Recreation

alligator

The 2022 Alabama Alligator Harvest “Lottery” Opens June 7th

Always wanted to harvest an alligator? Well if you’re lucky, you may just get to do so. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will offer an alligator season for five specific areas in Alabama; with each zone having a designated number of allowed tags. The American alligator had been an endangered species for decades due to unregulated harvesting by our forefathers. However, after...

alligator

The Alabama Alligator Harvest “Lottery” is Now Open

Always wanted to harvest an alligator? Well if you’re lucky, you may just get to do so. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will offer an alligator season for five specific areas in Alabama; with each zone having a designated number of allowed tags. The American alligator had been an endangered species for decades due to unregulated harvesting by our forefathers. However, after...

fishing

Top Five Most Annoying Fishing Buddies

If you are a serious fisherman, you know the struggle is real for finding an ideal fishing buddy. It is not that your standards are too high – it is the fact that the world is overrun with annoying anglers such as these: “Hot Spot Mafioso” – he knows the coordinates of every sweet spot and hot rig from here to Cuba. His numeric gold is protected with paranoia and fierceness commensurate to that of...

alligator

The Alabama Alligator Harvest “Lottery” is Now Open!

Always wanted to harvest an alligator? Well if you’re lucky, you may just get to do so. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will offer an alligator season for five specific areas in Alabama; with each zone having a designated number of allowed tags. The American alligator had been an endangered species for decades due to unregulated harvesting by our forefathers. However, after...

wild turkey hunting

Turkey Fever (Part 1): Making Some Sense of the Gobbling Madness!

    Does the approach of March 15th cause your heart to skip a beat and send shivers up your spine? Then you may have a case of Spring Turkey Fever; a condition marked by the opening day of turkey season in most of Alabama*. There is no reason for concern, however, considering your symptoms will most likely subside by its closing day of April 30th. For many, there is just no other hunting...

youth turkey hunt

2014 Youth Turkey Season

The Great Southern Land team started the 2014 Turkey Season off on the right foot. Great Southern Land Agent, Calvin Perryman and World Champion Turkey Caller, Sadler McGraw had the pleasure of guiding Sadler’s son, Will McGraw during the special early youth season March 8th and 9th. This group would be hunting on Calvin Perryman’s family land in Wilcox and Dallas Counties. The morning of March 8th...

Is my dove field legal?

I love this time of year! Your college football team of choice is still undefeated, there is the anticipation of cooler weather fast approaching (well maybe not fast approaching), and the opening day of dove season is about a month away! It is time to clean your shotgun and take inventory of your hunting gear.  I ran across an article that was written last year, by Michael Bolton, concerning legal dove...

Can you really stock smallmouth bass in the deep south? You bet you can!

Don Keller and Barry Smith are the co-owners of American Sport Fish Hatchery. Besides just being good people, they also have earned the reputation of being two of the most knowledgeable fisheries experts in the country. You can go to the links category on our website, and find their web address there. Hope that you enjoy the article!  Eric Leisy Smallmouth Bass In Ponds   July 27th, 2012...

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