Sure....north Alabama hunters could just sit at home during Feb too but they dont. Its like I said before…..if everything is about voluntary restraint then we might as well not even have season dates and just let every individual make their own rules. That argument just doesn’t hold water after a while.
I've not hunted deer one day in Alabama this season.
Yet
A few years ago I was in a south Alabama club with my brother. He would hunt every weekend from opening day through Christmas.
By the time the rut rolled in January he had hunted all of his best spots to death and the deer had him patterned.