All ways to generate money to hire more law enforcement and tools for the job. The State does a poor job of running department to make money. They are leaving huge amounts of money on the table by not selling individual stamps for the various seasons. When you go into a store and purchase goods you expect to pay for them because the store is a business. Why should running a state be any different. Its a business not a not for profit.

Why not? Seriously, why not? A feeder is nothing more than an optional hunting tool or feeding mechanism (during the off-season).

Do farmers have to buy an annual decal for their hay bale holders or feeders? That's an optional thing for them. They could just toss the food or hay on the ground.

Your reasoning so far is illogical at best and liberal taxation at worst.

I don't know anyone that is not into it now.Supplemental feeding.

This '' let the hunter kill what he wants '' mentality is a JOKE.

I am sick and tired of people killing does because they '' need some meat '', or '' that's all I'm seeing are does, so I shot one, or , '' I just wanted to kill one this year ''.

I agree with you in general, but consider how far some states take it where strict regulations have been the norm for years. Here's a jewel I found in the Maine turkey hunting regulations:

>>>*Beginning in 2015, turkey hunters in WMDs 1-6 are assigned to either Season A or Season B based on their year of birth. During “odd” numbered calendar years such as 2015, hunters with “odd” birth years will be authorized to hunt during Season A (May 4-9, 2015 and May 18-23, 2015 this year); hunters with “even” birth years will be authorized to hunt during Season B (May 11-16, 2015 and May 25-30, 2015). All turkey hunters can hunt the last week (June 1-6, 2015).

During “even” numbered calendar years (2016, 2018, etc.), hunters with “even” birth years will be authorized to hunt during Season A; hunters with “odd” birth years will be authorized to hunt during Season B<<<<

Such nonsense as this eventually comes about when you start down the road of more and more regulations. And an important point about Maine turkey hunting is that a hunter can legally kill 2 gobblers and 2 more of either sex when you combine the fall and spring seasons. They could have a simple spring season like AL with a generous limit and kill the same number of turkeys, but govt doesn't want simple - it wants more and more regulations so that it appears to be more and more necessary.

Surely there is a middle ground between no regulation and excessive regulation? Oh wait, that's kinda what we had for the first 40 years of my hunting career.

I hope we see all these fees and it makes people stay at home.

Originally Posted By: yelkca280
I hope we see all these fees and it makes people stay at home.

I don't care what they do, tax, tag system, mandatory physical check in, yada yada yada. If they don't do something positive, I am done.
I have a lifetime license, and every time I look at it, I get pissed. Deer hunting in Alabama has become a JOKE. I know I don't have the best land to hunt, or the lowest pressured club, but it's better than some, but it's still a JOKE.
I've killed one deer over 140, and another really good 4yr old in the last 4 years on my lease, and I am still NOT HAPPY about the aspect of hunting in Alabama as it is now. This '' let the hunter kill what he wants '' mentality is a JOKE.
I know 100 people that deer hunt, and if I was a billionaire, I wouldn't trust 3 of them to make a rational decision on how to manage a piece of property I owned, so, '' OUR '' State, decides to just put in the hands of the bloodthirsty people who just like to kill and let them decide????? Good idea Alabama DCNR.

If you walk into a business you expect it to be run like a business right?

If you walk into a church you expect it to be run like a church righ? Wrong! A church run like anything other than a business is or will be a museum. If you don't believe me look at the churches in Europe.

Why should the sate not run the department of wildlife and fisheries like a business. That what the hell it is. Other wise its a not for profit. A business must have profit to survive. So in the case of the state department they need to charge A NOMINAL FEE for doe tags, muzzleloader season, archery season, feeders, traps, special wma hunts. $5 and $10 stamps for these items is not going to break anyone. Yall spend what you want when you want on hunting related items, leases, processing, trucks, atvs the list goes on and on but you cant stand the thoughts of buying a stamp for muzzleloader season. If it cuts into you budget for smokes and natty light for the week so what. I hope we see all these fees and it makes people stay at home. That means more for me and the guys that don't mind change. Dinosaurs are dead! or so I thought.

If it were up to me there would only be two deer hunting regulations:

1. Every licensed hunter gets one doe tag (something for the freezer)
2. 3 buck limit with No bucks under 165 lbs. - anyone caught harvesting a buck between 150 - 165 lbs. would face a small fine and anyone caught harvesting a buck less than 150 lbs would face a large fine and would loose their license for a year. Anyone caught transporting a deer without a state issued one time use tag would loose their license for life and face up to a year in jail.

I'm not for any new taxes or check in stations, just 2 reasonable regulations with harsh penalties. My regulations would be aimed at doing away with the blood thirsty KILLERS and protecting the resources for the HUNTERS.

This is the second most ridiculous post I have ever seen!! what in the heck is wrong with you folks?