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...
Turkey license numbers expand, season set
The Game and Fish Department is offering 7,005 wild turkey licenses for the 2021 spring hunting season, 775 more than last year. The deadline for applying is...
Hunters reminded of baiting rules for deer and turkey
The Department of Conservation reminds hunters to be aware of baiting regulations during the fall deer and turkey hunting seasons. The use of bait, including...
Life Hunt provides high-five celebrations
Photo: Dudley Luckie, his grandfather Rick Lewis (right) and Rusty Morrow of the Alabama Conservation Enforcement Officers Association. ACEOA was Luckie’s...
Commission puts special regs in place to slow CWD
Commissioners voted unanimously June 24 during a special meeting to approve a Chronic Wasting Disease Management Zone made up of Boone, Carroll, Johnson,...
Alligator hunt registration opens June 2
Online registration for Alabama’s regulated alligator hunts opens June 2 at 8 a.m., and must be completed by 8 a.m. July 8.
A total of 260 Alligator...
The Age of the Crossbow arrives
Since the Alabama Conservation Advisory Board voted to make crossbows legal for hunting in Alabama in 2004, the crossbow phenomenon took a while to get...
Hunters reminded of Oscoda Marsh ‘do not eat’ deer advisory
With archery hunting season beginning Oct. 1, hunters are reminded of the ‘Do Not Eat’ advisory for deer taken within 5 miles of Clark’s Marsh in Oscoda...
All Choked Up
New technologies in turkey loads change the standard for ethical distance.
Wild turkeys are tough! I don’t know if that’s a characteristic that prompted Ben...
Nonresident turkey hunters need public land license endorsement
Out-of-state turkey hunters traveling to Mississippi in 2023 should be aware the Nonresident Public Land License Endorsement requirement continues during...
970 antlerless deer gun and fall turkey licenses available
More than 970 antlerless whitetail deer gun licenses are still available in three units after Game and Fish recently completed its second lottery drawing.
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