• Learn the laws before you hunt in Alabama.old soldier 1 image by Paul Moore from Fotolia.com
  
  In order to hunt in Alabama, it's important to familiarize yourself with the hunting regulations of the region. Alabama's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources provides a full listing of regulations covering all areas including hunting seasons for various game, legal weaponry and hunting license requirements.
  
  

Hunter Education

• Alabama requires that residents take a hunter education course before obtaining a hunting license. The course covers such topics as weapon safety, identification and management of wildlife, basic survival skills and first aid. You'll also learn hunting etiquette including establishing a proper hunter/landowner relationship on the land you're hunting and interacting properly with other hunters to avoid both accidents and hostility. Military and law enforcement personnel are exempt from this requirement.
  
  

Laser Sights

• It's illegal in Alabama to hunt with laser sights or other electronic sighting devices. This is true whether you hunt with a gun or a bow. Furthermore, it's illegal to have any laser sighting device in your possession while hunting.
  
  

Night Vision Goggles

• It's also illegal to use any devices that are designed to increase night vision, no matter what game you're hunting or what weapon you're using to hunt. Ultimately this doesn't hinder legal hunting as the hunting hours for most game are dawn to dusk.
  
  

Automatic Weapons or Silenced Weapons

• Fully automatic weapons and silenced weapons are both prohibited when hunting any game in Alabama.
  
  

Hunting Near Homes or Dwellings

• You must be at least 100 yards away from any home or dwelling to hunt in Alabama unless you gain permission from the home owner or lessee. The permission is required regardless of whether that dwelling is occupied or not.
  
  

Deer Enclosures

• It's illegal to hunt deer in any type of enclosure where the deer have no practical means of escape, meaning if you lure a deer into an enclosure from which it cannot escape, you cannot hunt it. What's more, if a deer wanders into any man-made enclosure, you cannot hunt it. If the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources finds anyone hunting in an enclosed space, the hunter will be banned from hunting that land for two full years even if the enclosure itself is then taken down.