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Deer Hunting in Alabama
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:11 am
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:11 am
Do we have any body that hunts southern AL? Just got a great spot out here. First class lodge and amazing lakes. It hasn’t been hunted in a few years, but it’s set up unlike any place I’ve hunted before. Beautiful hardwood thickets and pine thickets, with a few food plots carved out. Food plots were planted preseason and no one hunted it all season until now.
Question is, how is the deer hunting typically in southern AL? Large population? Around Barbour/Dale County. This place looks like a deer haven, amazing habitat, and fully surrounded by an abundance of woods. Plenty of food too, but I’m not seeing the deer. I saw a shooter buck on my first sit Wednesday morning and only the arse end of one other since then. Making long hunts with lots of are too see, but just not seeing deer.
Question is, how is the deer hunting typically in southern AL? Large population? Around Barbour/Dale County. This place looks like a deer haven, amazing habitat, and fully surrounded by an abundance of woods. Plenty of food too, but I’m not seeing the deer. I saw a shooter buck on my first sit Wednesday morning and only the arse end of one other since then. Making long hunts with lots of are too see, but just not seeing deer.
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Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:28 am to Slickback
If it's anything like my neck of the woods in central AL the deer avoid food plots an idyllic woodland settings and instead gather in large hoards near your house on the side of the road for you to see every day on your way home any time you drive after dark.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:56 am to Slickback
I remember Jackie Bushman saying he barely hunts Alabama until after the first of the year
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:21 am to Slickback
Soo u bought some land/lease...and had no clue about the hunting before?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:29 am to oleyeller
It all depends on the land around you. That area has some good deer in places. I hunt a little West of there between Brantley and Georgiana and we are loaded with deer but we are surrounded by some really good land that are on a similar management plan as we are.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:29 am to Slickback
We spent a bunch of money on a place to take several of our customers one year in South Central Bama. Beautiful spot. Looked like there were deer on 9” centers. It was a 4 day/8 hunt deal. After 6 hunts not a single person out of like 10 had seen a deer. We packed up and left lol
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:33 am to oleyeller
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Soo u bought some land/lease...and had no clue about the hunting before?
If I never kill a deer here I still would have underpaid. It’s an unreal property with other amenities that I have unlimited access to year round, at a very low cost.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:36 am to LSUballs
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We spent a bunch of money on a place to take several of our customers one year in South Central Bama. Beautiful spot. Looked like there were deer on 9” centers. It was a 4 day/8 hunt deal. After 6 hunts not a single person out of like 10 had seen a deer. We packed up and left lol
That’s how this feels. There’s a ton of sign and the cameras show a few, but I’m not seeing much. Just wondering if the population is just very low or what.
The buck I saw Wednesday was working a scrape and another guy shot on Wednesday night chasing, but that’s almost all we’ve seen. Couple does here and there for the other guys, but it’s just strange.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:53 am to Slickback
What town??
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:59 am to Slickback
When I was growing up we had about 60 acres in that area. Our gate actually formed part of the line between Barbour and Dale county. The surrounding property was all in the family as well, but we typically stuck to our little tract. There were always big deer in there
Posted on 1/26/20 at 9:03 am to Slickback
Hunt the rut, you will see deer . Our deer go nocturnal after the rut.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 6:07 am to Slickback
Deer in Alabama are crazy. They are all over the place. I think alot of it is because they are so pressured. Also we have pockets of northern deer that were brought in. Hunting here is extremely frustrating in alot of areas. To have big bucks you need year round plan and great harvest management. Then get them frickers out in daytime lol. That's why alot of people use vacation and just hunt the rut and that's it.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 6:42 am to Slickback
What stand set ups are you hunting? What strategy?
I assume you are hunting the rut. My strategy would be to hunt high visibility areas in the morning, such as untility right of ways. In the afternoon, I’d be hunting food plots.
I assume you are hunting the rut. My strategy would be to hunt high visibility areas in the morning, such as untility right of ways. In the afternoon, I’d be hunting food plots.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 11:31 am to Slickback
We hunt near Evergreen. The rut is on now and through the first week of February. The nice bucks usually don't show up till mid January. My advice would be to get that easy doe or two early and take a break till January. We always have a lot of nocturnal movement during Thanksgiving and Christmas. Get off the food plots and hunt transitions of pine/hardwoods or creeks. The population is good however the average doe size is smaller than LA/MS. What city are you in?
Posted on 1/27/20 at 12:03 pm to Slickback
I am in Pickens county now, but Barbour county has a decent population , but I also think there are about 5 different rut dates in Barbour County so there's that to deal with.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 2:29 pm to NWTFbama
Deer hunting in Eufaula was great.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 2:41 pm to LSUballs
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South Central Bama.
Isnt this in the famed Black Belt of Alabama?
Posted on 1/27/20 at 2:58 pm to Slickback
Any interest in leasing the turkey rights?
Posted on 1/27/20 at 3:15 pm to Slickback
around Troy AL i've been to a very good hunting place over past several years.
Posted on 1/27/20 at 3:24 pm to mikeytig
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Isnt this in the famed Black Belt of Alabama?
Kind of. If you zoom out in satellite view, you can see the black belt pretty clearly. The landscape looks the same as the MS delta. It forms a crescent shape basically from Tupelo to Tuskegee. It is most often associated with the towns along Highway 80 though; Demopolis, Selma, and Montgomery
Barbour county would be the "wiregrass" area
This post was edited on 1/27/20 at 3:37 pm
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