Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Legislature

Alabama House passes bill to allow Alabamians to hunt coyotes, hogs at night

The bill would create a season for the legal hunting feral swine and coyotes at night.

March 12, 2021

CWD detected in more Northeast Mississippi counties

These are the first suspected CWD-positive cases in white-tailed deer within 25 miles of the Alabama state line.

January 1, 2021

Pike County Public Fishing Lake will be temporarily closed beginning December 23

During the closure, water levels at the lake will be lowered by approximately 6 feet.

November 25, 2020

Hoover Community Archery Park is now open

This Olympic-style archery provides archers the opportunity to learn range safety and proper shooting technique.

November 19, 2020

Gun season begins tomorrow in two new deer zones

Gun season begins on November 21 in the rest of the state with special muzzleloader and air rifle seasons beginning on November 16.

November 6, 2020

Saturday is an Alabama oyster harvest day

This is the last scheduled oyster weekend of the year.

November 6, 2020

State shuts down flounder harvest in November

Fishermen can resume harvesting flounders Dec. 1, 2020, at 12:01 a.m.

October 21, 2020

Bow season begins today

Archery deer season opens in most of the state — zones A, B and C — on Oct. 15, 2020.

October 15, 2020

Red Snapper weekend approaches

On Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, beginning at 12:01 a.m. until midnight on Sunday, fishermen will be able to catch the prized red snapper.

October 14, 2020

October Snapper extension is still on

Red Snapper season rarely extends this late in the year but MRD determined that Alabama’s recreational anglers did not harvest their quota of the popular saltwater fish.

October 5, 2020