Al Deer Forum (2024)

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What is the biggest deer killed in Alabama? ›

David K. Melton's Greene County whitetail was killed in 1956. However, the 310-inch buck wouldn't get scored by Alabama Whitetail Records until 1990 while it was on display at the World Deer Expo. The other hunters were surprised to hear a couple of shots so quickly after the hunt began, Gene Melton said.

Great Southern Outdoors Wildlife Plantation is located in Bullock County Alabama, which to avid hunters who know about Alabama hunting, is considered the top area in the Black Belt Region to hunt. Alabama is ranked number two in the nation for deer population and Bullock County is ranked number one in the state.

By using the Outdoor AL app, you can immediately record deer or turkey on your harvest record, even if there's no cell phone service. Once service is available, it will automatically complete the transaction, issue the confirmation number, and update your electronic harvest record.

Texas is home to the most white-tailed deer of any U.S. state or Canadian province, with an estimated population of 5.3 million. High populations of white-tailed deer exist in the Edwards Plateau of central Texas.

A quick look at Alabama's deer harvest statistics so far this hunting season, based on the new GameCheck app put in place by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) to help them better manage whitetail herds, shows that northern counties are top producers so far this year, with the early ...

It was one of the biggest Alabama bucks of the 2020-21 season. The Walker County buck had 20 measurable points and scored an incredible 196 1/8 non-typical. 8-Point Winner: Longtime Expo deer scorer Johnnie Cochran took this impressive 8-point buck in Lamar County. He was hunting in an area between Vernon and Hightogy.

The U. S. Forest Service has thousands of acres open to public hunting outside of the Alabama WMA system. These properties include significant tracts of land on Bankhead National Forest, Conecuh National Forest, Talladega National Forest, and Tuskegee National Forest.

1. Alaska. Unsurprisingly, Alaska is one of the best states for both fishing and hunting.

Texas Tops Nation for Number of Deer Hunters in 2017

White-tailed deer are the most popular game animal in the United States.

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Keep display your hunting or fishing license digitally. Keep and display your harvest record digitally -- no paper copy needed! Game Check deer and turkey harvests. Report red snapper harvests.

What is a game check? ›

Game Check requires that all hunters, regardless of age or license requirements, report deer and turkey harvests within 48 hours of the harvest.

DeerCast is the most advanced whitetail hunting app, built for deer hunters, by deer hunters. DeerCast predicts whitetail movement down to the hour based on weather variables in your area.

A male deer is called a stag or buck, a female deer is called a hind or doe, and a young deer is called a fawn, kid or calf. There are about 60 species of deer. They originally lived in the Northern Hemisphere, and now are native to Europe, Asia, North America and South America.

To qualify as a "Booner" a typical whitetail buck must have antlers that score at least 170 after deductions, known as the "net" score. Anything less is not a Booner.

Lenander Jr. killed a colossal buck while hunting near the shores of Lake Superior in the legendary Minnesota Arrow Head Region. This deer pulled the scale to an incredible 402 pounds dressed weight. Wildlife officials have long held the estimate on this buck at 511 pounds live weight.

The current record for the largest typical rack belongs to a deer shot in Saskatchewan, Canada by Milo N. Hanson in 1993. Totaling 213 5/8 points, this largely symmetrical, 14-point rack is impressive to behold.

Lenander Jr. killed a colossal buck while hunting near the shores of Lake Superior in the legendary Minnesota Arrow Head Region. This deer pulled the scale to an incredible 402 pounds dressed weight. Wildlife officials have long held the estimate on this buck at 511 pounds live weight.

Back to the challenge: The correct ranking (source of greatest mortality to least) is human hunting, starvation, coyote, wolf and vehicle collision. Now a follow-up question: How much higher is the deer kill from human hunting than the other four causes? Answer: More than four times higher than any other source.

When the full rack was scored, the total was 312 ⅜ inches. That made it the highest-scoring buck ever shot by a hunter. The previous record, 307 ⅝, was set in Iowa in 2003 by 15-year-old Tony Lovstuen, also with a muzzleloader.