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5 Best Counties and 5 Worst
#1946572
12/08/16 11:45 AM
12/08/16 11:45 AM
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Shelby County
SkiTar
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I was just looking at the Game Check stats. As of today these are the harvest totals.
Five counties with the most reported harvests:
1. Jackson - 806
2. Dallas - 694
3. Lamar - 681
4. Lauderdale - 672
5. Baldwin - 581
Five counties with the least reported harvests:
1. Geneva - 112
2. Coffee - 140
3. Marshal - 150
4. Dale - 152
5. Etowah - 163
It is amazing the difference between great hunting land and crap hunting land. There is an almost 800% difference between Jackson and Geneva counties. I guess I just didn't realize how far apart they would be. I've never hunted in Jackson county, those guys have got some deer up there in north Alabama for sure!!!! I guess I was expecting the black belt to have a better showing in the top 5.
It is also amazing how two of the top five are just north of the Tennessee river and two of the worst are just south of the river. Also, if you live in Dothan you might as well go bass fishing because the hunting appears to be S**t down there.
Last edited by SkiTar; 12/08/16 11:53 AM.
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Re: 5 Best Counties and 5 Worst
[Re: SkiTar]
#1946587
12/08/16 12:05 PM
12/08/16 12:05 PM
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Shelby County
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I know that there are all kinds of factors that skew the stats such as the number of people who actually hunt in each county. But hunters tend to hunt where the deer are. With that in mind, if I were asked to list the five counties with the most guns in the woods during the season, I wouldn't have guessed any of the top five with maybe the exception of Dallas. The other counties in the top five are out producing counties that have a ton more hunters in the woods on any given Saturday.
I also realize that there are a significant number of deer that go unreported but that happens everywhere. Its not like people in Jackson county just happen to be more law abiding than people in south east Alabama.
Last edited by SkiTar; 12/08/16 12:09 PM.
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Re: 5 Best Counties and 5 Worst
[Re: SkiTar]
#1946595
12/08/16 12:16 PM
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Luverne, AL
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There aint no cell towers or interwebs in Geneva and Coffee counties.
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Re: 5 Best Counties and 5 Worst
[Re: jbc]
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12/08/16 12:18 PM
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Re: 5 Best Counties and 5 Worst
[Re: SkiTar]
#1946600
12/08/16 12:19 PM
12/08/16 12:19 PM
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Guntersville
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Old Mossy Horns
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No wonder I never kill anything. I hunt in Marshall dadgum County.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands:
“The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: 5 Best Counties and 5 Worst
[Re: AC870]
#1946605
12/08/16 12:22 PM
12/08/16 12:22 PM
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Boxes Cove
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Freak of Nature
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No wonder I never kill anything. I hunt in Marshall dadgum County. I thought all Marshall Co hunters came to Jackson Co, lol.
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Re: 5 Best Counties and 5 Worst
[Re: Morgan]
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12/08/16 12:22 PM
12/08/16 12:22 PM
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Marshall County
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Marshall County
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I'm not sure about the other 3, but Etowah and Marshall have very low deer density. I don't care what game check says, you're exactly right. Marshall south of the river is almost devoid of deer, especially after the 2 a day ALFA pushed slaughter fest.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: 5 Best Counties and 5 Worst
[Re: AU7MM08]
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12/08/16 12:58 PM
12/08/16 12:58 PM
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Shelby County
SkiTar
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What percentage of deer taken this year have been reported on game check?
60%? Of the 40% that you estimate are not being reported, are they all in the counties that are in the bottom 5? Are the hunters in the top 5 counties somehow more likely to report their harvest than the ones in the bottom 5? Maybe there are pockets of the state that just have a have an extremely high level of outlaws who refuse to report their harvest. I guess it could be that Geneva and Coffee counties are full of deer but the hunters there just say screw the state and the hunters in Jackson county are some unusually law abiding hunters.
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Re: 5 Best Counties and 5 Worst
[Re: SkiTar]
#1946653
12/08/16 01:07 PM
12/08/16 01:07 PM
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Cape San Blas, Florida
Deadwood
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Maybe the hunters in the lowest scoring 5 counties have more sense than we give them credit for. I damn sure ain't gonna report where I killed anything, ever. If I'm forced to produce a number, I'll produce SOME number, with my location on my phone anywhere but where the kill, if any, was made. Or they can assign a guy to ride with me 24/7/365.
Good luck tracking me.
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Re: 5 Best Counties and 5 Worst
[Re: hawgwild]
#1946654
12/08/16 01:08 PM
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Boaz,Al,Mexican Paradise
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I travel south to hunt and I live in Marshall.Another thing that you have to take into account is that most folks that hunt in Marshall county are duck and goose hunters and deer hunt elsewhere.I'm not saying nobody deer hunts in the county but I'll betcha most of the deer hunters from here are as stated going elsewhere.
Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation,whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life;of whom shall I be afraid?
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