One last thing......unless you are probably in your forties and have hunted in South Alabama when you were young you probably have no idea what good hunting and hunting to kill deer is all about. I laugh when I hear people talking about how good their hunting is because they killed some does. Before the liberal doe limits were pushed we averaged thirty bucks six point or better every year off 1500 acres now that is killing deer and enjoying it Now after all the liberal doe killing for the better of the herd lol we are averaging around five bucks of the same antler size. This year with the land around us included we have right at 6500 acres with a grand total of one buck and six does killed.....if this is a good trend then let's keep what we are doing but I think it's is not. So I will continue to push for a more localized(districts) way of setting limits for the future of our hunting.....

1 buck and no does really will go over well. I for one would be an outlaw. Horns are over rated but I sure will shoot a goodun if it comes by.

30 bucks way to many. That may be why you only have one now.

I definitely do not support a one buck limit.....

We averaged that for over twenty years.....again you have no idea what good hunting is...

600 bucks over twenty years and now you only have shot one. They may have gotten smart and left. I know good hunting.

Evidently not.....

Leave it like it is. I wish there was a way to put an age restriction on it tho.

You are wasting your time....

If they did not see it themselves, they will never believe it!
Some of THE best bucks I know of being killed around here over the years came from properties with higher than average populations and had Rules to protect young bucks.

Evidently so.... I do find it strange that 7,000 acres would only produce 1 buck for you.

Fellows lets admit ,the deer numbers are not the same they were 5 years ago.and another thing I think this will support bidt,s lack of deer and everybodys else, to I think we have educated the does to the point most of them are scared to come out because soon as they step out most people shoot them ,it makes them nocturnal as well.and 30 buck,s is a normal on most big tracts of land.if it wouldnt no one would lease the land.if everyone would keep there finger off the trigger things would get alot better.wait on the big boy then you will have something to be proud of.I know alot of people that kill does because they say they taste better,thats bullcrap deermeat is deer meat.then I know people that pay 1000$ to join a club they kill as many deer as they can,they say gotta get my money,s worth thats crap. no matter what everyone comes up with excuses.

They must have all moved North.The last few yrs I have been seeing all kinds of deer in and around Decatur.The last few days they have been everywhere.I think yall are gonna keep on and mess up a good thing.

I believe 1 doe per day is sufficient in private land, as we only kill 7-8 does per year in 1,200 acres, I would love to see a rigid buck tag instead of the honor paper system. In the southern zone I would like for bow season to come in on Oct 15, and all hunting stopped Dec 1-10. Our club polices it self pretty well with kills.

Another observation..I have a buddy with two 500 acre leases near Red Bay.May have ten members..He has a a field planted and feed the deer there and rarely shoots anything.He always has deer and sometimes as many as 25 in the field at any given time..The other guys sitting around seeing very little..As soon as it starts getting hunted they are gone..Just saying!

I know what you mean but it seems that it's always the squeaky wheel that gets the grease. This generation of video game players want INSTANT gratification and ALOT of it. They should have hunted back in the 70's when there REALLY were not many/any deer. If you saw a track, you felt like you had a good hunt. It was only a dream really to actually see and kill one.

Actually if you read my post again that's not just me. That's two hunting clubs and a private landowner. I don't find it strange....it is just a product of shooting too many does even though the State and a private biologist were pushing it combined with a large predator population.

I know most of these younger hunters and those that never hunted during those days in this region will never accept what we saw first hand.....

Again that is why I am talking about just my district / area because I would go back to our deer densities in the 70's in a heartbeat....

Maybe some areas can function as things are today. That's completely understandable. The hunters there have regulated themselves and the harvest and things are just fine. But that's a minority I can assure you. You may not believe that, but it's real.

Here's the crazy thing about regulations on the taking of wildlife. It's absolutely to create more opportunity in the future! Holy crap, what an idea! Why do some people see it as taking something away? You can only take so much for so long. That is truth.

I bought our lifetime license so we wouldn't get tied up in any more "fees". Didn't really have to buy a license at all, but I did. I'm not gonna pay to shoot a doe on land I own and pay taxes on. How about we make that just for "leased land" and wma's since a landowner doesn't have to buy a license anyway. The only reason you guys are wanting a 10.00 doe tag is to limit others "again". We won't kill 3 does a piece this year, but I will if I want to.