It amazing to me that I sit here and watch people killing very nice bucks and does,Kids killing deer daily and posted on this website.I also know of many many nice bucks being seen and some killed that never make it to aldeer.Seems to me they are easy to come by for a lot of people and some couldn't find a deer in a pen at the zoo.

I can remember going to Skyline back in the 78-84 yrs and seeing 25+ deer a day and many big deer were killed. I think the coyote are a 100x more of a problem than previous thought and the unlimited slaughter of does has ruined it.

So could one surmise that killing too many bucks wasn't nearly as bad for the overall deer herd in Alabama as many were led to believe?

I'd like to see it go back to doe days starting the day after Christmas Day & ending New Year's eve and one doe a day at that.

I would have no problem with that at all,but I would prefer it like it used to be,with no tag.no phone calls.I cant remember ever killing more than 3 bucks when we could kill one everyday.

Do the doe days on a county by county basis.

Good post, but I think it's not just the young hunters that want instant gratification. I started hunting in Northeast Alabama in the early 70's , I know what not seeing deer is all about.

County or districts would be the best way to do it. There is no way to effectively manage the deer population for the State as a whole.

If we have a limited doe season as suggested above I don't see the need for doe tags or the such either.....

Ok deer season for a long time had a doe season( end of dec.-first of jan.) and a hunter could kill as many bucks as he wants( most bucks are harder to kill). Then comes first change hunter can kill 2 does a day for entire season. Then 2nd change comes 3 buck limit. Now the 3rd change only one doe a day. You see it's going to change some people say it's going to make outlaws, outlaws aren't made they just show THEIR(for you English majors) true colors.

My changes would be some kind of an adjustment to doe harvest maybe dec. 15th - thru the weekend after jan.1st for the southern zone. Keep 3 buck limit with a 4 points minimum and if you can't kill enough deer with those regulations give up hunting and go fishing. Or kill all the hogs you want they got meat and no limits.

Limestone co.

Oct 1- Jan 15 season
2 buck annual limit
Reported tag system
Option to purchase a doe tag
Muzzle loader season Nov 5-15

Three buck limit statewide with 4-pts or better on one side.
Three doe limit statewide. In counties with high doe population allow hunters to purchase additional doe tags at 7 dollars each.
Statewide archery season: 1 Oct to 1 Dec
Blackpower: 2 Dec to 20 Dec
Modern Gun: 21 Dec to 10 Feb
Make the current voluntary check system mandatory.

Allow hunting over feeders.

Taser: 1 deer per day.

As a landowner who worked extra hard to purchase properties that have deer populations, I am very hesitant to shoot anything but a good mature buck. The does are strictly forbidden from being shot. That is the future of my resource.

On the other hand, I see individuals who lease properties are more apt to shoot without regard to sex or age class. Most, NOT ALL, are under the pretense they want to get their money's worth EVERY time they go afield. I am an officer in one of the oldest hunting clubs in North Alabama and it makes me shake my head when I see grown men shoot button heads and fawns that weigh less than 60 lbs. it is like If I don't shoot it someone else will. They then drop out of the club because they are not killing mature deer and the process starts all over again with a change over of about 10 members a year.

Our deer population is less than half of what it was 15 years ago. I would love to see two buck tags per Hunter that are purchased over the counter. I would also like to see a maximum of three doe tags per Hunter which could be taken by any legal hunting method. Bow season also needs to start on November 1 and run until February 7 without a split season here in North Alabama. The money generated from the deer tag sales would be used for more GWs to cover all our counties.

This is what I would like to see happen, but remember we all are different. I used to love hunting as a child with my dad here in North Alabama in the 1960's and seeing a deer every three or four years (sarcastic comment). We started protecting our does once they were populated here and you were the scum of the earth if you shot a doe. Those sentiments still carry over to a certain degree even today with me. I have only shot two mature deer a year for years now and see no sense in changing. I love looking at those beautiful racks and vividly remembering every detail about that hunt. I also get invited to hunt several properties that are off limits to hunting because the landowners know how I hunt.

That is all. Merry Christmas.
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I would like it to go back the way it use to be about 20 to 30 years ago. Hunting was simple everybody hunted the same nobody even complained. Epically in north Alabama. Its to much hunting shows on TV that has messed that up. Hunting has really just went down hill if you as me

leave season the way it is , at least where i hunt .

-Doe limit set by county

2 Bucks per year (Any Size)on tag system matched to license at time of license purchase.

I am against doe day. Several variabels could ruin them days. Sick, work, weather ar just a few. As long as we have a real tag system it shouldnt matter. I'm all for limiting does to 2-3.

Also would like to be able to hunt over corn,

I can only speak for my area.