Less deer and lots of acorns = less “opportunities”…….Looking at the trends and the upward climb many counties were already on with doe harvest we were set to have a down year both because of increased harvest in the past and because of it being a large mast crop year……What the new 2 doe per day rule has the potential to do is artificially offset some of that decrease if hunters are encouraged to shoot more simply because of the rule change…..Fortunately we do have Zone C to look at where no change was made to possibly do a comparison
Like I’ve said in previous posts you need to cut the state in half and analyze it as two separate entities between the north and south…….I expect the southern half to have the potential to be more impacted this season by the rule change…..Acorns don’t have the same level of impact in pine plantation country…..Again it becomes about “opportunities” and the hunters mindset of whether or not they choose to shoot more because of the rule change…..South Alabama is also coming off of a large climb in harvest that peaked two years ago and was down last season due to less deer……This season at best should be somewhere in the neighborhood of last season’s harvest…..we shouldn’t see another big spike but very well may if the new rule influences hunters like it did in the past…..If we do then I expect to see north Alabama follow suite next season when acorns are back down and “opportunities” up again
Last edited by CNC; 12/01/25 11:00 AM.
