I’m predicting that this is gonna be a down year overall for most hunters around the state……Buck harvest will be down 15-20% or more in many counties........

i predict i will still have buck fever every time i see a deer with horns..

CNC - What are you basing your opinion on?

Harvest trends over the last 4-5 years….. along with a hunch……Most of north Alabama was down 15-30% last year……I think South Alabama is about to follow suit and then we’ll find ourselves at a new norm moving forward for annual harvest totals…..North Alabama may see a slight uptick from last season but it wont recover back to what it once was

We have more pictures of 2-3yo bucks than weve ever had. I expect 2/3 of them will be dead by february 10. Also have pics of 3-4 older bucks i would like to kill. Most people im talking to around here are seeing the same. A little patience would lead to a really good season next year. I dont expect it to happen.

Nothing happens i predicte ill be eating deer meat next year if I hunt . Id like to kill 5 or 6. I get a little help getting them to the house . Its brown its down this year.

Based on my camera activity, It’s not going to be great.

I disagree. Acorns are spotty at best. Food plots may not do well in large areas of the state. They’re predicting a dry fall and early winter. Corn will be king and people are going to kill the piss out of deer over election frustrations.

Did Kamala promise a buck in every crosshair?

You can only take a population and “kill the piss out of ‘em” above the norm for so long before its catches up to you and there’s no longer a piss load to kill…..We’ve already been killing the piss out of ‘em for a few years now…..

I may not be the most normal person, but I just can't understand someone who would take their emotions out on a deer herd because of an election.

I think 4+ year old bucks are becoming more scarce in many areas and part of this harvest decrease will come through a portion of the hunters no longer having many “shooters” to target……That big increase in buck harvest we’ve seen over the last few seasons has likely came from more of the 2-3 year old age class being taken out……