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I posted this a year ago at this same time……A year later I still say we should adjust the season dates to the following………This would move north Alabama back to a Jan 31 ending to gun season while keeping south Alabama at Feb 10 and everyone having the same amount of gun and bow days
Bow Season Statewide
Oct. 1- Feb 10……No does until Oct 25
First Gun Season Statewide
2nd Saturday in Nov – Nov. 30 (Either Sex)
Second Gun Season
Zone A......... Dec 15- Jan 31 (Either Sex)
Zone B......... Dec 25- Feb 10 (Either Sex)
Zone C ........ Dec 15- Jan 31 (Buck Only)
Zone D & E.... Dec 1- Jan 16 (Either Sex)
For the folks who want to gun hunt Dec 1 -15 because of the rut in their area, we can move those areas into Zone D
Last edited by CNC; 01/22/24 11:36 PM.
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A year later, i say it won't change anything in my area (and probably the other areas) except limiting my chances to go. No thanks.
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You can only kill 3 bucks legally so I don't see what it matters. Just limit the the doe days to whatever the talladega national forest is doing now and be done with it
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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I’d extend the buck season until whenever bucks start dropping racks
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I’d extend the buck season until whenever bucks start dropping racks Ironic. That’s what we are doing now. Imagine that.
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You can only kill 3 bucks legally so I don't see what it matters. Just limit the the doe days to whatever the talladega national forest is doing now and be done with it This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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I’d extend the buck season until whenever bucks start dropping racks Ironic. That’s what we are doing now. Imagine that. And I believe that results in much greater vulnerability for top end bucks. I know in Idaho's Clearwater region, extending the season to include the "2nd" rut greatly reduced the age structure of the buck population. I believe it has the same effect here.
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I’d extend the buck season until whenever bucks start dropping racks Ironic. That’s what we are doing now. Imagine that. And I believe that results in much greater vulnerability for top end bucks. I know in Idaho's Clearwater region, extending the season to include the "2nd" rut greatly reduced the age structure of the buck population. I believe it has the same effect here. Yeah I’m watching it happen.
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I’d extend the buck season until whenever bucks start dropping racks Ironic. That’s what we are doing now. Imagine that. And I believe that results in much greater vulnerability for top end bucks. I know in Idaho's Clearwater region, extending the season to include the "2nd" rut greatly reduced the age structure of the buck population. I believe it has the same effect here. We are just getting into our second rut and we are already down to 25% of our bucks we started season with.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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I'm for keeping Zone C to Feb 10, which catches the beginning of the 2nd rut. My lease in north Morgan county saw rut right around 2nd week in Jan with a lot of cruising the week before.
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I would be ok with the this but your never gonna get a 2 weeks taken out in the middle of season....too many non-bowhunters. Also dont think you season will ever get moved to Oct 1st. Need to go back to the drawing board without those 2
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We need to have a 2 buck limit and 3 does per day.
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I fully disagree with the early bow season opener we have now. The deer here in North Alabama still rely on momma to survive and many does are shot and the fawns are left on their own. I would be all for moving bow season forward to November 1.
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Why not just have tags? I'd rather kill 1 buck a year + 1 either sex and be able to hunt more to select those deer than feel like I have to go out and kill something on a particular day.
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The goal should be whatever it takes to improve the age structure. That is the true problem in Alabama. At some point when done correctly like most other states seem to have achieved...You won't have to ride a treestand for 3 months solid to finally see 1 each 4-5 year old buck if you ever see one for that matter. If you are a "meat" hunter you can kill a few on doe days. If you need more than 3-4 does because you can't afford to go to the grocery..... try getting a dam job or at least maybe consider working a little harder. I got no sympathy for that BS.
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The goal should be whatever it takes to improve the age structure. That is the true problem in Alabama. At some point when done correctly like most other states seem to have achieved...You won't have to ride a treestand for 3 months solid to finally see 1 each 4-5 year old buck if you ever see one for that matter. If you are a "meat" hunter you can kill a few on doe days. If you need more than 3-4 does because you can't afford to go to the grocery..... try getting a dam job or at least maybe consider working a little harder. I got no sympathy for that BS.
ill eat that many by myself . lol course i got them to kill here
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yall change like it yall want it and ill hunt as i think i need too . well see which works best lol
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I would be ok with the this but your never gonna get a 2 weeks taken out in the middle of season....too many non-bowhunters. Also dont think you season will ever get moved to Oct 1st. Need to go back to the drawing board without those 2 Zones D and E already open on Oct 1.....actually it was Sept 30 this year......I was just setting us all up to start and end on the same date and give hunters the opportunity at killing a velvet buck....something some hunters would like......Bow season harvests are actually pretty insignificant anyways.....I think we killed like 9,000 deer during bow season this year.....They'll be more deer killed in the next 4 days than that.
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