Folks

We (DCNR) will be having a Hunters Night Out Dinner on Thursday September 20th, 2018 from 6-8 at Hoover Tactical. We will be discussing CWD, Public Land Hunting Opportunities, creating a 'Hit List" and will have an open Q&A session.

You have to pre-register for the event due to the limited space. You can follow this link to register --> https://www.treasureforest.org/event/hunters-night-out/

A huge shout out to Skinny for allowing us to advertise for this

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Kudos!

I thought this was gonna be a story about Timber2

And also thanks for letting us know!

Nice! Welp here’s the chance for some folks to be heard. Hope you guys have a good turn out.

Different kind of hit list I guess

Sounds like the start of some good events.

Will this be the closest one to Cullman?

Possibly going to shoot for a Guntersville or Scottsboro area event but Hoover is probably you’re best bet. I’ll know by weeks end if I can get one any closer.

Guntersville would be a little closer, but I'll gladly go to HT!

I’ll let you know asap

Had a speaker change. Wildlife Section Chief Keith Gauldin will be giving the public land talk.

Of course, it's scheduled when I'm on duty. It seems like that's always the case, though.

If you have it in Guntersville please try to not have it at the state park. I realize that might be helpful financially, but it's a pain in the butt to get there.

Joe Wheeler SP would be a good venue.

I’ll see what I can do...

They have ur schedule Brad.

Ya'll gonna have any security... Free Beer?... You said skinny's buying.... ...I'm there!....

I'll be there

That is the only logical conclusion. Lol

Can we talk about not being able to use a spear any longer ? I was getting good.

Hwy 227 is getting a LOT of work and may still be if and when anything gets scheduled for this area. It's a real pain in the ass so maybe the Senior Center across from Piggly Wiggly could be used. And Sand Mtn Toyota has a conference room that various organizations use.

Or how about Huntsville since it has a few more people that live close.

I am registered and looking forward to this event. I just moved here from Oklahoma and I am excited to learn a little bit more about hunting and fishing opportunities in Alabama!

Welcome to Alabama, Sifers23, and good to have you on the site. Oklahoma's a cool state but you'll find some solid experiences here, too.

" STANDBANGER" there will be no spear chunkers allowed !!!!

Witness protection or lost a bet with the devil?

That information is confidential!!! My wife took work down here so here we are! I’ll be doing my best to beat up some public land this year. Maybe next year I can find a Weyerhaeuser lease, I got here in July this year and missed out. I went to a few but didn’t like what I saw after about the 4th 2hr drive and safari with no sign I figured I’d just try public land this year. I’ve had success on OK public lands but the landscape is a lot different here.

Okay folks, we only have 17 people registered so far. There should be that many just from here based off all the latest drama. Here’s your chance to get free food, here some good info and ask all the questions you’re dying to get answers to.

Help us fill the place so we have more reasons to expend, time and resources on these events.

If i go can I get mbrocks autograph?

So, will there be one in G-ville?

It seems to me hunters in the state line counties as a whole will have more interest. Family and friends thus hunting land across state lines. I can find a Tn processor for the meat but the do it your self skull mounts are what I’m trying to figure out.

Sorry... there will not. I couldn’t get everything lined up before hunting season. There is a slim possibility we’ll get schedule one in Huntsville but I’m waiting to hear back from a couple of places we inquired about having it. Until I hear back from them I will not know.

Sure, but it dang sure isn’t worth anything. Matter of fact, it probably would cause you some bad juju.

I registered. Always up for learning more and meeting people.

No problem. I'll get us registered for Birmingham.

Thanks for the work y'all are doing!

Okay folks still have 25-30 spots still available for this event. Help us fill it up

Good info and better food!

Just registered, I think? No confirmation or anything just a message saying someone would contact me soon? Does that sound right?

Yeah but you might not get a confirmation, not sure since it’s a treasure forest site. I can check.

Same story a few minutes ago

I talked to William and apparently it says they send confirmation but it’s not set up to do so. But we do have 2-3 new registrants today. If you want you guys can pm your names and I’ll make sure you’re good.

Still Plenty of room guys. At least come get a meal...

My 13 year old son and I are signed up.

Jeremy

I'm coming with a buddy as well. Thanks for putting this together Nighthunter.

Who else is here? Food is mighty good.

Jeremy

How'd it go? Hate we couldn't make it!

I thought it went pretty well (it was calmer than some church business meetings that I have been at). It was good to hear the thoughts behind CWD and the approach that is being taken. Still not sure that I agree with all of it, but I am an analytical thinker and sometimes you just don't get the luxury of having data to make a decision. Not quite the crowd that signed up, but I believe there was between 25-30 people. It was good to meet NightHunter and MBrock. Interesting that I picked 49er out without ever having met him before.

Jeremy

I’m working night shift tonight and I hate that I couldn’t make it.

Just a guess, and I may be wrong, but was he the white haired gentleman sitting up front on the left?

Nice to meet CatHeadBiscuit last night. Wish I could have met some more Aldeer folks, I know there were some more in there, but when they ended the meeting it seemed like everybody scattered pretty quickly. It was getting late and I guess everybody needed to get home on a school night.

Learned a few things about aging deer from MBrock. Thank you for that. Filling my freezer is still priority #1 though.

Agreed, wish I woulda had more time to meet some more Aldeer guys that were there.

We appreciate you guys coming out. Glad Matt and I got to meet and interact with you on a more persoal/professional level.

BBQ was moist and slaw was right.

Didn’t realize that many folks there were members here.

Great information, thanks for putting this on! I had to run out at about 8:45 I hope I didn’t miss out on too much at the end there.

Had you not advertised here there would have been about 10 ppl show up.

Probably less than that. This is where I saw it for sure.

I had to leave before it officially ended, but wish I had the chance to meet some of you as well. Thanks Nighthunter for putting this together - and thanks to MBrock & the others as well who helped facilitate the event.

Just out of curiosity what was the total attendance? It seems like the majority were AL Deer members. The better question might be how do we get more Alabama sportsmen involved in these events? I am new to this state and I am just getting familiarized with the game and fish departments here. From the meeting it seems like they need to see a lot more feed back from hunters and more interaction with the department. Feel free to PM me for any clean up or work days that are upcoming. I would be glad to volunteer time to help and I bet a lot of other members would be too.

I hate I couldn't make it, especially since it was so close. Thanks for investing time and effort.

I counted 25 including state guys

If you were there, say where you were sitting and what, if anything you asked. Maybe we can put some faces with names even though there weren't many formal introductions.

I was pretty much in the center of the room at a table with Billy ??? who was into 3d trad bow competitions. Not sure if Billy is on Aldeer or not. I was in my work clothes, green polo with khaki carpenter pants. I asked what efforts if any were being made to acquire additional public land to offset the losses. I did meet CatHeadBiscuit and his friend but I'm not sure who his friend was exactly or if he is on here.

I was in the back in a black polo with hat and glasses. I asked if the state had any plans to promote trapping. I also asked about the validity of aiming towards 1/1 Buck/Doe ratios regarding management. My last question was regarding the use of baiting taxes or feeder stamps as a direct stream of revenue for Fish & Game since they are entirely funded by us and get nothing from the general fund. The latter question will be one that I plan to follow up on with the legislators. The state guys need more resources and better ways to get a census of how many hunters there are. NOT trying to get into an argument about baiting with you boys right here but Something needs to be done. The state guys are facing some serious issues without the CWD threat. I think we all can agree that they need more resources across the board.