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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

Hunters reminded to report deer they kill

This week thousands of Alabama deer hunters will be in the woods seeking to put meat in the freezer or that trophy that will be mounted on the wall of the family home for the next fifty years. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is reminding hunters to report the deer that they … Continued
January 2, 2020

There will be a prescribed burn planned today at Gulf State Park

If you planned to do some hiking on that nature trails at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores today, be aware that the park system has planned a prescribed burn there today as part of a forest management plan associated with longleaf pine restoration, fuel reduction and invasive species control. The planned burn will take … Continued
December 31, 2019

Birmingham Waterworks contracts out hunting rights

Wednesday, the Birmingham Waterworks Board (BWWB) voted to lease the hunting rights on their 6,000 acres of land in northern Shelby and southern Jefferson counties to developer and businessman Mark Peeples. Peeples already leases the hunting rights on U.S. Steel’s property in Jefferson County. BWWB officials cited a growing deer and wild hog problem as … Continued
December 23, 2019

Weekly 2019 legislative report

The Alabama Legislature met for Day 12 of its annual Regular Session on Tuesday, April 23. Thirty-three committee meetings were held throughout the week to consider legislation. Both Houses met on Thursday, April 25 for Day 13. 849 bills have been introduced to date. The Legislature will return to Montgomery on Tuesday, April 30 for … Continued
April 29, 2019

House passes bill to allow the hunting of deer and hogs over bait

Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow hunters to purchase a special license from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources so that they can shoot feral hogs and whitetail deer over bait. State Representative Danny Crawford, R-Athens, sponsored House Bill 97. Alabama has a major problem with a … Continued
April 12, 2019

Jones co-sponsors bipartisan bill to address Chronic Wasting Disease in deer

Thursday, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, joined Senators John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, and Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, to re-introduce bipartisan legislation to increase wildlife managers’ ability to keep wildlife healthy. Whitetail deer hunting is by far the most popular hunting sport in Alabama and CWD presents an existential threat to the state’s deer herd. The bipartisan bill … Continued
February 11, 2019

State Conservation Enforcement Officers announce $750,000 fine for Illegally importing deer

By Staff Alabama Political Reporter In November 2016, Conservation Enforcement Officers with the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division arrested deer breeder, Lewis H. “Sonny” Skinner, and his associate, Franklin Banks Loden, for knowingly importing six live white-tailed deer into Alabama from a farm in Indiana. Federal and state charges against the men were announced … Continued
October 9, 2017

US Attorney charges Alabama deer breeder for illegal transportation of whitetail deer

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The  U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama today charged a licensed Alabama deer breeder and his associate for illegally transporting captive-bred and raised whitetail deer from a facility in Indiana to his deer breeder facility in Alabama. U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Alabama’s Wildlife and … Continued
October 4, 2017