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• BULLOCH CO.
Trapper: Bradford Stewart, 912.531.6535
Counties Will Trap: Bulloch, Evans and Candler
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• BULLOCH CO.
Trapper: Jayce Swim, 706.829.4755
Counties Will Trap: Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven, Evans, Jefferson and Burke
Months They Will Trap: September-March

• BUTTS CO.
Trapper: Lee Martin, 678.427.7104
Counties Will Trap: Butts, Newton, Walton, Jasper, Morgan, Greene, Henry, Jones, Putnam and Hancock
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• CARROLL CO.
Trapper: Jim Driver, 678.894.6475
Counties Will Trap: Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Fulton, Paulding, Heard and Coweta
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• CHARLTON CO.
Trapper: Mike Wisler, 912.276.2139
Counties Will Trap: Charlton, Brantley and Camden
Months They Will Trap: December-February

• CHATTOOGA CO.
Trapper: DJ Driver, 706.978.6020
Counties Will Trap: Chattooga, Walker, Dade, Catoosa and Floyd
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• CHATTOOGA CO.
Trapper: Kevin Carr, 256.589.6868
Counties Will Trap: Chattooga
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• COBB CO.
Trapper: Ryan Lawrence, 678.449.8890
Counties Will Trap: Cobb, Paulding, Douglas and Carroll
Months They Will Trap: December-May

• COBB CO.
Trapper: Steven C. Yancey, 770.547.6499, [email protected]
Counties Will Trap: Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb, Paulding, Gwinnett, Cherokee, Bartow, Douglas, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Harris, Gordon, Forsyth and Hall
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• COBB CO.
Trapper: Dustin Koch, 678.637.1773
Counties Will Trap: Cobb, Cherokee and Lumpkin
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• COFFEE CO.
Trapper: Ricky Wade, 229.445.1002
Counties Will Trap: Coffee and the southern half of Georgia
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• COLQUITT CO.
Trapper: Jacob Smith, 229.454.6180
Counties Will Trap: Colquitt, Tift, Worth and Cook
Months They Will Trap: December-April

• COWETA CO.
Trapper: Daniel DeKeyzer, 706.681.1559
Counties Will Trap: Coweta, Meriwether, Troup, Heard, south Fulton, Fayette, Spalding and Pike
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• CRAWFORD CO.
Trapper: Codey Musselwhite, 478.951.8606
Counties Will Trap: Crawford, Peach, Houston, Macon and Dooly
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• CRISP CO.
Trapper: Scott Johnson, 229.344.2037
Counties Will Trap: Will trap statewide
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• DAWSON CO.
Trapper: John Keeney, 706.429.4307
Counties Will Trap: Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin and Gilmer
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• DOOLY CO.
Trapper: Doug Massey, 478.955.5054
Counties Will Trap: Dooly, Houston, Macon, Pulaski and Crisp
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• ECHOLS CO.
Trapper: Patrick Dupree, 229.262.9108
Counties Will Trap: Echols, Lowndes, Lanier, Berrien, Cook, Brooks, Thomas, Colquitt, Ware, Atkinson, Clinch and Charlton
Months They Will Trap: Year-round for beavers. December-March for predators.

• EFFINGHAM CO.
Trapper: Eric Bevill Jr., 912.667.6374
Counties Will Trap: Effingham, Screven and Bryan
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• EMANUEL CO.
Trapper: Hal Bridges, 478.237.4665 (h), 478.494.8678 (c)
Counties Will Trap: Emanuel, Burke, Jenkins and Jefferson
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• EMANUEL CO.
Trapper: Kevin Wilkey, 478.550.5308
Counties Will Trap: Emanuel, Treutlen, Johnson, Laurens, Jefferson, Tombs and Montgomery
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• FLOYD CO.
Trapper: Gary Dowdy, 678.986.3137
Counties Will Trap: Floyd, Polk, Bartow and Chattooga
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• FORSYTH CO.
Trapper: Jonathan Martin, 678.697.1694
Counties Will Trap: Forsyth and Dawson
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• FORSYTH CO.
Trapper: Chad Artimovich, 770.363.5350
Counties Will Trap: Forsyth, Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Dawson
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• FULTON CO. (South Fulton County only)
Trapper: Craig Wall, 404.488.1583
Counties Will Trap: Fulton, Fayette, Coweta and Douglas
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• GORDON CO.
Trapper: Bradley Mealer, 770.324.1911
Counties Will Trap: Gordon and Pickens
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• GWINNETT CO.
Trapper: Preston Zimmerman, 678.371.6749
Counties Will Trap: Gwinnett
Months They Will Trap: Year-round (starting Aug. 2024)

• HARRIS CO.
Trapper: Lee Riley, 706.977.8108; Jacob Parker, 706.594.5359
Counties Will Trap: Harris, Muscogee, Troup, Talbot and Meriwether
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• HARRIS CO.
Trapper: Derek Baggett, 803-795-5087
Counties Will Trap: Harris, Muscogee, Troup, Talbot and Meriwether. Also in Russell and Lee counties in Alabama.
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• HARRIS CO.
Trapper: Tommy Key, 706.628.4686
Counties Will Trap: Harris, Talbot, Taylor, Meriwether, Troup, Marion and Dooly.
Months They Will Trap: October-March

• HEARD CO.
Trapper: Josh Womack, 770.243.3478
Counties Will Trap: Heard and Carroll
Months They Will Trap: December-February

• HOUSTON CO.
Trapper: Hunter Grodner, 478.542.1931
Counties Will Trap: Houston, Peach, Pulaski, Dodge and Bleckley
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• JACKSON CO.
Trapper: Mike Schiffmann, 770.695.3528
Counties Will Trap: Jackson, Barrow
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• JACKSON CO.
Trapper: Michael Williams, 706.714.4552
Counties Will Trap: Jackson, Madison, Clarke and Banks
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• JASPER CO.
Trapper: Tyler Brown, 706.476.1026
Counties Will Trap: Jasper, Putnam, Butts, Newton, Morgan, Rockdale, Lamar, Monroe, Walton and Jones
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• JENKINS CO.
Trapper: Craig Brackin, 706.871.7708
Counties Will Trap: Jenkins, Burke, Screven, Emanuel and Bulloch
Months They Will Trap: December-March

• JOHNSON CO.
Trapper: Josh Hall, 478.494.6943
Counties Will Trap: Johnson, Emanuel, Treutlen and Burke
Months They Will Trap: September-April

• JONES CO.
Trapper: Bubba Lynn Stanford, 706.816.1320
Counties Will Trap: Jones, Putnam and Baldwin.
Months Will Trap: Year-round

• LAURENS CO.
Trapper: Anthony Weaver, 478.200.8292
Counties Will Trap: Laurens, Johnson, Treutlen, Wilkinson, Twiggs, Bleckley, Dodge, Wheeler, Washington and Emanuel.
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• LOWNDES CO.
Trapper: Jacky Simpson, 229.251.3353
Counties Will Trap: Lowndes, Echols, Lanier, Cook and Brooks.
Months They Will Trap: October-March

• LOWNDES CO.
Trapper: Tyler Rehberg, 229.269.7374
Counties Will Trap: Lowndes, Echols and Brooks.
Months They Will Trap: December-March, May-September

• MONROE CO.
Trapper: Bryan Rooks, 478.973.1838; Melinda Rooks, 478.973.2966
Counties Will Trap: Monroe, Lamar, Pike, Crawford, Upson, Spalding, Bibb, Jones, Butts and Jasper
Months Will Trap: Year-round

• MORGAN CO.
Trapper: Rick Shields, 706.818.4977
Counties Will Trap: Morgan, Oglethorpe, Hancock, Oconee, Walton, Putnam and Greene
Months Will Trap: Year-round

• OCONEE CO.
Trapper: Bobby Butler, 706.714.2665
Counties Will Trap: Oconee, Greene, Walton, Morgan, Clarke, Madison, Oglethorpe and Barrow
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• OGLETHORPE CO.
Trapper: Scott Noltensmeier, 706.614.5630
Counties Will Trap: Oglethorpe, Oconee, Madison, Greene and Wilkes
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• PEACH CO.
Trapper: Grady Adams, 478-335-1720
Counties Will Trap: Peach, Houston, Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe, Macon and Taylor
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• PICKENS CO.
Trapper: Jeremiah Wheeler, 404.796.0170
Counties Will Trap: Pickens, Cherokee and Gilmer
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• PIKE CO.
Trapper: Ben Rutledge 678.201.5663
Counties Will Trap: Pike, Spalding, Henry, Butts, Lamar, Upson, Meriwether and Fayette.
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• PULASKI CO.
Trapper: Tom Hogg, 478.955.7309
Counties Will Trap: Pulaski, Bleckley, Dooly, Dodge, Houston and Wilcox
Months They Will Trap: November-March

• PUTNAM CO.
Trapper: Lynn Stanford, 706.473.1087 (c), 706.485.5107 (h). Leave message if no answer.
Counties Will Trap: Putnam, Jones, Jasper and Morgan
Months Will Trap: Year-round

• PUTNAM CO.
Trapper: Brad Gill, 706.816.8831.
Counties Will Trap: Putnam, Morgan and Greene
Months Will Trap: Year-round

• RABUN CO.
Trapper: Doug Burrell, 706.982.1701
Counties Will Trap: Rabun, Habersham, Banks and Towns
Months They Will Trap: December-March

• SPALDING CO.
Trapper: Ryan Bowlden, 678.588.3734
Counties Will Trap: Spalding, Henry, Pike, Coweta, Fayette, Butts, Lamar and Meriwether
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

Trapper:Brandon Cook, 678.972.0045
Counties Will Trap: Spalding, Henry, Butts, Lamar, Upson, Jasper, Meriwether and Fayette
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• TATTNALL CO.
Trapper: Charles Christenbury, 912.237.6096
Counties Will Trap: Tattnall, Evans, Liberty, Long and Appling
Months They Will Trap: December-February

• THOMAS CO.
Trapper: Jason Rex, 229.224.8544
Counties Will Trap: Thomas, Brooks, Colquitt and Lowndes
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• TIFT CO.
Trapper: John Ethridge, 229.472.0632
Counties Will Trap: Statewide
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• TOOMBS CO.
Trapper: Greg Burns, 912.245.8966
Counties Will Trap: Toombs, Montgomery, Treutlen, Candler, Tattnall
Months They Will Trap: September-February

• TROUP CO.
Trapper: C.J. Moore, 706.616.4247
Counties Will Trap: Troup, Harris and Meriwether
Months They Will Trap: October-April

• TROUP CO.
Trapper: Keith King, 706.594.0915
Counties Will Trap: Troup, Harris and Meriwether
Months They Will Trap: December-June

• TROUP CO.
Trapper: Michael Johnston, 706.523.6806
Counties Will Trap: Troup, Harris and Meriwether
Months They Will Trap: October-March

• TWIGGS CO.
Trapper: Quincy R. Garrett
Counties Will Trap: Twiggs, Bibb, Bleckley, Jones and Wilkinson
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

• UPSON CO.
Trapper: Scott McDaniel, 770.468.4487
Counties Will Trap: Central and southwest Georgia
Months They Will Trap: Year-round

If you’d like to be considered for inclusion on the list, GON needs the below information for potential trappers to be included on the Trapper For Hire listing:

Name:
Phone Number:
County You Live In:
Counties You Will Trap: Some trappers are willing to travel outside of their home counties to trap. Let us know if you’re willing to do that and which counties you’re willing to travel and trap.
Months You Will Trap: With Georgia’s furbearer trapping season running from December-February, we know that some trappers may only be willing to trap during this time. However, we know there are others who trap year-round for things like beavers and coyotes that don’t have a season.
Commercial Trappers License Number: Whether you only trap in December-February, or trap coyotes and beavers year-round, you must have a current Commercial Trappers License and a number. We are NOT going to publish this number, but we do want to verify with WRD that your information is current. Please include your number.

Send info to [email protected] or call 800.438.4663. This listing will also be updated regularly at www.gon.com.