Years ago, I hunted Georgia exclusively and the hunting was fair to poor at best in the club I hunted. I started hunting years later on public land near Columbus, MS and the hunting was so much better. A few more years I started making road trips to hunt public land in the Midwest and again, the hunting rapidly improved. My advice.....move as much of your hunting time to states other than Alabama. You have decent public land within 2-3 hours and fantastic hunting within 5-6 hrs in Kentucky. The hunting in Alabama can be ok in my opinion but not nearly as good as other states that have higher deer numbers, bigger bucks, less pine trees, far less hunting/rifle pressure, and controls in place to prevent unchecked harvests.