Alabama Administrative Code › Title 220 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 220-2 - GAME AND FISH DIVISION › Section 220-2-.11 - Prohibited Methods And Devices For Hunting

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(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 propelled device, or any
			 other device being operated in conjunction with any of the above-mentioned
			 devices of transportation. Provided, however, that nothing in this regulation
			 shall prevent hunting from a floating craft (except a sinkbox), including those
			 propelled by motor, sail and wind, or both, when the motor of such craft has
			 been completely shut off and/or the sails furled, as the case may be, its
			 progress therefrom has ceased, and it is drifting, beached, moored, resting at
			 anchor, or it is being propelled by paddle, oars or pole, and provided further
			 that nothing in this regulation shall prevent the taking of game birds and game
			 animals from any stationary motor vehicle or stationary motor driven land
			 conveyance provided any forward motion is ceased and engine is shut off.
			 Nothing in this regulation allows the hunting, taking or killing or attempting
			 to hunt, take or kill any bird of animal from any vehicle on a public
			 road.
(b) Any electrically
			 amplified turkey, dove or waterfowl calls or sound whether real or imitation.
			 Nothing in this regulation shall prevent the use of electrically amplified crow
			 calls. The possession of any electrical device and/or records capable of
			 producing real or imitation turkey, dove or waterfowl calls of any type in the
			 woods, field, or on the waters of this State shall be a violation of this
			 regulation.
(c) Fire or smoke
			 whether man-made or natural.
(d)
			 Any live decoys, except when hunting unprotected birds or animals, provided
			 that banded live pen raised quail may be used in a recovery pen as a call bird
			 when such recovery pen is used to recover pen raised quail as provided for in
			 Regulation
			 220-2-.16.
(e) It shall be unlawful for any person while
			 engaged in hunting turkey in this State to use or have in his possession a
			 decoy which has mechanical or electronic parts which makes the decoy capable of
			 movement or producing sound or which can be manipulated to produce movement or
			 sound. Mechanical parts include, but are limited to, decoys attached to weapons
			 or handheld and manipulated to produce movement such as fanning or reaping. It
			 is further provided, however, that no turkey decoys shall be lawful except
			 during spring turkey season in the area of use.
(f) From floodwater. It shall be a violation
			 of this regulation to hunt or attempt to hunt or take any species of resident
			 bird or animal taking refuge in, swimming through, flying over, or resting in a
			 tree, bush, or log standing or floating in any floodwaters or backwaters or
			 taking refuge on any island less than forty acres in size created by any such
			 flood or backwaters. Provided, however, that nothing in this regulation shall
			 prevent the taking of migratory waterfowl from such areas.
(g) Any area where feeding has taken place,
			 until all the feed has been removed or consumed for at least 10 days prior to
			 such hunting, except those in possession of a current bait privilege license
			 hunting white-tailed deer or feral swine on privately owned or leased
			 lands.
(h) Gasoline or any noxious
			 chemical or gaseous substance to drive wildlife from their burrows, dens, or
			 retreats.
(i) It shall be unlawful
			 to possess fully automatic firearms while hunting any species of
			 wildlife.