Originally Posted By: 2Dogs
Originally Posted By: BSK
Originally Posted By: Matt Brock
Originally Posted By: mike35549
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Actually Mike, I think the hunting in AL is great. We have plenty of deer, a long and liberal season, and landowners get to choose how to manage their deer. I love hunting AL. There are some very nice bucks here, but they are harder to hunt and kill.


Great post Matt. Everything about hunting location is a tradeoff. Personally, I'll take hunting the tougher conditions and smaller deer of TN over anything in the Midwest because of what you said: much longer firearms season, much more liberal bag limits, and much more management freedom. I still have my childhood farm in southcentral KY to hunt, but I never hunt it. I HATE hunting areas with very short gun season where every yahoo is in a tree for those few days a year. I prefer hunting longer with fewer hunters in the woods at one time, even if that means giving up buck size.

2 great posts, love me some Sweet Home Alabama.


I love hunting Bama also since I have found quality land to hunt. The property has a very healthy herd with decent bucks but there aren't many 140 class deer on the property. If I had land that produced 140 to 170 plus deer every year I would stay home a lot more. I don't go to the Midwest to experience the rut like most do. I have seen a good rut in Bama every year since I've been a member in my current club. Actually, I normally see a better rut in our home state. I hunt the Midwest for the quality of bucks that are not common in our state. Yeah, we have them but you better own the property or know the right people to have access to such places. What I enjoy about hunting the Midwest the most....Is I can lease a small farm, hunt quality deer and not have to deal with the BS of a hunting club or hunt around a bunch of people. The older I get the more I rather do my own thing and that's hard to do in this state at my current yearly salary. The Midwest offers quality land in smaller tracts that I can afford to lease by myself or with a group of close friends.

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