as long as wives and kids can still kill what ever ?????

and bow hunter still can kill ohhhhhhh fair bucks ????

i hear a lot of people wanting and a lot of folks not doing

Education is the only thing that will truly change anything. But rifle days do need to be shortened in areas without February breeding.

I would never edit a post to alter what a feller said….but, I agree 100%

hell Matt , i hunted what 45 years i never needed Feb extended season . i got basket of horns and sold a butt load of racks for rattling horns .

Yep! I agree!

That’s better but I’m trying to compromise 😂😂

Leave us alone. With the price of a non resident Alabama license, I need all the days I can get for that price.

Matt do the other states in the mid west that you and others mentioned that had it figured out as far as managing the deer herd goes have different doe limits for different parts of the state? Or do they manage the herd as a whole?

hunters want it made easier to kill bucks and then complain about not having bucks ,

I still contend that pressure is the largest issue we have in Alabama, hence my actual reason for my season “recommendation”. It’s so much easier to pass on bucks when you are seeing plenty. When it’s a big deal to someone to kill a buck, and they aren’t seeing enough to make them believe they will have a chance at a better one, they will shoot something. The pressure most properties get make seeing good bucks tough for the average hunter even with 9 cell cameras and 12 feeders.

How long does it take a buck to adapt to pressure??

imo hunters have become to passive in the way they hunt . they plant green fields , feed corn and then set in a little box and set and set . kicking up deer is long gone it seems .

Alabama is definitely not a one size fits all state. But I've also seen what over aggressive harvest does. Areas in southerns Alabama that were overpopulated became virtually a deer desert because of it's brown it's down. Our first club in the eighties was about 2900 acres in Marengo county on the early eighties. First year there at was common to see 25-30 does and yearlings on a 1 acre plot. But 40 member were blasting 110-125 deer a year on this property and within 3 years you wouldn't see 6 deer on a field.

Point is, we have to guard against over correcting the harvest like we've been doing for over 40 years.

Too many deer, blast away.

Oops, we kilt too many.

Reduce hunting season to two weeks and limit weapons to sling shots.

Oops, too many deer.

Rinse. Wash. Repeat.

I don’t remember mentioning any other state. I think only other members did. But I will add that the Midwest states don’t have anywhere near the deer we have as a state, in regards to total deer on the landscape. Not even close. They can’t allow liberal doe harvest or they wouldn’t have deer. We historically have had way more areas of cover for deer to retreat to. Our landscape is changing and is now why we have Zone C. Some states do have different doe bag limits depending on where you are, so that answer would be yes.

Don't allow crossbows in bow only seasons
Eliminate hunting over bait
Have limits on does and bucks
I'm in zone C and there is pre-rut starting in early Dec.
Not for ending earlier than Jan 31 prefer Feb 10

My bad I was thinking you had mentioned that but it was Abolt.

Different Zones just like AL. There are extra tags available over the counter that will allow a hunter to kill another doe. KY and IL have these in effect. Both of these states only allow one buck per hunter per year. These areas are truly the Lands of Giants.

If someone will post a pic for me I will be glad to show you a couple of examples of what I am talking about. Just let me know.

Bow season - crossbow and bow have nearly no impact on the herd. Suggestions involving those make no sense.

Agree on stricter bag limits.

Definitely agree on no bait. No corn, no green fields, no shooting houses. Not really fair chase to sit in a shooting house with a little buddy heater overlooking an artificial field of clover in the middle of a pine plantation… takes no hunting skill or woodsmanship.

^pot stirring a little sorry

I hope all they have one day is bow season..an then i hope they outlaw corn an crossbows..im for makin it harder..weedout the lazy losers with too much money🫣

Makes sense - If you’re serious about killing mature whitetails you’ll support making Alabama the first bow only state.