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The Alabama hunting seasons are about to get started in some cases with others coming in 2025. The first season to get started is dove, which started on Sept. 7. Waterfowl, squirrel and rabbits ...
Game laws are statutes which regulate the right to pursue and hunt certain kinds of wild animals (games or quarries) and fish [1] (although the latter often comes under the jurisdiction of fisheries law). The scope of game laws can include the following: Restricting the days to harvest fish or game (i.e. open and closed seasons);
It continued when the legislatures for Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming selected their state birds after a campaign was started by the General Federation of Women's Clubs to name official state birds in the 1920s. [1] [2] The last state to choose its bird was Arizona in 1973.
In general, animal rights activists oppose hunting and the taking of game due to animal welfare concerns, and such detractors often support anti-hunting legislation or engage in civil disobedience. [9] Many proponents of hunting argue, however, that taking game is humane and benefits the environment by managing wildlife populations. [10]
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The department's primary responsibility is to manage the wildlife and public lands of Alabama. This includes: 22 state parks, 23 public fishing lakes, three freshwater fish hatcheries, 34 wildlife management areas, two waterfowl refuges, two wildlife sanctuaries, a mariculture center with 35 ponds, and 645,000 acres (2,610 km 2) of trust lands managed for the benefit of several state agencies ...
Public uses of the WMAs vary from area to area, but typically includes hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking, and camping. As of the 2007–2008 season over 768,000 acres (3,110 km 2) of land was under management as part of Alabama WMAs from the north Alabama mountains down to Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico coast. [1]