Anybody on here hunt during that period when Deer were Sparse? Please tell the details and in what counties.....

Early to mid 70s in Jackson County, mostly in the Paint Rock Valley area. If you killed a buck of any kind it was a big deal . If you killed a 120 class , folks thought it was a state record. If you just saw one it was a good hunt.

Here at home in Elmore I saw my first deer on our land in the early 70s. Was two does , I was squirrel hunting . I was around 13

There was no deer to hunt in Marion co in the 50s & 60s, or so I was told.

I was born in 1982 and we had to go to Pickens co to hunt b/c there wasn’t ANY deer to speak of around my house until the mid 1990s.

I vividly remember the first deer I ever saw anywhere near my house. It was a 6pt running down the middle of the railroad tracks in 1990 when we were on the way to school. Now it’s nothing to hunt at my parents house and see 10 doe at one time.

There are more deer and bigger bucks in NW AL than there has been since the early 1990s in the spot we hunt near Reform in Pickens co.

This is why I struggle to believe the Al deer population is struggling overall.

All the hunting places I’m familiar with in Walker, Winston, Marion and Franklin counties have WAY more deer now than they did in the early 2000s.

I hunted Coosa, Butler, TR Miller, Hollins, Barber Managements Areas in the 1972 to 1978 period Tree Stands were a new thing. Passed more bucks than harvested with the buck a day limit. Most 8 pointers were 2 1/2 and dressed out around 150 lbs .I know the request was 50's and 60', Just wanted to add a little to.it,
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No deer around here until the mid to late 70s except on WMAs abs there wasn’t many there

Around 1956 to 1963 my Late Daddy would take a long weekend trip to East Mississippi and Go on Dog Drives. Only once a year as HE was more of a "Budd Hunter". Told Me Details of how they told everybody to "Kill anything Comes through.....Don't Worry about th' Game Warden". Southern LAND-OWNER Mississippi Style. Said th' Dog Handlers/Drivers would come through on Horseback....

I remember hunting as a kid and the places we hunted had no deer. I remember hunting all year long and maybe seeing one or two deer throughout the whole season in Washington county and George county MS. It was a big deal if you saw a forked horn buck. If you got lucky enough to shoot one it rode around on the tailgate of the truck for a whole day. This was in the early 90s by the way

For somebody to have been hunting in those years..theyd be pretty old

I personally didn't start hunting Clarke county till the late 70"s early 80's with my dad. He'd hunted there for 15-20 years before that. We always had venison to eat and memories to tell. Awesome times in my mind. Would love to hit rewind!!!

Aldeer is full of Methuselahs!

When I was a kid in the very early 80’s we would kill maybe 5 deer a year as a family dog hunting. If someone killed two it was a great year! Those doe days were like Christmas to me as a teenager.
Shooting a doe was like shooting a big buck today. You’d walk up on it and be amazed at it, because they were off limits. I remember my uncle cleaning the first doe I ever saw killed and he was almost mad. Shaking his head because she still has milk. It was almost taboo, but I smoked them during those doe days!

Montgomery county had plenty of deer in the 70s. My grandfather and his brother had a bunch of land there and I remember as a kid deer being everywhere.

Well both my pawpaws hunted in the 40s an 50s an so on..one hunted mostly in sumpter co an the other in barbour..both said they were sparse there for awhile but they still kiltem..they admitted..they didnt really know how to hunt them..and that “i dont know” morphed into dog hunting🤠…by the late 60’s an early 70’s in sumpter…they was killin 6-8 deer ever time they turnt the dogs loose…an some dang studs too..but they literally had thousands of acres to hunt of bean fields and riverbottom hardwoods…nobody cared if they hunt..they didnt pay nobody..they just nocked on the door an offered a whole deer to them..they was thrilled to letem..that rocked on through the 80’s an 90’s an died off..lost all the ag..huntin turned into big money..an nobody wojld letbyou hunt for free🤷🏻

Tv killed the radio so to speak

I started deer hunting in 1967, mostly Sumpter Co. There were a shitload of deer. Hunted Shelby some, if you saw a deer it was a good hunt. Jefferson Co...if you saw a track it was a good week...

Id say the majority of aldeers oldest members were born in the 40’s,50’s,and 60’s..then they go up from there..one paw paw was born in 21..the other in 33..both hunted in the decades mentioned..my daddy started in the late 50’s.. not deer untill the early 60s..he was born in 52…so..like i said..pretty old🤠🇺🇸

Must reiterate on the "Kill Anything that comes through" Orders. He told me that in the area they were hunting....the Deer had over-populated the area and were devastating the Crops. Hard to fathom a Deer Problem in 1955!! As a follow-up on the use of Dogs to Deer hunt: As we all know there were several years during the alabama revival of Deer hunting when they were few and far between. Using Dogs allowed them to hunt a larger tract of land and penetrate the thickest areas in hopes of finding a Deer. Also, folks didn't have as much free time as today......Soooo....when they went they wanted to make there chances as good as possible for success no matter what they were hunting.

My father was born in 1925 and grew up in Brewton, AL. He was a bird hunter and never got the deer hunting bug because there weren't any to hunt. He said the only deer he ever saw when he was young were inside TR Miller property and you could sign up for a hunt where they made drives and you got posted just outside the perimeter. I do not know if TR Miller had a wildlife refuge or what he was referring to.