Three antlered bucks per hunter during all combined seasons, one a day, and one of the three must have at least four antler points of an inch or longer on one antler — except in Barbour County, where every antlered buck must have at least three points on one side (except on the youth hunt dates). WMA bonus bucks taken on the dates printed on the WMA permits do not count against the three. Digest, printed p. 20.
You
What you pay, and in several states what you are even offered.
Residency
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division prices residents and non-residents differently, and sells some tags to only one of them.
Licences
Without one of these there is no legal way to hunt deer here.
Tags and permits
Good anywhere in the state.
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Nothing in your wallet yet
Tick what you hold and the calendar starts answering for you rather than for everybody. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division sells them at the link below.
Prices are what the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division printed for 2026-27, and are here to help you recognise a tag rather than to sell you one.
Alabama deer seasons, 2026-27
Alabama’s 2026-27 deer seasons run October 1, 2026 to February 10, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the deer zone your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the deer zone off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.
Every screen for Alabama
Today in Alabama — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
Map in Alabama — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
Weather in Alabama — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
Calendar in Alabama — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
Rut in Alabama — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
Rules in Alabama — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
Tags in Alabama — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.
The other states
Alaska deer seasons — 2026-27, August 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, by game management subunit.
Arizona deer seasons — 2026-27, August 21, 2026 to January 31, 2027, by Game Management Unit.
Arkansas deer seasons — 2026-27, August 29, 2026 to February 28, 2027, by deer zone.