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Alabama Proposed Changes to the Deer Season Zones



Submitted by:  TBC Press
Posted on: 03/07/20
“This is not additional time to hunt,” Sykes said. “The hunters in those areas have asked for the earlier slot because of the rut.”

Sykes was also thankful to report that Alabama still has no chronic wasting disease (CWD) infections reported. WFF conducted statewide CWD seminars last year to keep the public informed on the issues and also tested more than 1,500 deer for CWD.

One area of concern expressed by Sykes was the failure of deer hunters to follow hunting safety guidelines. He cited the vast majority of hunting mishaps continue to be treestand accidents.

“The majority of hunters who fall out of treestands who are killed or injured have been hunting forever,” he said. “They haven’t taken a hunter education course because they are grandfathered in, and they get complacent. The majority of the firearms accidents are the same, and most are self-inflicted.

For more information see; https://www.outdooralabama.com/articles/conservation-advisory-board-considers-deer-zones-turkey-reporting

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News # 13362
The first Alabama Conservation Advisory Board meeting of 2020 resulted in a proposed changes to the deer season zones in northwest, northeast and southeast Alabama. 

Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Director Chuck Sykes said the early rutting activities that have been confirmed by wildlife biologists in Zone D (see map) and Zone E prompted the Division to change season dates to accommodate hunting during peak deer activity. 

The proposal before the Board has those two zones with the gun deer season opening on November 7, 2020 and ending January 27, 2021. The season dates in the other zones would be similar to last year’s.

Alabama Proposed Changes to the Deer Season Zones
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