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Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.85 - Hunter Orange Requirement For Hunting And Definition Of Open Permit-Public Land

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(1) During
			 dates and in areas open by regulation to gun deer season, including youth deer
			 season and muzzleloader deer season, all persons hunting any wildlife species,
			 except foxes, raccoons and opossums during legal nighttime hours or turkey, or
			 migratory birds (including crows), are required to wear an outer garment above
			 the waist with a minimum of 144 square inches of hunter orange or either a full
			 size hunter orange hat or cap. Hunters are not required to wear hunter orange
			 when hunting from a stand elevated twelve (12) feet or more from the ground,
			 when hunting in an enclosed box stand, when traveling in an enclosed vehicle,
			 or when traveling on foot no more than twenty feet directly between an
			 operating enclosed vehicle and a stand where the hunter is exempt from the
			 hunter orange requirement. The hunter orange must be worn when traveling on
			 foot between an operating enclosed vehicle and exempt stand when the distance
			 is more than a direct distance of twenty feet. A small logo and/or printing is
			 permitted on the front of hunter orange caps; otherwise, hunter orange must be
			 of solid color and visible from any angle. Only hunter orange, commonly called
			 blaze orange, ten mile cloth, etc., is legal. The various shades of red as well
			 as camo orange are not legal.
(2)
			 "Open Permit-Public Land" is defined as governmentally owned land open for
			 public hunting and/or lands made available to the public on an individual basis
			 whether for a fee or not. Examples of such lands would be national forest
			 lands, lands owned by lumber companies and utility companies available for use
			 by hunters either through free permits, fee permits or no permit
			 requirement.
Author:
M. Barnett Lawley
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.86 - Feral Swine Regulation

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(1)
			 The seasons and methods for taking feral swine will be as provided in Rule
			 220-2-.01.
(2) Upon taking or capturing or having in
			 possession any feral swine it shall be unlawful to release said feral swine
			 alive or to transport said live feral swine. All feral swine taken by trap or
			 dogs or otherwise must be killed on site. Furthermore, it shall be unlawful to
			 release any live domestic swine into the wild.
Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.93 - Prohibition Of Importation/Possession Of The Fishes Rudd And Roach (REPEALED)

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Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-13,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8.
PENALTY:
As provided by
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-13,
				  9-1-4.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.94 - Prohibition Of Taking Or Possessing Paddlefish (Spoonbill). (REPEALED)

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Author:
N. Hunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.95 - Alligator Nuisance Control Hunter Regulations

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(1) FEEDING OR ENTICEMENT OF ALLIGATORS
			 UNLAWFUL:
(a) No person shall intentionally
			 feed or entice with feed any wild American alligator (Alligator
			 mississippiensis); however, this does not apply to those covered by
			 §§
									9-11-320 through
			 9-11-328 of the
Code of
			 Ala. 1975
, (Possession of Wildlife for Public Exhibition Purposes)
			 or those people authorized by special permit issued by the Department of
			 Conservation and Natural Resources.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.96 - Alligator Farming Regulations

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(1) GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR TAKING, POSSESSION
			 AND SALE OF CERTAIN REPTILES:
(a) No person
			 shall buy, sell, take or possess any alligator, crocodile, or any part thereof,
			 or the nests or eggs of any alligator or crocodile except under permit from the
			 Department or as otherwise provided by law or by these regulations.
(b) Nothing in this rule, however, shall
			 prohibit the possession of lawfully acquired cured and mounted trophies and
			 articles manufactured from the skins or hides or other parts of alligators and
			 crocodiles.
(c) Any alligator,
			 crocodile, or similar reptile, or any part thereof, seized or otherwise
			 acquired by the Department may be sold.
(d) Alligators, or any parts thereof,
			 lawfully obtained outside the state may be imported only under permit from the
			 director or as otherwise provided by law.
(e) The records of individuals or concerns
			 selling any species of crocodilian will be subject to inspection and such
			 individuals or concerns shall have in their possession invoices or other
			 documentary evidence of the suppliers of such crocodilians. The advertisement
			 or representation of caimans as alligators or crocodiles is
			 prohibited.
(f) No person shall
			 use, be in possession of or attend any hook, peg or other such device baited in
			 such a manner as to be capable of taking alligators and suspended so that the
			 bait is above water or submerged in a manner to take or attempt to take
			 alligators unless such person is authorized by the Director.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.97 - Alligator Protection Regulation

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Except to the extent otherwise provided by Act No. 89-874, H.
				17, 1989 Regular Session, Rule
				220-2-.95, Rule
				220-2-.96, or any other law or
				regulation enacted or adopted by the Alabama Legislature or Department of
				Conservation and Natural Resources, it shall be unlawful to possess, take,
				capture, or kill, or attempt to possess, take, capture, or kill any alligator,
				or the skins, meat, eggs, or parts thereof.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.99 - Legal Specifications For Crossbows And Arrows For Use By Disabled Persons

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(Repealed).
Author:
Richard C. Liles
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.100 - 1992 Special Hunter's Choice Deer Season For Wheeler Wildlife Refuge

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(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 Counties, Alabama,
			 is hereby opened to the hunting of deer, antlered and antlerless, except
			 spotted fawns, sunrise to sunset from January 18 to January 31, 1992. The
			 hunting will be restricted to black powder, flintlock firearms, .40 caliber or
			 larger with open metallic sights (no scopes) and bow and arrow (no crossbow).
Author:
James D. Martin
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.101 - Hunting Of Captive Bred Mallard Ducks And Non-Native Game Birds On Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves

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(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 commercial shooting preserve
			 that is licensed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may,
			 by obtaining a special letter permit from the Commissioner of Conservation and
			 Natural Resources, hunt any species of exotic or non-native birds at any time
			 of the year when such exotic or non-native birds have been stocked on said
			 hunting preserves. Provided, however, that this regulation shall not apply to
			 any bird or animal that appears on the U.S. Department of the Interior's and
			 State of Alabama's "Endangered Species" list.
(3) Native game birds and animals other than
			 species listed on hunting preserve licenses may be taken only on licensed
			 hunting preserves during legal hunting seasons and when taken by properly
			 licensed hunters abiding by any bag limits and other regulations that may be
			 promulgated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or
			 established by law.
Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-11-410,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.102 - Prohibition Of Use Of Certain Animals In Greyhound Racing Or Training (REPEALED)

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Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.103 - Waters Open To The Taking Of Freshwater Mussels For Commercial Purposes

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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 of Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers with the exception of the Cahaba
			 River.
(3) Tombigbee River from
			 mouth to U.S. Interstate 59.
(4)
			 Black Warrior River from mouth to U.S. Interstate 59.
(5) Tennessee River and its impoundments with
			 the exception of restricted areas.
It shall be unlawful to take freshwater mussels for commercial
				purposes from any other waters of the State of Alabama.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-11-371,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.104 - Legal Species Of Freshwater Mussels To Be Taken For Commercial Purposes

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(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 crassidens)
Mapleleaf (Quadrula quadrula)
Ebony Shell (Fusconaia ebenus)
Pink Heel Splitter (Potamilus alatus)
Three Horn (Obliquaria reflexa)
Southern Mapleleaf (Quadrula apiculata)
Bankclimber (Plectomerus dombeyanus)
Bleufer (Potamilus purpuratus)
(2) It shall be unlawful to take any other
			 species of freshwater mussel for commercial purposes in the State of Alabama.
Author: M. Barnett Lawley
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12,
				  9-11-371.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.105 - Creel/Possession Limit On Alligator Gar

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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
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.106 - Mussel Fishing Seasons

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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. Highway 31 and the
				area of Limestone Bay shall be closed to mussel harvest during the period of
				October 15 through February 15 of each year. Mussel fishing in the fresh waters
				of this State shall be restricted to five (5) days each week (Monday through
				Friday) and shall be closed on all federal holidays.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-11-371,
				  9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.107 - Special 2012-2013 Hunting Seasons For Fort Rucker And Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

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(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
			 antlerless, except spotted fawns, by flintlock weapons only, January 7-21,
			 2013, in accordance with the refuge specific hung permit. The hunting will be
			 restricted to two deer per day, only one of which may be an antlered buck. See
			 paragraph (b) for additional restrictions.
(b) The statewide restrictions of one (1)
			 antlered (defined as bare antlers visible above natural hairline) buck per day,
			 and only three (3) antlered bucks during all combined hunting seasons, with one
			 (1) of the three (3) antlered bucks required to have at least 4 antler points
			 one inch (1") or longer on one antler, apply to the hunting seasons in this
			 regulation.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.108 - Closed Season On Taking Of Mussels - Lake Jordan Mitchell And Lay

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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; and
				Lay shall be closed October 9 through October 26, 1995.
Author:
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.110 - Establishment Of Physically Disabled Hunting Areas

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(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 map.
(b) "M. Barnett Lawley Field Trail Area," as
			 indicated on the attached revised map.
(c) "R. L. Harris Physically Disabled Hunting
			 Area," as indicated on the attached map.
(d) "Fayette Physically Disabled Hunting
			 Area," as indicated on the attached revised map.
(e) "Turnipseed-Ikenberry Place Physically
			 Disabled Hunting Area," as indicated on the attached revised map.
(f) "Upper State Physically Disabled Hunting
			 Area," as indicated on the attached map.
(g) "Macon State Forest Physically Disabled
			 Hunting Area," as indicated on the attached revised map.
(h) "Little River State Forest Physically
			 Disabled Hunting Area," as indicated on the attached revised map.
(i) "Prairie Creek Physically Disabled
			 Hunting Area," as indicated on the attached revised map.
(j) "Forever Wild Land Trust - Alabama Power
			 Co. Physically Disabled Hunting Area," as indicated on the attached revised
			 map.
(k) "USA Foundation Hunting
			 Area," as indicated on the attached revised map.
(l) "Pine Hills Physically Disabled Hunting
			 Area," as indicated on the attached revised map.
(m) "Chattahoochee Physically Disabled
			 Hunting Area," as indicated on the attached revised map.
(n) "Big Oak Physically Disabled Hunting
			 Area," as limited on the attached revised map.
(o) "Dozier Physically Disabled Hunting
			 Area," as indicated on the attached revised map
(p) "Cherokee Physically Disabled Hunting
			 Area," as indicated on the attached revised map.
(q) "Shiloh Hill Physically Disabled Hunting
			 Area," as indicated on the attached map.
(r) "Coffee County (Victoria) Physically
			 Disabled Hunting Area," as indicated on the attached map.
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Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.111 - Hunting License Revocation Procedures - Hunter Safety Certification Requirements

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(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 not entitled to issuance or obtained said license or
			 certification by any fraudulent means. Upon such determination, the department
			 of conservation and natural resources may, in lieu of revocation, hold any such
			 licenses until said person complies with all requirements for
			 issuance.
(b) The procedures for
			 the revocation or cancellation of same shall be as provided in Section
			 41-22-12,
			 41-22-19, and other applicable
			 provisions of Sections
			 41-22-1 through
			 41-22-27,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(c) Upon
			 revocation or cancellation, the holder thereof shall surrender same to the
			 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(d) Any person violating any provision of
			 Section 9-11-44.1 shall be subject to
			 prosecution thereunder, and upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class B
			 misdemeanor.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										9-11-44.1.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.112 - Dog Deer Hunting

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(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 be unlawful for any person to utilize a dog for the purpose of deer
			 hunting without the person placing and maintaining on said dog a collar
			 containing the following information clearly stated thereon: the name, address,
			 and telephone number of the person utilizing the dog.
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
The amended
				version of this section by
				Alabama
				Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 12, September 30,
				2019, file. 8/30/2019 is not
				yet available.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.114 - Normal Agricultural Planting And Hunting Of Dove

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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
				Cooperative Extension System.
Rule
				220-2-.114, as previously
				adopted, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.115 - Snagging Fish

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(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 shall be unlawful to take or attempt to take fish by snagging on all waters
			 of the Tennessee River or its impoundments.
(3) It shall be unlawful to take or attempt
			 to take fish by snagging within 800 feet of any dam on the Coosa River or its
			 impoundments.
Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.117 - Special Hunting Seasons - Charles A. Farquhar State Cattle Ranch - Hale County

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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 deer hunting on the Wildwood area.)
See Table at
				http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/con_/McWord220-2.pdf
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.118 - Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program

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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 preceding
				season prior to hunting any species of migratory bird. Each person required to
				be licensed hunting migratory birds in Alabama should have the survey
				completion stamp on their person while hunting migratory birds.
It shall be a violation of this regulation for any person
				required to be licensed, having been warned by a law enforcement officer, to
				continue to hunt migratory birds without the survey completion stamp on their
				person.
Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.119 - Special Youth Hunting Day Regulations For Deer, Turkey, And Waterfowl

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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
				participate in the scheduled youth hunts:
(1) Youth means an individual who has not
			 reached his [or her] sixteenth birthday.
(2) Adult Supervisor means an individual 21
			 years old or older or the parent of the youth. An adult supervisor shall be in
			 possession of all required state hunting licenses (and state and federal
			 waterfowl stamps, if required to hunt waterfowl).
(3) Up to two (2) youth participants shall be
			 accompanied by an adult supervisor. The adult supervisor shall remain within 30
			 feet of each youth at all times.
(4) Only one firearm will be allowed per
			 youth. Only the youth hunters will be permitted to utilize firearms for
			 hunting. The adult supervisor shall review the rules of firearm safety with
			 each youth under his [or her] supervision and ensure they are
			 followed.
Author:
M. Barnett Lawley
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.123 - 1997 Spring Turkey Season - West Jefferson Public Hunting Area

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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
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										9-11-301.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.124 - Nonindigenous Aquatic Plant Regulation

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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 introduced or
				placed or caused to be introduced or placed into public waters of the state is
				established:
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME
African elodea Lagarosiphon spp
alligatorweed Alternanthera philoxeriodes
Brazilian elodea Egeria densa
curlyleaf pondweed Potamogeton crispus
Eurasian watermilfoil Myriophyllum spicatum
floating waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes
giant salvinia Salvinia molesta
hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata
hygrophila Hygrophila polysperma
limnophila Limnophila sessiliflora
parrot-feather Myriophyllum aquaticum
purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
rooted waterhyacinth Eichhornia azurea
spinyleaf naiad Najas minor
water-aloe Stratiotes aloides
water-1ettuce Pistia stratiotes
water chestnut Trapa natans
water spinach Ipomea aquatica
Author:
James D. Martin
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §
										9-20-5.
PENALTY:
As provided by Section
				  9-20-6,
Code of Ala.
				  1975
.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.125 - Special 2012-2013 Hunting Seasons For Certain Forever Wild And State Lands Division Lands

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(1) The
			 following special 2012-2013 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 tracts, Baldwin County;
Pike County Pocosin Complex,
Pike County Pocosin
				and the Sellers addition, Pike County;
Sipsey River Complex
- Sipsey Sullivan, Sipsey
				Randolph, and Sipsey Robertson tracts, Tuscaloosa County;
Splinter Hill Bog Complex
- Splinter Hill Bog Ben
				May, Splinter Hill Bog International Paper Addition, and Splinter Hill Bog Ben
				May Charitable Trust tracts, Baldwin County;
Old Cahawba Prairie Tract,
Dallas County;
				and
Red Hills Complex,
Weyerhaeuser and Fire Tower
				Road Additions, and York North and South Additions and Hancock tracts, Monroe
				County:
(a) The hunting seasons as
			 established in Rule
			 220-2-.01 entitled "2012-2013
			 Hunting Seasons," Rule
			 220-2-.77 entitled "2012-2013
			 Duck, Coot, Merganser, Goose, and Teal Hunting Seasons." And Rule
			 220-2-.29, entitled "Open
			 Trapping Seasons on Fur-Bearers," as they apply to said lands and to "Open
			 Permit-Public Land" in the particular portions of the counties in which the
			 tracts are located, shall apply except as otherwise provided herein:
1. Hunting of waterfowl shall be restricted
			 to thirty (3 0) minutes prior to sunrise until 12 noon during the state
			 waterfowl seasons.
2. Hunting of
			 feral swine (wild hogs) shall be limited to October 1 through April 30 (no bag
			 limit).
3. Deer hunting shall be
			 limited to shotgun with slugs, muzzleloader, bow and arrow, crossbow, or
			 spear.
4. No centerfire rifles or
			 buckshot shall be allowed for any type of hunting;
5. No dogs shall be permitted for hunting
			 deer, coyote, and feral swine (wild hogs);
6. Special muzzleloader season for Deer: By
			 muzzleloader only - Stalk hunting only (no dogs). During the special
			 muzzleloader deer season, two (2) deer per day only one of which may be an
			 antlered buck (except spotted fawns), is permitted November 12 to November
			 16.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.126 - Public Shooting Range Regulation

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(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. Permits for the excepted uses will be issued by the Hunter Education
			 Coordinator or a designee. The range may be closed as necessary.
(a) Range is open during daylight hours only,
			 unless otherwise posted, except by permit issued by the Hunter Education
			 Coordinator or a designee.
(b) No
			 alcoholic beverages allowed.
(c)
			 Any legal firearm and ammunition (excluding armor-piercing, tracer, or any
			 ammunition considered to be incendiary or explosive) may be used on target
			 range.
(d) Keep all firearms on the
			 shooting line unloaded and muzzles pointed down range when not firing or
			 uncased. When not on the firing line, all firearms shall be unloaded with the
			 action open and muzzle pointed in a safe direction or cased.
(e) All persons are to remain behind the
			 shooting line while firing is taking place. No firing shall be allowed while
			 anyone is down range.
(f) All
			 firearms [except as noted below in (g)] shall only be fired from designated
			 stations on the concrete shooting line into the embankment at stationary paper
			 targets, self-healing, or metal automatic reset targets. Exploding targets are
			 prohibited. The targets must be placed so that shots will impact above the
			 range ground floor and into the bottom 5' of the embankment. Only one person
			 may shoot from each designated location at any given time.
(g) Only shotguns utilizing 4 size shot or
			 smaller may be used at the designated "Clay Target Areas."
(h) All used targets, brass, shotgun hulls,
			 and other trash shall be placed in a trash receptacle or removed by the user
			 from the public shooting range.
(i)
			 It shall be unlawful to violate any posted restriction.
(j) All Alabama residents 16 through 64 years
			 of age using a public shooting range are required to have either a valid
			 Alabama: state hunting license, state wildlife management area license, or a
			 state wildlife heritage license to use the range. All non-residents 16 years of
			 age and over are required to have either a valid Alabama: state non-resident
			 hunting license or a state wildlife management area license.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.127 - Special 2011-2012 Hunting Seasons For Blowing Springs Cave Tract (Forever Wild Lands), Lauderdale County

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(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 entitled "2011-2012
			 Duck, Coot, Merganser, Goose and Teal Hunting Seasons," as they apply to that
			 portion of Lauderdale County known as the Blowing Springs Cave Tract (Forever
			 Wild Lands), and as they apply to "Open Permit-Public Land" in that portion of
			 Lauderdale County, shall apply to hunting on the Blowing Springs Cave Tract
			 (Forever Wild Lands), except as otherwise provided herein:
1. There shall be no open season for deer or
			 turkey.
2. The only legal firearms
			 or weapons shall be black powder firearms otherwise legal for hunting and long
			 bows, compound bows, and crossbows otherwise legal for hunting.
3. No trapping shall be allowed.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.128 - Special 2006-2007 Hunting Seasons For Coon Creek Tract (Forever Wild Lands), Tallapoosa County

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(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
			 Duck, Coot, Merganser, Goose and Teal Hunting Seasons," and Rule
			 220-2-.29, entitled "Open
			 Trapping Seasons on Fur-Bearers," as they apply to that portion of Tallapoosa
			 County known as the Coon Creek Tract (Forever Wild Lands), and as they apply to
			 "Open Permit-Public Land" in that portion of Tallapoosa County, shall apply to
			 hunting on the Coon Creek Track (Forever Wild Lands), except as otherwise
			 provided herein:
1. Deer hunting shall be
			 limited to muzzleloading firearms and bow and arrow (including crossbow),
			 otherwise legal for hunting.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.129 - Public Water Stocking

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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 waters
				from which it came without the written permission of a designated employee of
				the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources authorized by the Director
				of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries to issue such permit. The
				provisions of this rule shall not apply to the incidental release of bait into
				the water during the normal process of fishing.
Author:
Richard C. Liles
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.130 - Prohibition Of Commercial Or Non-Game Fish Sales And Commercial Gear Use In Specific Advisory Areas

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(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 issued by the State Department of Public Health on
			 any commercial or non-game fish species. The provisions of this paragraph shall
			 not apply to persons taking fish pursuant to a valid permit issued pursuant to
			 Section 9-11-231,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(b) In addition,
			 it shall be illegal to sell or offer for sale any fish taken from such waters
			 regardless of the method by which the fish are taken.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.131 - Establishment of Youth Turkey Hunting Area

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(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.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.135 - Special State Park Hunting Season

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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 only. Stalk hunting
				only (no dogs). Hunters will be allowed to take up to two deer per day, only
				one of which may be antlered.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.136 - Establishment Of 2005-2006 Feral Hog Season In Lowndes Wildlife Management Area

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(a) Lowndes
			 Wildlife Management Area
See Table at
				http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/con_/McWord220-2.pdf
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-11-235,
				  9-11-240,
				  9-11-301.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.137 - Special State Park Hunting Seasons

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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 licensed Alabama resident
				hunters 16 years old or older only. Stalk hunting only (no dogs). Hunters will
				be allowed to take up to two deer per day, only one of which may be antlered,
				but hunters shall first take an unaltered deer before taking an antlered
				deer.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.138 - Licensed Game Breeders

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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"),
			 accurate records of stock and inventory changes caused by births, deaths,
			 escapes, transports, releases, transfers, sales, purchases or other causes;
			 provided however, holders of the nonindigenous game breeder option who are not
			 engaged in the breeding and handling of such animals may submit a good faith
			 estimate of stock inventory and inventory changes as to such animals. Effective
			 June 1, 2018, all inventory records and changes described above relating to
			 game animals shall be submitted via the Division's electronic database through
			 individual user accounts, or by phone utilizing a Division approved call center
			 through individual user accounts. Initial inventory records submissions may
			 also be established by mailing a letter, signed by the license holder,
			 identifying the number of game animals currently in inventory, and a copy of
			 each animal's current Cervidae Possession/Transfer Form to the Division through
			 the U.S. Postal Service utilizing certified mail. Inventory changes caused by
			 births on a license holder's facility may also be established by mailing a
			 letter, signed by the license holder, identifying the number of game animals to
			 be added due to birth, and a copy of each animal's Cervidae Possession/Transfer
			 Form to the Division through the U.S. Postal Service utilizing certified mail.
(a) For the purposes of this rule, the
			 following words shall have the meanings given to them in this rule when related
			 to the physical movement of game animals.
1.
			 "Transport" means to take, carry, or move a game animal from one location to
			 another.
2. "Transfer" means the
			 transport of any game animal from a licensed game breeder facility to another
			 licensed game breeder facility or to another individual or facility that is
			 licensed or permitted to possess game animals, where the transport results in a
			 change in inventory.
3. "Release"
			 means the transport of any game animal from a licensed game breeder facility to
			 an enclosure that is not a licensed game breeder facility, where the transport
			 results in a change in inventory.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.139 - Hunting Or Discharging A Firearm Near A Dwelling, Etc

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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 firearm while
				hunting in such a manner that any projectile strikes any dwelling or building
				used for human occupation, whether occupied or not, or any commercial vessel,
				without the permission of the owner or lessee of said dwelling, building or
				vessel. This regulation shall not apply to a landowner or member of his or her
				immediate family hunting on his or her own property provided that no projectile
				strikes any of the above stated property of another without the permission of
				the owner or lessee of said property.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.
Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.140 - Special State Park Hunting Seasons

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There are hereby established Special State Park Hunting
				Seasons for the following parks:
(1)
			 Oak Mountain State Park - Whitetail Deer Hunt. In a certain designated area at
			 the park, for the hunting of deer by bow and arrow (including crossbows),
			 during the period of November 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016, weekdays only,
			 with the exception of the weekend of January 9 and 10, January 16 and 17, and
			 January 23 and 24, 2016, by permitted and licensed Alabama resident and
			 non-resident hunters 16 years old or older only, subject to and in accordance
			 with established registration and eligibility requirements. Stalk hunting only
			 (on dogs). State harvest limits will apply. Hunters will be allowed to take up
			 to three deer per day, only one of which may be an antlered buck.
(2) Lakepoint Resort State Park - Whitetail
			 Deer Bow Hunt. This is limited to the following dates only:
October 19-21, 2015, October 26-28, 2015, November 9-11, 2015,
				November 16-18, 2015, December 14-16, 2015, January 25-27, 2016, and January
				29-31, 2016. The bow hunts are limited to four people per date/per-registered
				and all state hunting regulations will apply, including state harvest limits in
				Barbour County.
(3)
			 Lakepoint Resort State Park - Youth Squirrel Hunt, gray squirrels only,
			 February 13, 2016 only. All state regulations apply, limited number and age
			 class.
(4) Blue Springs State Park
			 - Youth Squirrel Hunt, gray squirrels only, February 20, 2016 only. All state
			 regulations apply, limited number and age class.
(5) Lake Guntersville State Park - Alabama
			 Hawking Association Demonstration Event, November 7, 2015 only. Gray squirrel
			 harvest with raptors within the park golf course.
Author:
N. Gunter Guy, Jr.
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										9-2-7,
				  9-2-8,
				  9-2-12.
PENALTY:
As provided by
				  law.