Registration for the 2013 Alabama Alligator Hunting Season Open
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will open registration for Alabama’s eighth regulated alligator hunting season on June 4, 2013. The hunts will be held on August…
Cold Weather Keeps Lid on Turkey Success
By DAVID RAINER Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Brrrrrrr! What a difference a year makes for the opening weeks of wild turkey season. Last year, spring sprung extremely…
State Parks Ready for Spring-Break Visitors
By David Rainer Spring break is right around the corner, and the Alabama State Parks system is gearing up with a big “Welcome” sign. Greg Lein, who was named State…
Red Snapper Season Turmoil Continues
Whether Gulf Coast anglers get the proposed 27-day red snapper season, the shortest in history, remains to be seen. It could get a little better, but it also could get…
February Deer Season Proposed for SW Alabama
At the first Alabama Conservation Advisory Board meeting of 2013, Conservation Commissioner N. Gunter Guy Jr. unveiled an ambitious plan to improve the data collection for white-tailed deer and wild…
Bluebill’s Long Journey Leads to Alabama
Clinton Walston was sitting in one of his favorite waterfowl hunting areas on Lake Guntersville this past season when a duck came whistling past. What was thought to be just…
Brown Enjoys Fresh Air at Buckmasters
By David Ranier Even though David Brown wasn’t among the 11 hunters who bagged a deer during the annual Buckmasters Life Hunt at Sedgefields Plantation near Safford, Ala., the reward…
Sykes Becomes WFF Director on Birthday
By DAVID RAINER Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Chuck Sykes celebrated his 42nd birthday in a most unusual way: The Choctaw County native spent the day plunging into…
Council Takes Aim at Feral Hog Control
By DAVID RAINER A week or so ago, a friend sent me a picture of the feeder he has on his property in Baldwin County. He’s sent me photos before,…
Residents Have Options for Nuisance Animals
By DAVID RAINER Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources The first clue that my space had been invaded was when I found the items once on a shelf now…
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