If there was one living there I'll bet he could do it.

I hunt in some prime deer hunting property in the blackbelt and there are a significant number of people that complain about not seeing deer, all I can do is laugh at them. They seem to think that continually hunting the same way, not scouting and doing the same thing over and over and over again is going to somehow miraculously change their luck. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to walk out on a greenfield and see tracks and just about every blade of green clipped off to putting green height to know deer are there. But apparently one has to be a brain surgeon to figure out that deer are feeding in the plot after dark when they have "sat" on the plot and not seen a deer for the 42nd time.

I’d guess it was someone petitioning coal pollution. Those F’n treehuggers with their clean water and whatnot.

I hunted both the national forest and the WMA a few times over the years, and I saw deer on more hunts than not, and saw a couple of nice bucks. I killed a doe with my bow on a food plot. I never did see a lot of deer, but there are deer there. There are also quite a few hunters on that area that see plenty of deer and bring out a few great bucks each year. It’s NEVER going to have high numbers of deer. There’s a certain percentage of the place that received little to zero management because of the wilderness designation, or minimal impact designation. Only congressional action can change that. The hunters I’ve talked to say the numbers seem to be getting better since the reduction in antlerless harvest, but it’s not going to happen overnight. Spotlight surveys indicate there’s more deer than y’all think. I can’t go to a food plot out there without seeing tracks and grazing. The population is low, but I don’t think anything will change that short of drastic habitat improvement.

Im all for antler restrictions. Too many people shooting yoing bucks IMO. We could have some really record breaking deer if we would get serious about shooting older age class deer.

You N AL guys crack me up. Most of us guys down south would trade a testicle for a 100 acres of hardwoods instead of the 1,000's of acres of pine thickets and clearcuts.

I prefer hardwoods instead of pines and clear cuts. I've seen deer eat acorns I've never seen one eat a pine cone

I use to be the same way. But I came to realize if you want to have a good deer herd you need a good ballance of several different timber varieties including pines.

Im all for antler restrictions. Too many people shooting yoing bucks IMO. We could have some really record breaking deer if we would get serious about shooting older age class deer.

I use to be the same way. But I came to realize if you want to have a good deer herd you need a good ballance of several different timber varieties including pines.

And only the WMA has antler restriction on b side. I'm pretty sure correct me if I'm wrong Matt but national forest land was was one section, no "a&b"sides, and followed state regulations. Not WMA reg

The national forest is open permit land and subject to statewide regs. The only exception is either sex gun days.

Springhill grocery

That's about 3 miles from my house. Springhill grocery is a good 20-25 minutes from the edge of the forest. Seems like an odd store for it to be at considering there are several closer to Bankhead.

That's about 3 miles from my house. Springhill grocery is a good 20-25 minutes from the edge of the forest. Seems like an odd store for it to be at considering there are several closer to Bankhead.