Below are the 2018-2019 Alabama hunting season dates (on a single page). Dates are valid through August 31st, 2019. Check out the 2018-2019 Hunting & Fishing Digest – which contains this year’s requirements, fees, bag limits, and season dates.
Why? Because the DNR makes this info hard to find.
Deer
Refer to the map below to find out which zone you’re hunting in.
Zone A
Bow/Arrow/Spear-Stalk
Either Sex ………………….. October 15 – February 10
Gun Deer-Stalk
Private/Leased Land Only
Either Sex …………………. November 17 – February 10
Open Permit/Public Land
Bucks ……………………… November 17 – February 10
Either Sex ………………. December 15 – January 1
Dog Hunting (Where Allowed)
Either Sex ……………….. November 17 – January 15
Zone B
Bow/Arrow/Spear-Stalk
Bucks Only ………………… October 15 – October 24
Either Sex ………………….. October 25 – February 10
Gun Deer-Stalk
Private/Leased Land Only
Either Sex …………………. November 17 – February 10
Open Permit/Public Land
Bucks ……………………… November 17 – February 10
Either Sex ………………. December 15 – January 1
Dog Hunting (Where Allowed)
Either Sex ……………….. November 17 – January 15
Zone C
Bow/Arrow/Spear-Stalk
Either Sex ………………….. October 15 – February 10
Gun Deer-Stalk
Private/Leased Land Only
Bucks Only ……………….. November 17 – February 10
Either Sex …………………. November 17 – November 25, December 22 – January 1
Open Permit/Public Land
Bucks Only …………….. November 17 – February 10
Either Sex ………………. December 22 – January 1
Dog Hunting (Where Allowed)
Bucks Only ……………… November 17 – January 15
Either Sex ………………..November 17 – November 25, December 22 – January 1
All Zones
Muzzleloader/Air Rifle (Private/Leads/US Forest Land Only)
Either Sex ………………..November 12-16
Source: http://www.eregulations.com/alabama/guide/seasons-bag-limits-hunting-trapping/
Deer Bag Limits
– Bucks: Three (3) total (all season)
– Does: One (1) per day, and five (5) total
Remember, you will need to use the Game Check app to report you kill.Read more about bag limits.
Turkey
Refer to the map below to find out which zone you’re hunting in.
Zone 1
– March 16, 2018 – April 30, 2019
Zone 2
– March 30, 2018 – April 30, 2019
Zone 3
– April 20, 2018 – April 24, 2019
Zone 4
– November 17, 2017 – November 29, 2018 (Fall)
– December 15, 2017 – January 1, 2018 (Fall)
– March 16, 2018 – April 30, 2019 (Spring)
Zone 5
– No season.
Turkey Bag Limit
– Gobblers only. One (1) per day. Five (5) total all year.
Remember, you will need to use the Game Check app to report you kill.Read more about bag limits.
Mourning & White-Winged Dove
All dove hunting is from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset (all day), unless otherwise noted.
North Zone
– September 8 – October 14
– November 17 – November 25
– December 15 – January 27
South Zone (Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, and Mobile counties)
– September 15 – October 21
– November 17 – November 25
– December 15 – January 27
Dove Bag Limit
– All zones: Fifteen (15) per day
Read more about bag limits.
Bobwhite Quail
– November 3 – February 28
– Eight (8) per day. Eight (8) in possession
Read more about bag limits.
Rabbit and Squirrel
– September 15 – March 3
– Eight (8) per day. Eight (8) in possession
Read more about bag limits.
Racoon, Opossum, Bobcat, Coyote, Feral Swine (Hogs), Fox, Beaver, Nutria, Groundhog, Bullfrog, and Pig Frog
– No closed season
Read more about bag limits.
Woodcock
– December 14 – January 27
– Three (3) per day
Read more about bag limits.
Snipe
– November 10 – February 24
– Three (3) per day
Read more about bag limits.
Rail & Gallinule
– September 8 – September 23
– November 23 – January 15
– Fifteen (15) per day
Read more about bag limits.
Feral Swine (Private/Leased Land, Dogs Only)
– May 1 – August 31
– No bag limit
– Can be hunted at night
– Dogs only, no firearms allowed
Read more about bag limits.
Duck, Coot, Merganser
– November 23 – November 24
– December 1 – January 27
Read more about bag limits.
Geese
– September 1 – September 30
– October 13 – November 24
– December 1 – January 27
Read more about bag limits.
This information is deemed reliable but ultimately was gathered from the official website (pdf). Make sure you double check dates and bag limits, before going out into the field. Thanks for reading, remember to be safe, and good luck this year!
– Greg
Greg,
It appears that different info for harvesting a doe with archery tackle is posted on the ALDNR webpage from what is posted here. Can you look into that and make sure that the info you posted is correct? I can’t get anybody on the phone at AL Outdoors to discuss the discrepancy.
Hey Dan – Thanks for the heads up! I’ve corrected the dates.
Some of This information in reference to the Deer Bow Season is incorrect. Either Sex Deer Harvesting is actually Oct. 14 ( Bow Season Opening Day ) in Zone B not Bucks only. Either way we do not Harvest many Doe anyway on our place but just for those who do. Look it up on the Al. DNR website you will see.
Hi Mike – I’ve gone ahead and corrected the info. Thanks for the note!
Hi Greg,
thank you very much for a very understandable info. No more lurking on official dept pages :)
Good luck with your hunting this season!
Thanks for the easy to understand info. I agree with Jesse and Raymond about the rut. Had a guy from Michigan try to tell me that the rut in N. Alabama begins in mid-November and is over by January. Maybe in Kentucky, but I’ve been hunting deer in Jackson County for over 40 years and watched bucks chasing does into late February. Last year nearly hit a buck in March on highway 72 between Woodville and Huntsville. He was chasing a doe and still had his antlers; his neck was as big as my waist. The rut’s getting later. Happy hunting.
What they all said above! Thanks for making it easy and to the point!
Well done Greg! Very helpful, indeed!
Thanks for putting a great effort on organizing the information.
Keep up the good works!
Thanks for taking the time to make the new regulations easy to read Well done
Good job braking it down for all to see and understand.
Awesome job! It’s also so difficult to decipher this info from the official government pamphlets.
Thank you for taking the time to spread this info out of state hunter been trying to get the date’s locked down
The biologists for north Alabama need to get off their buts and do their jobs I had bucks chasing does throughout the month of February in my back yatd
Amen to that due to whatever change it’s warmer into the later months pushing rut deeper into season needs to be changed!!!
Thank good job very helpful
Thanks so much very helpful…..but all the rules and regulations even if u own your own land they r making it hard as heck for u to have wild game in ur freezer…..what happen to …”Hey get ur gun lets go hunting days” ….guess those days r like every thing else gone….but u did great job found what we needed
THANK YOU!!! HAVE A GREAT HUNT AND A FULL FREEZER
Thank you for making it easier to find information and feel free to post it up at my new Hunting forum.
Thank you
Thanks didn’t no we get turkey hunt on14 th this year
I truly appreciate you taking the time to lay it all out, in easy an easy to understand manner!
As Gomer would say; ” Thank ye Thank ye Thank ye. ” Awesome job. So much better than we are used to.
Good job
Great job letting us be informed so gamewardens beware we now know when to get the meat.
Thanks a bunch, 1 page, organized, neatly done, simple, & professional. Very easily understood and “quickly” helpful. No hunt & search through multiple pages and footnotes to follow. Thumbs up to you for your efforts!
very helpful. thanks
Thank you for the simplicity
All the information I needed on one simple page thank you for taking the time to consolidate this info
thanks for this site very helpful!
Hey thank you for the blog it is very nice! The al DNR site is run like everything else half a!$.
Amen