Tags work in other states, I don't understand why you guys don't think they will here !

Evidently some have trouble keeping up with their license.

At first, I didn't think it was a bad idea. After reading 7 pages of this, I'm not so sure. In 2000 I stopped deer hunting and went out OTR driving a truck. I got a local job in 2013 and started deer hunting again. As I recall, in 2000 you could kill 1 deer a day legally. When I started again in 2013, the limit went from over 100 deer a year, to 8. 3 bucks and 5 does. WTH happened?

After reading these posts, I realize that the poachers will poach no matter what. Tag system or not. There may be only one thing that will rein that in. More GWs and more people willing to report them to the GW. And when they are caught, make it hurt. Peer pressure and older hunters setting a good example. Some people will NEVER change though. They will always see wildlife as something that "belongs" to them and they should be able to do what they want with it.

I don't like over regulation, but that's what regulators are paid to do. All they do all day is think of ways to regulate. I'm afraid(like a lot of others here), that tags will just be the start. The license price WILL go up within 1-2 seasons, I'll bet anyone on that. I think I'd rather the price go up a little and hire more GWs, rather than using that money to print up tags.

I hunted in a state once that had tags. I just thought it was strange. I never saw a GW there while hunting. I don't remember the sky falling either. But I feel the less government involvement, the better.

There is something every person on this site could do though. Contact your state representatives and let them know how you feel. Contact AL DCNR and let them know too. As I understand, DCNR makes most or all of these decisions with little or no input from our elected officials. And I know for a fact that they enjoy that unrestrained power. Maybe if they feared losing that power they might listen to opinions of hunters a little more.

Some here have these websites already. To those who don't, try this site to find links to DCNR and other useful stuff.
outdooralabama.com

To find and email your representative, try
http://state-al.capwiz.com/state-al/directory/congdir.tt

It's just a suggestion.

If the rule is made to issue tags, 3 bucks and 4 does or what ever the number is, I don't care. I'll just tag the deer and dress it. I don't see what the big problem is. I would hope there is a reporting number to the state or something so the harvest information could be utilized. The current system is useless as tits on a boar hog.

Wow what are you 4? You think because someone makes a New rule it fixed. Fact is I told you what the big problems are if you want to act like I'm crazy go Ahead. But in 25 years when you can't hunt anymore unless you have a quota or own your own land you'll be thinking Dang Big Government. And 99-% of the poachers are 18-29 the ones riding roads drinking beer shooting deer off the roads and out of fields all summer because they don't care ,They ain't been busted yet. You must live in a subdivision and not know what's going on in the deer woods after you lock the gate.

I believe you "government is the answer guys" won't stop there, when you realize the tags didn't do what you hoped it would then yall will push for more rules and regulations.

But in 25 years when you can't hunt anymore unless you have a quota or own your own land

Heard the "it'll be a rich man's sport in 25 years" back, oh, 25 years ago. It hasn't happened.

Back 25 years ago, hunters who were in their 60s and 70s at that time said back when they were younger people said it would become a rich man's sport. It hasn't happened.

The friggin' sky isn't falling. In 25 years we'll still be able to hunt. Everything changes.

If the rule is made to issue tags, 3 bucks and 4 does or what ever the number is, I don't care. I'll just tag the deer and dress it. I don't see what the big problem is. I would hope there is a reporting number to the state or something so the harvest information could be utilized. The current system is useless as tits on a boar hog.

[quote=Mossy454]At first, I didn't think it was a bad idea. After reading 7 pages of this, I'm not so sure. In 2000 I stopped deer hunting and went out OTR driving a truck. I got a local job in 2013 and started deer hunting again. As I recall, in 2000 you could kill 1 deer a day legally. When I started again in 2013, the limit went from over 100 deer a year, to 8. 3 bucks and 5 does. WTH happened?

Where are you limited to 5 does?

No one is limited by the DCNR to killing only 5 does a season. They put five slots on the "harvest record" because there was no more space (or, if you're a conspiratorial sort, because they were trying to get you in the mindset that you only should kill 5).

But there is no restriction to just 5 does a season. Kill 49 or 110 or however many you need.