Bow season should not open before 11/1, and preferably not until rifle season opens. Give Bow hunters extra time at the end of the season if need be but deer hunting should start the same day

I agree about the fawns but bow season is not really even significant from a numbers standpoint…….We only kill about 5,000-6,000 does across the whole state during bow season….That’s like 75 does per county…..I think the Oct 25 delay is probably sufficient to address that situation…..If we really want to protect fawn numbers then we need to be more concerned about the other 90,000 does that get killed during the rest of the season.

Jan 31st close for Zone A is kind of obvious imo. Should have never been extended.
I’ve orphaned a lot of fawns in my time and they make it just fine.
Mandating a “break” in the season is just silly.
It’s amazing how many big bucks I get on camera the week leading up to bow season and the first week after it starts, then they change. I think our bow season start date is just right. If they opened it one week earlier I could kill a lot more big bucks though. 😃

Because you would still have arseholes who will break the law. There is a dude north of us that has killed 16 this year (that we know of) including 5 nice bucks. He is also selling meat.

Yes the game wardens know about him are are trying to catch him. Fella is worthless. Kills whatever comes into his little 40 acres. I under stand someone killing a small deer if they were hungry but when you start selling them you need to have the book thrown at you.

It’s not really in there to serve as a “break”……It’s the fact that if you’re gonna take 10 days back from Zone A at the end of the season then you need to take 10 days back from Zone B to even things up. You’re not gonna take it from the end of the season during the rut so Dec is the best dates to do it……The same with Zones D & E if you want to end gun season on Jan 16 because of bucks already shedding…………Its just evening out the number of gun and bow days to be the same for everyone. I think as far as total gun days that its basically just taking back the 10 that was added on with the Feb extension plus 4 more which made things work out a little better…..If you wanted to make it exactly the same as it used to be you could add four gun days back to each zone….. I'm pretty sure there was a few gun days added to Nov in there

What does any of this have to do with corn? The other thread you said the season lengths had nothing to do with the deer population it was all corn. Now here your changing hunting seasons to fix it. Have a change of heart?

Don't change anything yall won't be happy if it was changed anyway

No…..I said in the other one that I had “no illusions that corn was going to go away due to it being so much of a money maker yada yada yada”……and that there would have to be other ways of addressing the issues if we were going to continue to do it…..

I wonder how much y’all actually pay attention sometimes……

One season. No bow season, muzzle loader season, youth season, dog season, stalk season. One start date, one end date, kill them how you like.

One thing is for sure, big changes to the season dates or weapon choice would cause a revolt. Hunters in Alabama like the long season and rifle hunting is our culture. I think folks would be more likely to support a reduction in limit vs changing the season dates or limiting rifle hunting days.

If you dont like the Feb extension in north Alabama then you have to take back those 10 days......there's not much way around that. Making gun opener on the second Saturday of Nov would compensate. More in some years than others....It would mean a Nov 9th opener next year

All y’all proposing no bow season can hush. 😂

I had the opportunity to climb a tree this year in Illinois and Kentucky. There is no way we will ever have the mature deer these states have under the current seasons we have now. I have not killed a deer in Alabama this year because I usually only kill one a year-my choice-and I killed him in another state this year. I personally like the breaks in the season the other states have as it gives me a chance to recharge my batteries and rest a bit before going at them again. If you have never sat in a tree in Illinois, you have no clue as to how big a deer can grow.

The buck numbers in other states are unreal when they can survive for several seasons. The rifle restrictions and the 1 buck tag limit saves many a young deer. I was at a processor this year in Kentucky and saw several folks bring in small bucks that I would have never even considered shooting. The Good Lord has Blessed me in allowing me the opportunity to own land and control it the way I want to. I am very strict on what will be shot there and when it will be shot. I make my own rules there on these tracts and have no control when the critters roam off me onto someone else. I am not into a numbers game of saying I killed three bucks this year. To me if I have to brag on killing 3 bucks a year, there are other issues I would need to address.

Just my $0.02

No herd can possibly improve under an almost 4 month season, 3 buck limit and legalized corn. Stupid is as stupid does.

Been preaching this for years around here. Amen.

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We will never have bucks like northern states go hunt them or be happy with the mature deer we have here. Yall do this shat every year yet I've not seen one SOB say they quit hunting Alabama and hunted up north where they have seasons like you want it

One of the worst things about our situation in my opinion is that we have no ability to adapt……You have some folks who think we should be able to just “set it and forget it” for the next 100 years……Not having a system that can adapt to change is just dumb.

Amen. Nov 10- Feb 10