Commercial Fowl Hunting Preserves.

Ala. Code tit. 9, ch. 11, art. 15

in effect

Ala. Code § 9-11-410 License Required.

9-11-410. License Required. Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to operate a bird hunting preserve commercially on which artificially propagated birds may be hunted, taken, captured, killed, harvested, or otherwise recovered shall obtain a bird hunting preserve license and comply with the provisions of this article and all rules promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources governing the operation of hunting preserves. (Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §1; Act 2010-398, p. 653, §1; Act 2010-697, p. 1688, §1.)

Ala. Code § 9-11-412 Birds to Be Hunted.

9-11-412. Birds to Be Hunted. Game which may be hunted on a preserve licensed under this article shall be artificially propagated or pen-raised bob-white quail, pheasants, chukar partridge, and such other species of birds, except for artificially propagated or pen-raised turkeys, as the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall designate. (Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §3; Act 2010-398, p. 653, §1; Act 2010-697, p. 1688, §1.)

Ala. Code § 9-11-413 License Fee; Issuance of License; License to Operate a Commercial Bird Hunting Preserve.

9-11-413. License Fee; Issuance of License; License to Operate a Commercial Bird Hunting Preserve. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the privilege license fee for operating a hunting preserve shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) per year for the first 100 acres of hunting preserve area plus five dollars ($5) per year for each additional 100 acres or part thereof. Upon application to the judge of probate of the county in which the preserve is located and payment of the license fee required in this subsection and an issuance fee of two dollars ($2), the judge of probate shall issue a privilege license to operate a hunting preserve to the applicant. Privilege licenses to operate hunting preserves shall be issued on forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources furnished to the judge of probate. All fees collected by the judge of probate for issuing hunting preserve licenses shall be remitted at the same time and in the same manner that hunting and fishing license fees are remitted and shall be paid into the Game and Fish Fund of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (b) In lieu of the license fee provided for in subsection (a), the operator of a commercial bird hunting preserve may purchase a license which entitles the licensee to operate a commercial bird hunting preserve and exempts the patrons of the preserve from the license requirement of Section 9-11-417. The fee for the license shall be five hundred dollars ($500), plus a two dollar ($2) issuance fee. The license shall be issued in the same manner as the license provided for in subsection (a). The license or a copy thereof shall be in the possession of at least one person in each hunting party. (Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §4; Act 2010-398, p. 653, §1; Act 2010-697, p. 1688, §1.)

Ala. Code § 9-11-414 Limits on Harvest; Hunting Period for “Pen-Raised Birds.”

9-11-414. Limits on Harvest; Hunting Period for “Pen-Raised Birds.” There shall be no daily commercial limit as to the number of released pen-raised birds commercially taken or recovered by patrons under this article. The period during which pen-raised birds may be hunted, taken, captured, killed, or otherwise recovered on preserves shall begin on October 1 each year and extend through March 31 of the following calendar year. (Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §5; Act 2010-398, p. 653, §1; Act 2010-697, p. 1688, §1.)

Ala. Code § 9-11-417 Hunting Licenses Required of Preserve Patrons; Seven-Day License; Operators as Agent Vendors of Licenses.

9-11-417. Hunting Licenses Required of Preserve Patrons; Seven-Day License; Operators as Agent Vendors of Licenses. (a) Except for patrons hunting artificially propagated or pen-raised birds on preserves licensed pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 9-11-413, Alabama hunting licenses shall be required of all persons hunting on licensed hunting preserves. Alabama residents shall be licensed under the regularly established game laws. Each non-resident hunting on a licensed preserve shall be required to possess a regular non-resident annual hunting license or a non-resident trip hunting license. (b) In lieu of a regular hunting license as provided in subsection (a), either a resident or a non-resident may purchase a seven-day commercial bird hunting preserve license that allows that person the privilege of hunting only artificially propagated or pen-raised birds as designated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as legal to hunt on a licensed commercial bird hunting preserve. The cost of a seven-day commercial bird hunting preserve license shall be eight dollars ($8), plus a two dollar ($2) issuance fee. The license shall be valid for seven consecutive days from the date of issuance. (c) To better serve the public and in order that the state will not lose revenue from the loss of sale of licenses to out-of-state visitors arriving on weekends, each hunting preserve operator licensed pursuant to this article shall be an agent vendor of all non-resident and resident hunting licenses with any issuance fees collected therefor to be remitted to the judge of probate of the county in which the preserve is located. (Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §8; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-702, p. 172, §1; Act 2010-398, p. 653, §1; Act 2010-697, p. 1688, §1.)

Ala. Code § 9-11-418 Enforcement of Game and Fish Laws; Inspection of Preserves.

9-11-418. Enforcement of Game and Fish Laws; Inspection of Preserves. Duly authorized agents of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, game wardens and other law enforcement officers duly authorized to enforce game and fish laws shall have authority to enforce all game and fish laws and regulations on such preserves; and for such purposes are authorized to enter and inspect licensed hunting preserves. (Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §9.)

Ala. Code § 9-11-419 Violations; License Revocation.

9-11-419. Violations; License Revocation. Any person, firm or corporation who is found guilty of operating a licensed hunting preserve in violation of any provision of this article, upon conviction, shall have his hunting preserve license revoked forthwith. (Acts 1979, No. 79-431, p. 678, §10.)

Source: Alabama Legislature (alison.legislature.state.al.us)URL: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabamaFetched: 10/20/2026