Legal Arms & Ammunition for Hunting

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(1) General Prohibitions

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 provided for herein unless expressly provided for duly enacted laws of the State of Alabama.
It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to submit firearms and ammunition or any device, instrument or accessory used in hunting to Conservation Enforcement Officers for inspection.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt with a bow or gun that has a light source attached that is capable of casting a beam of light (including a laser sight) forward of said bow or gun or to possess such a light source adapted for attachment to said bow or gun while hunting. Exceptions apply for legally blind hunters and when a person possesses a current nighttime feral swine and coyote license and is hunting during the dates of the established nighttime feral swine and coyote season.
It shall be unlawful to possess any equipment that uses electronics to increase the ability to see in the dark (night vision/thermal) while hunting any species of wildlife, both protected and unprotected species, except during the special nighttime feral swine and coyote hunting season with a valid license.
Hunting with fully automatic firearms is prohibited.

(2) Deer

Archery Season

Long bows, compound bows, or crossbows in conformance with 220-2-.03.

Special Muzzleloader and Air Rifle Season

Muzzle-loading long guns and muzzle-loading handguns — .40 caliber or larger
Pre-charged pneumatic air powered guns, .30 caliber or larger.
Pre-charged pneumatic arrow shooting rifles using an arrow equipped with a broadhead which has a minimum cutting diameter of 7/8 inch and 2 sharpened edges.
Long bows, compound bows, or crossbows in conformance with 220-2-.03.

Gun Deer Season

Rifles using centerfire, mushrooming ammunition.
Pre-charged pneumatic air powered guns, .30 caliber or larger.
Pre-charged pneumatic arrow shooting rifles using an arrow equipped with a broadhead which has a minimum cutting diameter of 7/8 inch and 2 sharpened edges.
Shotguns, 10 gauge or smaller using buckshot, slugs, or single round ball.
Muzzle-loading long guns and muzzle-loading handguns .40 caliber or larger.
Long bows, compound bows, or crossbows in conformance with 220-2-.03.
Handguns or pistols using centerfire, mushrooming ammunition.

(3) Turkey

Shotguns, 10 gauge or smaller using standard No. 2 shot or smaller.
Muzzle-loading shotguns — 10 gauge or smaller using standard No. 2 shot or smaller.
Long bows, compound bows, or crossbows in conformance with 220-2-.03.
Pre-charged pneumatic arrow shooting rifles using an arrow equipped with a broadhead which has a minimum cutting diameter of 7/8 inch and 2 sharpened edges.

Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit the possession of rifles, shotgun/rifle combinations (drilling) or buckshot and slugs when the hunter is stalk hunting both deer and turkey provided no person shoots or attempts to shoot turkey with the rifle or shotgun using buckshot or slugs.

(4) Migratory Birds

Shotguns, 10 gauge or smaller, plugged with a one-piece filler incapable of removal without disassembling the gun or otherwise incapable of holding more than 3 shells using standard No. 2 shot or smaller, except waterfowl must be hunted with steel shot or other shot compositions and shot sizes that are approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Waterfowl hunters shall not possess any other size shot or any size lead shot.
Long bows, compound bows, or crossbows in conformance with 220-2-.03.
Raptors by properly permitted falconers.

(5) Raccoon & Opossum

Nighttime hunting: Shotguns using No. 6 shot or smaller; .22 caliber rimfire firearms.
Daytime hunting — See (7) Other Game Birds Or Animals.

(6) Bobcat, Groundhog, Unprotected Wildlife, Fox, Coyote & Feral Swine

Rifles of any caliber.
Handguns or pistols.
Shotguns, 10 gauge or smaller.
Pre-charged pneumatic air powered guns, .25 caliber or larger.
Long bows, compound bows, or crossbows in conformance with 220-2-.03.
Muzzle-loading long gun and muzzle-loading handguns of any caliber.
Pre-charged pneumatic arrow shooting rifles using an arrow equipped with a broadhead which has a minimum cutting diameter of 7/8 inch and 2 sharpened edges.
Spear or sharpened blade.
Raptors by properly permitted falconers.

(7) Other Game Birds or Animals

Rifles using rimfire ammunition or those operated by air.
Muzzle-loading long guns and muzzle-loading handguns of any caliber.
Long bows, compound bows, or crossbows in conformance with 220-2-.03.
Shotguns, 10 gauge or smaller, using standard No. 4 shot or smaller.
Handguns or pistols.
Blowguns using darts propelled by the hunter’s breath only.
Sling shots.
Raptors by properly permitted falconers.

(8) Bullfrog and Pig Frog

Air powered rifles .25 caliber or smaller.
Gig or spear.
Long bows, compound bows, or crossbows in conformance with 220-2-.03.
Hand or dip net.