Alabama’s Hunting

Alabama is a state that allows two deer a day to be taken during its entire hunting season. It’s rut can sometimes only last one week or even three or four weeks based on the weather. Alabama is a liberal state that has its game laws set up for the true sportsman. It can be a honey hole one year and then a total collapse the next. The weather here can be in the 90′s early and in the low 20′s late.

You have to know when to be in the wood’s and when that time comes you have to be there or else. Season starts mid October with bow and ends the last day of January. The rut usually here around the last two weeks of the season but has been known to come in around the first week of January and last until the first or second week of February. You may or may not see a lot of rubbing or making of scrapes until it’s too late. But when you do, get set up as soon as possible and stay there all day even.

Being ready for the rut in Alabama in advance can produce you with an excellent trophy to take home to place on your wall. I have taken some very respectable deer ranging from the 120′s to the mid 150′s during Alabama’s rut season. The one thing you have to be able to do is to set as long as possible. Stay warm, dry, and as scent free as possible. These can be your key elements to harvesting a trophy buck here in the southeast.

Over the years Alabama has become one of America’s most deer hunted places. With hunters coming in from Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, and even Arkansas. The hunting here can be a strain on a hunter’s body at times based on the weather. You never know what kind of weather you will have here so be ready for anything.

Land here can be hard to find unless you know someone or can lease it from a timber company. There is also some very good public hunting here in such places as the Wildlife management Areas (WMA). Areas such as Lowndes wma, Barbour wma, and also the Black Warrior River around the Birmingham area in the north central part of the state. There has been some Boone & Crockett bucks taken off of these areas in the past.

The Black Belt region of Alabama is mainly a favorite for hunter’s that are allowed to hunt in these places. These are places such a Demoplis wma and the range of this area is mainly from parts of the Black warrior being in north to, Monroe county in the south Dallas and Sumter counties in the west. Not a lot of the Black Belt region in the eastern side. There is little of it in Crenshaw and Pike counties. The Black Belt region has produced most likely some of the states biggest deer mainly due to the farming that use to be done in these parts. There is very little big time farming left here like it use to be. You will still see some but you will also see a lot of pine plantations also now. So when you want to have your next challenge at whitetail deer hunting then plan a trip to Alabama and hope and pray for the best.

You can also visit Outdoor Alabama for more info  on the laws and regulations here. Alabama has it all for everyone to see. From its parks and lakes to its famous Alabama Quail Trail. Hope to see you soon in the great state of Alabama.