first rule of outlawing is not to talk about outlawing....

The “outlaw” deep within the inner self when one is of the Kingdom of God and the authority to “kill & eat” comes from God not some puss-nutted law maker.

Exactly!!!!

Well. From my perspective some of you guys would bitch if you were given $100,000,000.00 because you might have to pay some tax!

Last time I looked, our season is about half the year, you can hunt with just about any weapon ever made, our license is dirt cheap, and we have deer in areas that 40 years ago had none! So we must be doing something right. Furthermore, I see giant deer killed in this state every year.

You cheap ass’s want to talk about money?! I was paying $25 per acre for a lease I had in Pike county Illinois for 7 years!! No rifle hunting there either! I was grateful to have it too! It was awesome!

How about Iowa? Any of you try to hunt there lately?

Look, bottom line is we live in a free country, with a free economy. Lots of people can afford to lease big chunks because there are a lot of people with a lot of money! The days of having great land and not paying top dollar for the lease are pretty much over. If you don’t own the land then you really have no say so in what happens. Therefore, if you have a tract you like, you damn sure need to make sure you communicate with the land owner and be ready to open that tight ass wallet when the time comes. If you don’t then you will just be another person on this forum crying because they were to cheap to pony up and now some “doctor or lawyer” has your land. Well that’s just the way it goes. Tough schit!

Alabama will get more and more expensive to hunt in. That’s because we have good hunting. Hunting is not a cheap hobby. Not by any standard!

Hunting gotten expensive over years BigBore and hard to find land - we lucky we in a free country - good post

Common sense told me not to get In This thread - I did anyway. I had ton Years I never shot a deer - way it goes - I never got jealous over an animal - maybe a woman - this is a pissed off type thread and I gone hop off now - hope u guys keep posting pics - I Lov to see what u killed and what u got on your land - hope u hav great season - hunting supposed to be fun - hope y’all tag out - and I don’t post pics to brag - I new here - I just thought that what everybody did - my friend don’t even hear about what I kill and those stuffed turkeys I posted the other day - pretty much nobody seen them but y’all

Good luck guys - I out on this thread

Going to physical tags would make it easier on processors and taxidermists IMO. It is not the job of a processor or taxidermist to enforce game laws but they darn sure have been getting citations for not keeping a database of confirmation numbers. The state should provide free software for keeping a database if they are going to require it..

Processors got screwed this year for sure.

I believe if one would sue it'd would stop

I just kill what I want. Say I found it on the side of the road

It didnt hurt any processor or taxidermist anymore than they let it. My taxidermy bussiness was better than it ever was. We already have a form to fill out when its dropped off and only takes a minute to add the game check info.

I don’t use a processor here but it’s on the Hunter to have all this info, license #, conformation #, address and the typical tag info for any wild game dropped off at a processor or taxidermist. You don’t have the game tagged right you leave with it. Tag stays with game until owner gets it back home. Pretty simple process and only burden on processor or taxidermist is keeping tag with the game.

This was the first year I can remember that I saw processors turn deer away because their coolers were full. I saw 2 in Morgan county reach full capacity and stop taking deer.

several processors in Bibb and Tuscaloosa close for short periods last season to catch up. A bunch of them did so this year for same reasons.

I was born and raised in Alabama and bought a lifetime license when I was 16 so I'd never have to worry about whether I could hunt the family farm, no matter where I lived. Moved out of state for a new job and now I have to pay $102 a year for the "privilege" to pour out a bag of corn and try to get the invasive hogs off the place at night.

I harped on this 2 years ago when the state made us pay for the "privilege" to bait. Most were just so happy they could legally bait that they didn't care about the horrible precedent the state was setting by declaring any new means of hunting to be a privilege requiring a permit and fee. And here we go with the hog permit 2 years later. The next one I predict......you will be able to buy the privilege of killing a 4th buck.

DCNR and the state is losing all credibility in its stated mission of managing the natural resources (not to mention simply keeping their word to lifetime license purchasers). Either a method of hunting is harmful to the resource, or it isn't. If it isn't harming the resource and they want to allow it, it should be allowed under a general hunting license. If it is harming the resources, then you shouldn't be able to buy a permit to do it anyways. If they legitimately need more money, then raise the cost of the general hunting license. My lifetime license continues to pay the state in perpetuity through investment income and it will continue long after I am dead. If people knew upfront that a lifetime license was not going to include new hunting methods in the future, most would not have bought one. At this pace in 20 years, having a lifetime license will be pointless because the cost of all the permits needed to hunt using modern methods will far exceed the cost of the general license.

And just for frame of reference......a lifetime Florida license includes all additional permits. Alabama didn't have to do it this way but they chose to as a sneaky way to impose a new hunting tax in a state where voters don't tend to vote for new taxes.

Processors that run a professional business had a hell of a year. Thake Farm Fresh in Robertsdale, I asked Chuck several years ago how many he did and it was pushing 5000. Well I got a call from them last week telling me to bring our last few deer in.

I'll be damned if I'll buy a license to kill coyotes menacing my chickens, etc. on my own property.

The out of state Hunters aren't the 1's dumping their garbage all over the roads & woods by the truckloads. Neither are they the 1's Breaking into camps, Stealing & destroying peoples hard earned property.. The vast Majority of this is thanks to your Locals sir..

BOOOM!!!!

Thermal scope and suppressor will help you not get caught.

LOL

Lol I am a reformed outlaw but I have a line drawn in the sand that will force me revert back to my old ways .....or quit hunting .