not this year - but back during the 2 doe a day years - the most i’ve shot was 7-8
haven’t done that since

3 bucks in Texas two does in Alabama been a crap year for me in Alabama

For myself, this year, one 9 point buck, one crippled leg 110# doe.

Be careful of feeding dogs raw deer meat it can make them sick .

Don’t tell my dogs. There’s not many things they enjoy more than a frozen chunk of ground deer meat in the middle of a summer heat wave

I feed my dogs strips of meat every time I clean a deer at home. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Ise gon say..ours be dun lookin ruff til deer season come backuhrounduhgin

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hell , i used to feed my little dog till he could hardly walk ever deer i killed he got it . i was talking to my vet she told me if the dog i have now gets sicks and has to come in to tell them he had raw deer meat . some deer have some thing that can make a dog sick . she told me some big ole word i never heard . thought id pass it on .

Two this season thus far! I passed a few in early bow season wish now I could have a redo.

Back in my blood thirsty youth I've killed as many as 24 in a season.

Now I generally kill 2-3 and only racked bucks. Killed my third and final one this morning.

There is a guy who has shot 19 that I am aware of (4 of which were over 8pt) the rest were small bucks and does.

And yes the game wardens are aware of him and are trying to catch him. He is also selling the meat.

I hope they send him to jail for a while and give him a million dollar fine.

This thread went about how I expected. I think the perception that Alabama hunters shoot every deer that pokes its head out is a myth. The ones with "high" kill numbers are likely either outlaws OR have properties that support the harvest and would likely be eligible for DMAP. Neither group would be affected by any further restrictions (other than whatever red tape DMAP presents).

*Disclaimer: I don't doubt the negative effects of the season extension in North AL and will defer to the residents/experts of that area on that situation.

I'm also a little wishy-washy on shortening the doe season. I very rarely shoot does so I wouldn't be affected by it, but I figure those that do, would just shift the dates unless you SEVERELY limit the days.

It’s not about how many an individual is killing. It’s about the collective harvest over a given area due to how many hunters are in the woods. The average hunter only kills a deer or two per season. One person who kills 12 deer on 3,000 acres does far less damage than 12 hunters killing 1 deer each on 500 acres.

5 this year so far between FL and AL 4 does both states and a 7 point buck in AL. Mechanical difficulties with my Ranger prevented me from killing a big wide 8 point this morning but I’m happy for my club member friend that got to kill him instead this morning. I’m considering calling it quits with days left in season as frustrated over Ranger breaking down. My friend is trying to convince me to go kill another. Wife wants a deer to feed the dogs by cooking the venison for them. I’ve got a full freezer and happy but guess I shave to suck it up and try to kill another for the dogs and my better half.

Most ever was 6 deer in one season with an 8 point in FL, 8 point and 9 point in AL and 3 does. My prize that I have my eye on is to kill a buck and doe the same day. Always wanted to but could never make it happen.

My neighbors don't live on the property so when they are there they are hunting. Based on the single rifle shots I'd say between 5 of them they have killed around 50 off about 350 acres. About 100% of the time I go over there to talk to them they got a dead one in the back of the truck.


That's not an isolated issue that I own either. That happens all over the State if it is not happening next to where you are trying to hunt hope that doesn't change..... because it can. You just need the right people to move in next to you. All your efforts and work you've put into your property become a waste. Nothing fun about it.

Facts. I’ve seen great places go to crap with a single change in who hunts.

I have a neighbor that has 140 acres and hunts 15 on it. Every year they cant figure out why my group shoots less deer than they do since we hunt 6000 acres. Trying to explain anything about trigger control has been useless. They are a hell of a sink property. Now i usually go hunt near them at the beginning of the year to shoot my meat deer because every deer that crosses the line will die anyway.

Yeah we used to have someone hunting nearby a place I had that would shoot more in one weekend than we would all year. They killed several deer EVERY weekend ALL season long. They couldn’t figure out why that didn’t last but a couple of seasons.

I killed 8 one year, back when you could kill 2 doe's a day.