RE: Alabama's 3-buck limit!!!!
THIS IS THE GOOD DOCTORS VIEW ON THIS SUBJECT ...I WAS RAISED IN NORTH ALABAMA CLOSE TO THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE ..HAVE HUNTED THERE MOST ALL MY LIFE ... FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NEVER HUNTED ALABAMA ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS THE AVEREGE HUNTER FACES THERE IS THE SMALL PARCELS OF LAND THAT IS AVAILABLE TO HUNT ...MOST FARMS ARE UNDER 100 ACRES AND ITS IMPOSSABLE TO MANAGE DEER ON THAT SMALL OF A TRACT ...FARMS IN SOUTH ALABAMA TEND TO BE MUCH LARGER HOWEVER ... UP IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS THE GENERAL MENTALITY IS "IF ITS BROWN ITS DOWN" ..IF YOU SEE A YOUNG BUCK AND DON'T TAKE IT THE GUY ON THE NEXT FENCE ROW WILL WITH NO PENALTY BECAUSE HE CAN SHOOT A BUCK EVERYDAY..I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT ALABAMA NEEDED TO INVOLK A LIMIT ON BUCKS ...NOT SO MUCH IN SIZE (BECAUSE THE AVEREGE JOE DESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE IF HE WANTS MEAT OR HORNS) BUT IN NUMBERS ...OUR BUCKS IN N. ALABAMA VERY SELDOM EVER REACH MATURITY BECAUSE THEY GET WACKED SO SOON ...I PERSONALLY LIKE THIS NEW LAW IN ITS CONTEXT (NOT SURE HOW IT WILL BE ENFORCED) ...IF ENFORCED CORRECTLY IT WILL FORCE US ALL TO MANAGE OUR AREAS LARGE OR SMALL...ALLOWING THE BUCKS TO GROW AND PRODUCE ...THE WAY I SEE IT THETRUTH IS BAMA HAS MORE THEN ITS SHARE OF DEER BUT LETS BE HONEST MOST OF THOSE ARE DOE'S ....AND TODAY'S HUNTERS FOR THE MOST PARTARE HUNG UP ON HORNS ...INCLUDING THE GOOD DOCTOR WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER .... IN SHORT I APPLAUDE DOCTOR STRICKLAND FROM HUNTSVILLE FOR HELPING GET THIS NEW LAW IN EFFECT ....
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