Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION

(1) DEER (a) ANTLERED BUCKS are defined as those male deer with one or more antlers visible above natural hairline. (b) UNANTLERED DEER are defined as all deer without one or more antlers visible above the natural hairline. (c) WHITE-TAILED ANTLERED BUCK LIMIT - Three per hunter …

FULLY AUTOMATIC FIREARMS PROHIBITED. (1) GENERAL PROHIBITIONS: (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any method or have in their possession any weapon or ammunition contrary to this regulation while hunting or attempting to hunt game birds and animals or other species pr…

(1) A legal bow for hunting is defined as either a long bow, a recurve bow, a compound bow or a crossbow. (2) It shall be unlawful, except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, for any person to hunt deer and turkey with bow and arrows that are not in conformance with the f…

(1) Resident Game Birds: Bobwhite Quail, Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey. (2) Migratory Game Birds: Wild Duck; Wild Goose; Brant; Virginia, King, and Clapper Rail; Sora; Coot; Wilson Snipe; Woodcock; Mourning and White-Wing Dove; Gallinule; Merganser; and Sandhill Crane. Notes Ala. Ad…

Legal hunting hours for game birds during the open season shall be daylight hours only, except as otherwise provided by law or regulation. Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-2-.05 Filed September 30, 1982. Amended: Filed August 15, 2012; effective September 19, 2012. Author: N. Gunter…

The following animals are hereby designated as game animals: Bear, Beaver, Coyote, Deer, Opossum, Eastern Cottontail and Swamp Rabbit, Raccoon, Squirrel, Nutria, Fox, Mountain Lion (Cougar), Groundhog, Bobcat, Red Wolf, Feral Swine (Wild Hog or Wild Pig), and Alligator. Notes Ala…

It shall be unlawful to hunt all protected animals during nighttime hours except as otherwise provided by law or rule promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. Legal hunting hours for all game animals during the open season for same shall be daylight …

It is hereby made lawful to run raccoon, opossum, squirrel, and rabbit with dogs during the closed gun season on raccoon, opossum, squirrel, and rabbit by licensed hunters, provided, however, that under no circumstances shall anyone take, kill or have in his possession any raccoo…

Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-2-.09 Filed September 30, 1982. Amended: March 29, 1986; September 13, 1986; October 22, 1987; December 3, 1988. Emergency amendment effective August 18, 1988. Amended: September 27, 1990; November 16, 1990; November 13, 1991. Amended: Filed October …

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess both gun and bow while hunting any species of game, bird or animal, except during and in areas of the either sex gun deer season. This prohibition shall not apply to the possession of handguns by lawfully authorized persons for their…

(1) The following special 1992 Hunter's Choice Deer Season on the following specific area, in accordance with the below-stated times, places, manners, and means, is hereby established: (a) Wheeler Wildlife Refuge, except Redstone, located in Limestone, Madison, and Morgan Countie…

(1) Captive bred mallard ducks, properly marked in accordance with federal regulations, shall be legal fowl to be hunted on a licensed commercial fowl hunting preserve. Such hunting shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. (2) Any private …

Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-2-.102 Emergency adoption effective April 15, 1992. Permanent adoption effective September 16, 1992. Repealed: Filed August 15, 2012; effective September 19, 2012. Author: N. Gunter Guy, Jr. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-2-7, 9-2-8, 9-…

Unless specifically prohibited otherwise, the following waters shall be open to the otherwise legal taking of freshwater mussels for commercial purposes: (1) Coosa River from Jordan Dam upstream to the Alabama-Georgia State line. (2) Alabama River from the mouth to the confluence…

(1) The following species shall be the only species of freshwater mussels permitted to be legally taken for commercial purposes in the State of Alabama: Washboard (Megalonaias nervosa) Threeridge (Amblema plicata) Pistol Grip (Tritogonia verrucosa) Elephant Ear (Elliptio crasside…

It shall be unlawful to take or possess or attempt to take or possess more than two (2) alligator gar per person per day, for recreational or commercial purposes. Author: James D. Martin Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-2-.105 Effective July 24, 1992. Statutory Authority: Code of Al…

The season for legal mussel fishing is open year-round except during the prescribed waterfowl hunting season, Swan Creek, Crow Creek, Mud Creek, and Raccoon Creek Wildlife Management Areas shall be closed. The area of the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge between Interstate 65 and U.S. Hig…

(1) The following special hunting seasons on the following specific areas, in accordance with the below-stated times, places, manners, and means, are hereby established: (a) Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is hereby opened to the stalk gun hunting of deer, antlered and antlerles…

Lakes Jordan, Mitchell, and Lay, are hereby closed to the taking or attempted taking of mussels or other shellfish, or the shells therefrom, as follows: Jordan shall be closed September 11 through September 27, 1995; Mitchell shall be closed September 15 through October 11, 1995;…

(1) It shall be unlawful on any area designated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as a "Physically Disabled Hunting Area": (a) To violate any terms or conditions of his certificate of qualification, permit, or other authorization, for participation in any su…

(1) It shall be unlawful to concentrate, drive, rally, molest or to hunt, take, capture or kill or attempt to hunt, take, capture or kill any bird or animal from or by the aid of: (a) Any automobile, motorcar, aircraft, train, motorboat, sailboat or any type mechanically propelle…

(1) The following areas are hereby designated and established as "Physically Disabled Hunting Areas": (a) "Marengo Physically Disabled Hunting Area," as indicated on the attached revised map. (b) "M. Barnett Lawley Field Trail Area," as indicated on the attached revised map. (c) …

(a) Any person subject to the hunter safety education certificate requirements of Section 9-11-44.1, Code of Ala. 1975, shall be subject to the revocation or cancellation of any hunting licenses and/or hunter education certification upon determination that the holder thereof was …

(a) It shall be unlawful to cast, release, or otherwise place, a dog, for the purpose of hunting deer, from, upon, or onto, a public right-of-way, without the permission of the landowners whose land adjoins the right-of-way within 50 feet of the location of such dog. (b) It shall…

It shall be unlawful to hunt mourning dove or white winged dovesover fields that are planted or prepared outside of or contrary to the recognized practices or methods prescribed by the most recent Alabama Cooperative Extension System publications, available through the Alabama Co…

(1) For the purpose of this regulation, "snagging" shall be defined as the taking or attempted taking of fish by pulling either a single or group of hooks through the water in any manner which increases the likelihood of impaling fish in body regions other than the mouth. (2) It …

The following 2005-2006 hunting seasons, in accordance with the below stated times, places, manners and means, are hereby established for the Charles A. Farquhar State Cattle Ranch - Hale County: (Note: Regulation "220-2-.109 Physically Disabled Hunting Areas" will apply to the d…

Any person hunting migratory birds (woodcock, dove, rails, sora, Wilson's snipe, coots, gallinule, merganser, ducks, geese, or sandhill crane) required to be licensed should have completed a free Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program survey card providing information for the…

This rule applies to Special Youth Hunting Days, as established by Rule 220-2-.01 and Rule 220-2-.77. The regular season shooting hours, bag limits, and legal arms and ammunitions apply to the special youth hunting days. Individuals shall comply with the following rules to partic…

Pursuant to the Code of Ala. 1975, Sections 9-11-85 and 9-11-259, which provided in effect that all game birds, animals or fish taken or killed in this State must at all times be carried or transported openly and that all game birds, animals or fish carried or transported in an i…

(1) This regulation shall apply to those waters referred to in this regulation which are covered by the reciprocal agreement with the State of Georgia and which are within the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Wild…

The spring turkey season for West Jefferson Public Hunting Area, located in Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama shall be March 20, 1997 through April 30, 1997, daylight until 12:00 noon, central standard time. Author: James D. Martin Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-2-.123 Ne…

For purposes of enforcement of Sections 9-20-1 through 9-20-7, Code of Ala. 1975, enacted by Act No. 95-767, as the "Alabama Nonindigenous Aquatic Plant Control Act", the following list of all nonindigenous aquatic plants which are prohibited by Section 9-20-3 from being introduc…

(1) The following special hunting seasons, in accordance with the below-stated times, places, manners, and means, are hereby established for the following Forever Wild and State Lands Division lands: Lillian Swamp Complex - Lillian Swamp South, Caney Bayou, and Lillian Swamp West…

(1) It shall be unlawful to discharge firearms on any Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries public shooting range, except in accordance with the following regulations. All range users shall abide by the listed regulations and posted rules pertinent to the range in use. Pe…

(1) The following special 2011-2012 hunting seasons, in accordance with the below-stated times, places, manners, and means, are hereby established: (a) The hunting seasons as established in Rule 220-2-.01 entitled "2011-2012 Hunting Seasons," and as established in Rule 220-2-.77 …

(1) The following special 2006-2007 hunting seasons, in accordance with the below-stated times, places, manners, and means, are hereby established: (a) The hunting seasons as established in Rule 220-2-.01 entitled "2006-2007 Hunting Seasons," Rule 220-2-.77, entitled "2006-2007 D…

It shall be unlawful to intentionally stock or release any fish, mussel, snail, crayfish or their embryos including bait fish into the public waters of Alabama under the jurisdiction of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries as provided in Rule 220-2-.42 except those w…

It shall be illegal for any person, firm, or corporation to kill or cripple any species of game bird, game animal or game fish without making a reasonable effort to retrieve same and include it in his daily bag or creel limit. Nothing in this regulation permits or requires a pers…

(a) It shall be illegal to fish with the aid of commercial gear in any specific portion of the public waters of the State under the jurisdiction of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries as provided in Rule 220-2-.42 where there has been a fish consumption advisory iss…

(1) The following area is hereby designated and established as "Youth Turkey Hunting Area": (a) "USA Foundation Hunting Area" as indicated on the attached map. (2) It shall be unlawful on any area designated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as a "Youth Turk…

(1) The following rules and regulations shall apply at any state park area authorized by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources for hunting: (a) BOW AND ARROW (including crossbows) will be legal on all specially scheduled hunts. Broadhead points only must be utili…

There is hereby established a Special State Park Hunting Season for Oak Mountain State Park in a certain designated area at the park, for the hunting of deer by bow and arrow, on January 27 and 28, 2004, by permitted and licensed Alabama resident hunters 16 years old or older onl…

(a) Lowndes Wildlife Management Area See Table at http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/con_/McWord220-2.pdf Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-2-.136 New Rule (PE): Filed August 12, 2004; effective August 12, 2004. Repealed and New Rule (PE): Filed August 17, 2005; ef…

There are hereby established Special State Park Hunting Seasons for Oak Mountain State Park in a certain designated area at the park, for the hunting of deer by bow and arrow (including crossbows), on October 26 and 27, 2004, and December 15 and 16, 2004, by permitted and license…

All persons, firms or corporations licensed under Section 9-11-30 to engage in the business of raising game birds, game animals, or fur bearing animals shall: (1) Submit to the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, (hereinafter referenced as "the Division" or "Division")…

It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or attempt to hunt within 100 yards of any dwelling belonging to another, whether occupied or not, without the permission or the owner or lessee of said dwelling. Provided further, it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge a fire…

Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 220-2-.14 Filed September 30, 1982. Repealed: Filed August 15, 2012; effective September 19, 2012. Author: n. Gunter Guy, Jr. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 9-2-7, 9-2-12.

There are hereby established Special State Park Hunting Seasons for the following parks: (1) Oak Mountain State Park - Whitetail Deer Hunt by bow and arrow (including crossbows) only. Hunting will be permitted through a limited quota permit system selected by random computerized …

(1) The following special 2006-2007 hunting seasons, in accordance with the below-stated times, places, manners, and means, are hereby established: (a) The hunting seasons as established in Rule 220-2-.01 entitled "2006-2007 Hunting Seasons," as they apply to that portion of Laud…