Of course it wasnt. People in Alabama love to kill stuff and will make any excuse to do so. It's the letting animals go, without shooting at them, that gives them a real problem.

For most Alabama hunters, killing deer is just like being an alcoholic. Alcoholics know that they have a problem that they need to address but they just cannot force themselves to stop drinking. Alabama hunters are the same way. I paid my lease dues, spent all this money on corn, or sat out here all day and I "need" to pull the trigger and kill something. Even though they are seeing less deer or not happy with what they are seeing, most are still going to pull that trigger on almost every deer they can. They just cannot help themselves. It's just firmly ingrained in their DNA.