This kid decides to start off hunting on the Coosa WMA, and this is what he sees on his permit/map/rules sheet he picks up at the check-in station:

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(Archery) Stalk Hunting Hunters’ Choice (except spotted fawns – one deer per day): Oct. 15–Jan. 31. Must harvest antlered buck only on days of bucks only gun stalk deer hunts.


He kills a four point the first day, and is elated.


Then he decides to go to the Hollins WMA to kill a buck. This is what he sees on his permit/map/rules sheet there:
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(Archery) Stalk Hunting Hunter’s Choice: Oct. 15-Jan. 31 (except spotted fawns). Two deer per day, only one of which may be an antlered
buck. Must harvest an antlered buck on bucks only hunts. NO HUNTING ON YOUTH DEER HUNTS. HUNTERS USE MAP
PERMIT FOR ALL DEER HUNTS.


He sees an eight point pass by out of bow range, but finally shoots a heavy five point right before sunset on October 30. If a couple of tines hadn't been broken off, he could have claimed this deer as a seven point.


Now it's the first week of November, and he decides to go to Oakmulgee. He sees this on his permit/map/rules sheet:
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(Archery) Stalk Hunting Hunter’s Choice (except spotted fawns – two deer per day only one of which may be an antlered buck): Oct. 15 - Jan. 31 (except on days of scheduled
gun deer hunts). All harvests must be reported by completing the self-service form at the check station.


On November 10, the weather is terrible, but he manages to kill a spike with his bow. He gets a ticket for breaking some rule he failed to read on the permit.


This young man has hunted less than a month and killed three bucks. He's hunted on parts of WMAs totalling 106,126 acres. And now his buck hunting for the season is over.

He looks back at the DNCR website and wonders why he can only kill three bucks per season and why are horns so important to so many people:
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Where to Hunt
Alabama has over 33 million acres and ranks 30th of all states in land mass. There are 22.7 million acres of timberland in Alabama accounting for 68% of the total land area in the state. Much of this timberland is either open to public hunting or by permission from the landowner.

Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Facilities

The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries operates and maintains 37 Wildlife Management Areas across Alabama comprising 760,000 acres. These WMAs range in size from 370 (Autauga CHA) acres to 91,263 (Black Warrior WMA) acres. Harvest reports for each WMA are available by clicking here.


He goes back home, puts his bow in the closet, goes to work on Monday, and mails the money to pay the ticket when he finally gets it saved up.

The bow stayed in the closet and the young man grew to be an adult. His wife eventually sold the bow in a yard sale for next to nothing, and the young man never missed it at all.