Trophy Gallery

2009-2010
Alabama Seasons and Bag Limits
 

Go here to check out pictures from our trail cameras as well as deer we have taken off our land.

Muzzleloader:      November 16 - 20

Rifle:                  November 21 - January 31

   **2009 - 2010 Bag Limits for Alabama**

Two does per day, or one buck and one doe per day. 3 bucks total per hunter per year. One of those 3 bucks must have a minimum of 4 points on one side.

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I have an opening for one person to hunt with me for the 2009-2010
deer and turkey season. Email me for more details at jason@whitetailadventureshuntingclub.com

With opening day of archery season only 12 days away, I am ready to hunt! The food plots I planted for bow season are looking great. I have a couple more plots that I will plant later this month once we get more rain chances. Here are some updated pictures of what the food plots look like now.

I have gotten most of my fall food plots planted, or at least the ones which I am planning on using primarily for bowhunting. Archery season opens in 21 days here in Alabama. Over the last few weeks, quite a few nice bucks have been showing up on my trail cameras. From the looks of it, this is going to be a great season with excellent harvest numbers. With only a couple weeks til season opens up, it is time to go start sitting in the stands and record what I see.

All the bucks that have been appearing on the trail cameras are still in full velvet. It appears, though, the velvet is beginning to shrink down against the antler in preparation to shed the velvet. Our bucks usually begin shedding their velvet during the first week of October.

As hunting season approaches, I will post more updates and pictures of the food plots as they grow, so be sure to check back over the coming weeks! Here are some still-pictures that were taken from video clips captured by one my IR4 trail cameras.

The corn has entered the flowering stage, and the stalks are beginning to develop ears. Right about the time opening day of archery season gets here in close to 40 days, the kernels should be ready for the deer to eat. The soybeans are also entering their flowering stage and are preparing to make the bean pods. The deer have been eating a lot of the soybean leaves over the last several weeks, however, it seems that I planted enough to keep them from eating the soybeans to the ground.

I also got several good pictures from the new trail cameras. Here are the pictures of the corn as well as the new pictures from Wildgame Innovations IR4 camera.

With only 45 days left until hunting season begins, preparations for opening day are beginning on my land. Yesterday I sprayed all the food plots that I will be planting this fall with Round-Up to kill off some weeds and especially the Johnsongrass that found its way into my food plots over the summer. Johnsongrass is very difficult to eradicate because it is a perennial grass, makes a lot of seeds, and it grows to be very tall.

The corn field has now entered the flowering stage of it's growth. It has shot the tassel up from the center of the plant, and now the tassel is dropping its pollen to fertilize the silk. Once the pollen reaches the silk, the kernel is fertilized and begins to develop on the ear.

The soybeans are being heavily browsed upon, but the deer cannot destroy the crop since I have planted so many soybeans. In some spots where the deer have not really messed with them much, the soybeans are waist-deep. In spots around the field, the deer have them mowed down to just a few inches tall with maybe one leaf on the plant.

I have also received a couple new IR4 trail cameras from Wildgame Innovations. After briefly testing these new cameras, I have found them to be superior in performance than other cameras such as Moultrie's. The IR4 camera is also a more compact design, making it much less noticeable when mounted on a tree. Many cameras are large and bulky and stand out like a sore thumb. Not the IR4. The infrared flash also seems to work very well out past its advertised range. As I receive new pictures from these trail cameras, I will add them on here.

Now it is less than two months before the beginning of Alabama's archery season. I have prepared the majority of all my food plots for the fall planting by turning them and taking care of the weeds that were growing. Now all that is left is to plant them sometime towards the end of September.

The deer have been out in the corn and soybean plot a lot over the last few days. They have even finished off a Trophy Rock that I sat near the edge of the field a few months ago. The corn is now reached the stage where the stalk is shooting upwards. It has had a lot of growth within the last 10 days. Within the next couple weeks, the corn will reach the flowering stage and begin making its ears. The corn should become fully mature right about the time archery season begins. Of course, until then, the deer will continue to browse heavily on the soybeans that are growing. In some parts of the field, the soybeans are over 3 feet tall, but in others, the deer have mowed them down to just a couple small leaves. Here are some new pictures of what the field looks like now.

Corn and soybeans growing

It has now been three weeks since the corn and soybeans emerged from the soil in my food plot.  The deer have been browsing on the growing soybeans heavily over the last two weeks, and the corn is going through a major growth spurt. It has gained over a foot in height within 3 days of a fertilizer application. Even though they are eating them heavily, there are so many soybeans growing that the deer cannot really put much of a dent in the crop. Here are some pictures of what the field looks like now along with a couple of deer that I spotted out in the field when I drove up there. Neither of the two deer seemed alarmed at all. They simply stood there and watched me for the longest time!

Find the deer in this picture....

This is zoomed in some... See her yet?

There she is! Feeding at 2pm while it was 95 degrees!

Here is another doe from the previous afternoon

My email once again works on here.
You can reach me at Jason@whitetailadventureshuntingclub.com

Two weeks after planting, the soybean and corn plot saw some decent rain. Here are some pictures of what it looks like now.

Now it is only a 3 months until hunting season is here once again. Bow season will be opening on October 15th. Recently, there has been a lot of deer activity on the land. They have been feeding heavily on what is left of last year's fall/winter food plots. The deer along with the turkeys have eaten almost all of the wheat and oat grains off the tall stalks. The deer have also eaten a lot of the perennial clovers and chicory I had planted this past fall. I am going to try planting a late crop of corn and soybeans to supplement their food supply through the rest of the summer.

The deer have demolished the trophy rocks and are digging large holes in the ground where they used to be. They are utilizing all the mineral holes very heavily as usual during this time of the year when antler development is in high gear. Check back soon for more updates and pictures as I prepare the food plots for the upcoming hunting season! It is sure to be a good year!

I have one opening for a person to come and join me on this lease for this year. E-mail me for more details if you are interested.

It has been a while since I last updated this site thanks to a fried motherboard in my computer. If you are unable to contact me on my website e-mail, please e-mail me at AbbevilleHunter@aol.com.

The 2008-2009 Alabama deer season is now over. This season was very good for us. Off of my lease, there were 4 bucks and 3 does taken. I got to see many nice bucks, a ton of does, and even had a close encounter with a 6 point that mistook me for another deer. Christina got to shoot her first deer this year--a big doe! Then I ended the season with a nice 170 pound 8 pointer. Now the work to prepare for next year begins. I am going to attempt an idea I have to collect shed antlers. If it works I will post the results on this website! Below are some pictures of the deer that Christina and I both took along with a couple field pictures.