Comments on: Alabama Lawmakers Look To Extend Deer Season

By: Robert Motley

Robert Motley — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 02:59:27 +0000

Baiting should be legal. Lots of hunters do it and those who obey the rules and don’t bait are at a serious disadvantage. Alabama has a wealth of deer and some in the southern portion of the state are starving . A lot of hunters only shoot bucks and this hurts the ratio of buck to doe. Baiting will feed a lot of deer and more than likely increase Alabama’s deer herd and make it more healthy.

By: fred

fred — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:04:29 +0000

corn shoulb be legal any where in ala this past year went out to texas to visit they have feeders we saw loads of deer my brother inlaw ended up shooting a 150 class buck that tells me a lot . we can do the same let the does walk benifits are worth it

By: larry t

larry t — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:20:00 +0000

sumter co see more big deer first week of feb than any other time every club around me had big deer on cameras but never saw them during the season . season needs to be extended at least til feb 10 near the ms/ala line have to listen to the feeders going off in ms every afternoon then come the shots never see the big deer on my property agian we are truly at a a disadvantage

By: darwin franklin

darwin franklin — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:00:05 +0000

If anything extend the season to mid February florida did as far as baiting alabama had a 750 million dollar profit on deer corn so where was this corn deposited how much could Alabama make if it were legal maybe they could afford to maintain the roads and existing food plots in the conec national forest instead of closing the roads hunters already bait.its common sense make it legal also i would like to utilize my 4 Wheeler to retrieve my harvest

By: Concerned hunter

Concerned hunter — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:15:08 +0000

I think the biggest problem with Alabama game laws there is no accountability. Alabama should go to some kind of tagging process instead of counting on hunter honesty. Then we might get the deer population back in balance like it was in the late 70’s. As far as baiting I think it should be allowed it helps all wildlife during the stressful months from jan-green up. Most who would bait spend alot of money on food plots and mineral licks. We all know its highly unlikely that folks will harvest mature bucks over bait this is not Texas are deer are a lot smarter.

By: sean greenlee

sean greenlee — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:53:39 +0000

Alabama had a 700 million dollar industry 10 years ago. last year 350 million dollar industry. with Georgia making baiting legal and allowing hunters to hunt during rut, next year alabama will have a 50 million dollar industry. My numbers may not be exact, but you get my drift. I probably spend around $10,000.00 a year in Alabama hunting, if it’s not legal to hunt over bait by 2012-2013 I’m giving my money to Georgia and so will alott of others, you can bank on that. As for these new laws dragging the rut further into January, whatever my rut was later than usual local’s told me February 10.

By: gary raupach

gary raupach — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:22:01 +0000

To the person talking about the dogs could run in december. You need to think back to when we could run our dogs to the end of January. The tree hunters took that away from us so why not take something away from them.

By: boo

boo — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:21:17 +0000

If the State wants to generate some money for the state they should have a supplemental feed stamp that anyone who wants to hunt over bait can pay 25$ a year and gat a sticker put on your hunting licenses making it legal to hunt over corn. For those people that dont want to ,dont have to buy the sticker. Everyone I ran this idea by said they would jump on, maybe this need to get in the hands of the right people if the sb124 dont pass

By: Lynton Odom

Lynton Odom — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:10:03 +0000

Georgia, is about to pass the baiting bill, the hunters that are coming to Alabama will go to Georgia , the trip from Florida will not cost as much for fuel, and not have Alabama game wardens walking thru the lease writing tickets for hunting over corn. Alabama clubs are having a hard time filling club membership, and landowners are not leasing all their property. I would think that extending the season,and legalizing baiting would help stop the decline of hunting in Alabama.

By: Charles Howard

Charles Howard — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:31:50 +0000

I feel the season in Alabama is long enough as it is. I would like to see Alabama allow hunters to hunt over corn. The stipulation would be that hunting over corn would be legal in the month ot January only. I feel this will accellarate getting the doe to buck ratio more in line with the ideal ratio. If need be the state could make it legal to only take does over corn/baited areas in the month of January. Just my thoughts.