Here's what the
Regulation Book says:
page 85 220-2-.55-.192ER Wildlife Management Areas, Community Hunting Areas, Public Hunting Areas, and Refuges of Alabama
(1) It shall be unlawful on ALL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS, COMMUNITY HUNTING AREAS, PUBLIC HUNTING AREAS, AND REFUGE AREAS, all of which are established as "wildlife management areas" by Rule 220-2-.22 and all of which are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to herein as "AREAS" or "AREA":
... (e) For any person under 16 years of age to hunt on any AREA unless accompanied by a licensed hunter at all times.
(2) Individuals must follow the listed rules to participate in the scheduled youth deer or turkey hunts on any AREA.
(a) Each youth participant must be accompanied by an adult supervisor. The adult supervisor is to remain within arm’s length of the youth at all times.
(b) Youth is defined as those individuals who have not reached their sixteenth birthday.
(c) Adult is defined as those individuals twenty-five years old or older or the parent of the youth who are in possession of all state hunting licenses required to hunt deer or turkey on any AREA. Proof of possession of the required hunting licenses will be required on the scheduled date.
(d) Only one firearm will be allowed per youth. Only the youth hunter will be permitted to utilize the firearm for hunting. The adult is to review with the youth the rules of firearm safety and to ensure they are followed.
(e) The adult-youth pair is to check in and out at the AREA checking station as a single unit, except at David K. Nelson (formerly Demopolis), Grand Bay Savanna, St. Clair, Upper Delta, W.L. Holland and Mobile-Tensaw Delta, and Wolf Creek AREAS.
(f) Both the adult and youth will be required to wear hunter orange while deer hunting, as required by state regulation.
(g) All other rules and regulations to hunt on an AREA are in effect.
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