Originally Posted by daylate
I will reiterate what several have posted about Alabama. It is so different from Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, etc that you cannot look at what those states have done and apply it here. Those states have large properties that are intensely managed to raise the age structure and health of deer. Supplemental food (for nutrition and bait) and cameras have been a huge aid in saving bucks that need a few more years to reach their potential.Alabama has such an intensely high level of competition between adjacent landowners that these things can certainly be detrimental to the local deer population..In most areas, it is kill em before the neighbors can. I should add that we are so far behind those other states in deer management that a 3.5 year old 10 pt here is considered a deer of a lifetime and shot without a second thought. It's hard to argue with that as the neighbors will certainly do the same.


This is a 100% true statement. Small fragmented properties, childish/selfish attitudes with regard to feeling the need to kill every deer that will stand still long enough to be shot, killing a buck just to be able to brag to your buddies that youre the great white hunter and buck killer, a large enough number of these small 2-80 acre properties, and hunter attitudes, all across the state that they can and do, drastically impact the overall management and age structure of the state's deer herd in a negative way.