Alligator Hunting: Big Business Across the South Stretched taut, the rope led into the dark water, holding a prehistoric animal in an extremely bad mood at the other end. The guide snatched the cord with a rake-like pole and pulled it toward the flatboat. Grabbing the rope, he pulled with all his might. Tangled in the aquatic vegetation, the prehistoric reptile erupted from the murk, snapping at anything it could find. Flinging vegetation and spray, the gator attempts a "death roll." Unable to chew, alligators snap their heads and roll repeatedly to rip prey apart with their razor teeth or destroy enemies. The powerful tail, almost as dangerous as the toothy jaws, whipped the black water into froth.
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Alabama Realigning Wildlife and Fisheries Districts 03/01/10
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division (WFFD) will complete its district realignment on March 1 in a move expected to save $650,000 annually. [Comments?]
Alabama's Forever Wild Land Trust Secures 3,500 Acres 02/08/10
The State of Alabama's Forever Wild Land Trust has recently completed a significant land purchase in east-central Alabama. The week of January 4, Forever Wild concluded a lengthy negotiation for the purchase of 3,518-acres on the western side of Yates Reservoir, located south of Lake Martin. [Comments?]
Alabama Opens 3rd Public Archery Range 12/11/09
Alabama's third community archery park officially opened on Friday, December 4 in Dothan. The Dothan facility joins archery parks in Athens, and Cullman, Ala., that opened in February 2008 and April 2009, respectively. A fourth park will open in Demopolis in 2010. [Comments?]
Alabama DCNR to Reduce Districts to Save Money 12/02/09
In a move expected to save $650,000 annually, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division (WFFD) will restructure and reduce the number of districts statewide. [Comments?]
Alabama Deer Hunts Planned in Oak Mtn State Park 10/23/09
Oak Mountain State Park near Birmingham, Alabama, will be closed during the four regulated archery hunts that are scheduled to control the Oak Mountain deer population and improve the herd health. [Comments?]
Alabama Offers Youth Hunts in Clarke County 10/21/09
Beginning in October, online registration will be available for the four youth deer hunts on the Fred T. Stimpson Community Hunting Area in Clarke Co., Ala. [Comments?]
Alabama's Oak Mtn State Park Deer Hunt Registration 07/20/09
For the sixth consecutive year, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) will allow regulated archery hunts to continue reducing deer numbers at Oak Mountain State Park. [Comments?]
Alabama DCNR Publishes Wild Turkey Book 06/17/09
The Wild Turkey in Alabama is a new publication available from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' (ADCNR) Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division (WFF). [Comments?]
Successful Muley Archery Hunt My husband and I always take the first two weeks of archery season off work, so we can get the upper hand on the animals. This year however, Darren had to work out of state the first week, so he didn't even get to hunt, and I ventured out on my own. We had been getting a lot of promising pictures on the game camera, but none came in while I was there that I wanted.
