Troy,

If you are retired you will know Bill Gray the supervising biologist. Bill will vouch for my character and ethics while hunting. I saw Bill in January at Barbour county, he could not believe that I had received a ticket. Chris Nix called Bill and told him that he had met me, but mentioned nothing of the ticket. I harvested a 198 lb 8 point on Barbour county WMA middle of January this year. I hunt hard but I hunt legaly. Nix told me that I would have received the ticket even if I was just carrying a bow and the citation had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I had a rifle. Officer Nix is known for being a liberal in his ticket writing. I feel that if you have a WMA that the tickets to hunter ratio is out of balance someone should noice. The Perdido River WMA is trashy and there is not even a descent place to use the restroom or camp. You can say whatever in his defense, but it is my opinion the young man leaves a lot to desired in a state biologist. I will not hunt in Baldwin county again, and will encourage other hunters not to hunt there. You have a kid with a badge who has no concept of law enforcement and a good ol boy court system to back him up. Some WMA's your odds of receiving a citation or much higher than harvesting a deer. If you drive down River Road on perdido you will see ground blinds in the road with rifles bointing straight down the road. This management area is poorly managed and most who had ever had any experiense with this WMA would say the say. If anyone here has ever had a good experience with Perdido River WMA or Chris Nix I welcome their input. I would love to hear from any hunter who has plead not guilty in Balwin county court and won. They also love to stack citations. On Jan 31 a kid who had a loaded weapon in his vehicle was charged with rifle roaded in vehicle, night hunting, hunting from a public roadway. Yes I did feel he was guilty. But this young man received more in fines than he can ever possibly pay. He would have come out better going to a zoo and dragging a deer out.
I only feel that hunters should be treated fairly by our LEO's and courts. Deer hunting is huge revenue in Alabama. Less privlidged hunters who are hunting public land should not be targeted or at higher risk of citations because of where they can afford to hunt.

"There are no easy days, not even yesterday"