Buckmasters News
2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...
Déjà vu-ing with turkeys, youth hunters and rain
Photo: Chuck Sykes, director of the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, had plenty of luck with youth hunters during last year’s turkey...
Slow Diagnosis
Slow diagnosis proves Lyme not a Southern myth.
Unlike most victims, Chuck Sykes knows exactly when a deer tick bit him that led to a six-month journey...
Falconry: A modern art of training hawks to hunt
Photo: Larry Mullis’ red-tailed hawk, named Dixie, soars through the treetops to find a perch suitable for attacking a gray squirrel’s hideout.
Boy, did I go...
Buckmasters 2016 Life Hunt elements: Inspiration, Perspiration, Dedication
Photo: Tori Blocker of Mobile, Ala. with her dad, Phillip (right) and Rusty Morrow of the Alabama Conservation Enforcement Officers Association help...
A too often told tale of theft—no hunting license
Photo: Conservation Enforcement Officer Vance Wood mans the helm of one of Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division’s boats as fellow officer Bill...
WFF Director Sykes Takes Helm as AFWA President
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Doe genetics make rut periods range wide in the South
Deer hunters in Alabama currently are likely experiencing the gamut of rutting activity across the state. Because of the state’s diverse topography and...
Once friendly rivals, two turkey hunters are now great friends
Photo: Scott Foster, left, has enjoyed a long, friendly rivalry with James Crowley, since the two began sharing the Fayette County property where both had...
A Buck Before the Battle
Life hunter scores at Sedgefields days before Lyme treatments.
A little more than three years ago, Carrie Mason was your normal 16-year-old, looking forward...
Unraveling Alabama’s Rut(s)
In the past, the rut in Alabama has been a mysterious phenomenon. The breeding activity of white-tailed deer in one part of the state doesn’t necessarily...