No sweat I got hide like leather . Lol

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100 % chance there wasn’t a feeder in his backyard til corn was legalized. Most people didn’t have corn in their yards shooting deer until it was legal.
Sure there’s always been some people baiting when it wasn’t legal. I’ve hunted all over this state since the late 80’s and I just never saw the amount of corn that some of y’all say was out there. Out of all the places I’ve hunted I’ve only seen one group that were using corn. And that was in Perry county. That place is full of outlaws anyway.
Corn was not used in the capacity it is used now. Not even remotely close. But it makes those who use corn feel better when they say that it has.

You guys need to remember yours problems ain't the same all over the state . I got deer out the a$$ here.. there are a lot of other places thats the same way .

Another thing sone of y'all want things you will never have .
I learned that many years ago when it comes to having huge bucks here. You kill one here that hit 120 you pretty much topped out .

You get bow season all yr. No need to get a special bow season. Kind of like every bow hunter gets a trophy. I only bow hunt at this point in life but know how much pressure bow hunting puts on property compared to gun hunting. No need in an extra month of bow season

That's like legalizing night hunting and then saying that it isnt the night hunting that's the problem, it's the hunters!!!

Again though, I think the idea that corn is gonna be outlawed again at this point is just not even remotely possible…..I agree that its causing an increase in harvest totals but you’re gonna have to come up with other solutions to balance that out. A restructuring of season dates is part of that solution

Nothing to do with making sense. Just what I wanted 🤣.

This went from date changes to corn………..Take away scopes shooting house ground blinds corn scents sxs tree stands. Slug guns only……. hunt January the rut is meat on the ground. Killing a buck that is trying to get lucky……..

Keep dates the same. Limit to 2 bucks instead of 3. Limit number of does to anything other than the current if its brown it’s down mentality.

Reducing the limit to 2 when we don’t even enforce the limit of 3 wouldn’t make much sense in my opinion……The next step would be to issue tags and enforce the 3 rule we already have along with the restructuring of season dates……If further changes are needed then we look at adjusting doe days within the framework I suggested

No matter what great rules are created they’ll never be enforced because of the lack of personnel. You know how many carcasses are laying in Bankhead right now with the hams and backstraps cut out? Antlers if it had any. Never not a one game check filled out and killed by someone who didn’t have a license.

It's always a shat show started by one person it is never ending crap

I know a crap ton of people that feed deer in their back yard and never shoot a single one. They just like feeding deer and seeing deer.

First before anyone can agree on what needs to be done, everyone has to believe there is a problem, and everyone has to agree on what that problem is.

So what is the problem with the current situation in Alabama? I believe it is the age structure of bucks. I also believe the doe harvest rules are too liberal.

So to fix that… 1 buck a year with antler restrictions and 1 doe a year. The days of killing enough deer to feed your family for a year needs to go away.

I need some or that magic corn yall speak of that kills all the deer - i dont hav that type corn r tame deer - wish i did hav that type corn. My best deer has daylighted one single day to corn best i remember this year - wow - great odds 🤣🤣

Caught him in roads w no bait 3 times on cam. Its like that most years for me - if u get a 5 year old to show up one time in daylight where i hunt you doing good - regardless of how you do it and i go 4 - 6 weeks at times workout hunting a spot - now thats low pressure

CNC - i will talk to chuck n seenif we can get those dates past. I like what u did w zone B - but do dec 24 - its a holiday and good time to crank it back up 😀

So many of the states people call great deer hunting states have had legalized baiting for years. That's not the issue.

Some of these states have long hunting seasons, some don't. There's a reason for the shorter seasons in the Midwest and northern states - they have a much tighter rut window.

If Alabama made baiting illegal and shortened gun season to one month tomorrow, we still wouldn't notice a statistically significant difference in the age structure of our bucks. The vast majority of Alabama hunters can't control their booger hooker off the trigger when a 2 or 3 yo 8 pt walks by them. This lack of control would probably be worse with a shorter season. It will be the "I've only got four weeks so Im gonna blast the first racked buck I see" mentality.

I'm not advocating for hunting corn piles. I've never shot a deer in Alabama over a corn pile or feeder, but I have in other states.

IMO, we would improve hunting by overhauling the liberal doe harvest rules. Go back to a tag program for does and limit doe days to a two to three week period.

See and that’s where it can’t be a one size fits all. We do NOT need a reduction in doe says in our area. People already aren’t killing does and they’re everywhere. Nobody here complains about not seeing deer. That applies to most every county I work in in west central and north west AL. No one is advocating for fewer doe days here or for doe harvest to be limited. They didn’t during the 2 a day years either.

as some keep saying WE ALL dont have a problem . they cant blanket the whole state for local problems .

like Fred asked ,,,, does any body listen . lol

Wish they would go to a 2 buck limit.

lol if we did that where I’d hunt you would be back cutting grass and be turkey hunting with a rifle

What do you think that will do? Make you see bucks? Mature your deer? 150in bucks? If you think any of that will happen you are living a dream