RE: Alabama State Limits
I don't know how many deer you all can eat. In Iowa we do not have nearly the numbers of deer that you have but we think we are overpopulated in about 1/3 of the state. 60% of the 2006-2007 harvest was does and you know what?? When we do see bucks they are bigger. The only deer I would pass on is a little buck. Does and fawns go down. (A large fawn can be about 90 pounds in Iowa.) I always buy doe tags and reserve the any sex tag for a big boy. It went unfilled the last three years.
How many hunters are there in Alabama that you can shoot three bucks? In Iowa you are limited to one tag for one buck with a gun and one with a bow. If you do not fill the tag in the season you are hunting you can not get another either. The 2007-8 seasons started with fewer deer than 2006-7 but not noticeable. Next year we will have more deer because of the horrid weather we hade every weeken in December. People had trouble driving and hunting and the kill was way down because of this.
Bob