SB61 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Gerald O. Dial
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2018
Title: Hunting, authorize the taking of whitetail deer or feral swine by means of bait, Secs. 9-11-244, 9-11-245 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, by regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as it relates to hunting deer on private lands, there is a rebuttable presumption that any bait or feed located beyond 100 yards from the hunter and not within the line of sight of the hunter is not a lure, attraction or enticement to, on, or over the areas where the hunter is attempting to kill or take the deer.
This bill would allow the taking of whitetail deer or feral swine by means of bait.
Subjects: Hunters and Hunting

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry