The law is simple. If you are on someones land with out permission you are trespassing. The law specifically states that unless you are the guess of the landowner you have to have written permission to hunt ( or in fact to be on the land) on you in the event you are questioned. The question is, "What constitutes being a guest?" If I say go ahead and hunt, does that make you my guest? I suspect the lawmakers meant that to be a guest, the land owner or his agent would have to be present on the property so that LEO could check with him on whether the hunter was there legally or not. The best practice is for the landowner to give a written permit stating the area the hunter could hunt, and any limits on when he could hunt, and the permit be signed dated and have contact information on it. The law still is that it is only lawful to hunt turkeys from a scaffold with a bow. This is easy to check in the Alabama Code.

There used to be a regulation prohibiting hunting turkeys from a raised platform, but I can't seem to find it. Maybe it was repealed. It is not listed in the current regulations.

One of my favorites gets folks in the Delta all the time. 220-2-.11(a)(6). You can't hunt deer, turkey or hogs during a flood on islands less than 40 acres. There is an ax mark on a pole at the boat launch at Mount Vernon for that express purpose telling you when the flood water gets high enough to go check the high spots.

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I knew it was in there somewhere. 9-11-245.
No person shall at any time make use of any pitfall, deadfall, baited field, cage, trap, net, pen, baited hook, snare, poison, explosive, or chemical for the purpose of injuring, capturing, or killing birds or animals protected by law or regulation of this state. This section shall not prevent the trapping of animals classified as fur-bearing animals by a duly licensed fur catcher. It shall be legal to use a scaffold for gun hunting of all legal game species except wild turkey and to use a scaffold for bow hunting of all legal game species.

I think its hunting without written permission is something the GW can enforce without the landowner.

"It is illegal to hunt, trap, capture, injure, kill or destroy any wild game on another person's land without having in possession the written permission of the land owner or person in control of such land, unless accompanied by the land owner or unless a guest of the landowner." I don't always understand rules and regs. Really don't try the ones that don't apply to me. Can you explain this one to me?

I'm trying to live up to 49'er!!

I think its hunting without written permission is something the GW can enforce without the landowner.

I mean GW riding down the road and sees a truck parked by the road. Stopping, going in and finding the hunter, asking for liscense and permit, checking the shells in your gun, and walking around looking for corn. Has happened to me. They can and will do this randomly as they see fit. Its their job. I really have no problem with it.