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It’s barely been a month since we handed truck keys to Brian Marquis, and he left the Birmingham Deer and Turkey Expo as winner of the Truck-Buck Shoot-Out. On that very day, as the Truck-Buck III chapter ended, the Truck-Buck IV chapter began. After the Shoot-Out, some hunters made a beeline to the AON booth. They wanted their magazine subscriptions started, so they could have the...
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AON’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out — the biggest event in Alabama deer hunting — happens one day a year and is always full of excitement and drama. This year’s Shoot-Out was no different. A packed house watched 19 AON subscribers — which included five ladies and three kids — on Saturday, July 17 at the World Deer and Turkey Expo in Birmingham as they competed in the...
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Stuck in the rut of the dog days, the cool autumn woods may seem as nothing more than a daydream to hunters across the state. It’s hot. The offshore fishing is down the tubes because of the oil spill, and the only way to scratch that outdoors itch is to go fishing inshore or on a lake or river.
But let’s face it; right now you’re probably either hunkered down in...
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Are you in the woods every weekend during hunting season? Have you killed your share of deer or turkeys? Do you know how to properly scout, pattern and hunt?
If you answered yes to the above questions, you may be eligible to join AON’s Hunt Advisor Team, a group of skilled field reporters who are the eyes for what’s happening in the Alabama woods.
AON hunt...
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Can you feel it? As summer presses on, it’s a nice reminder that hunting season is just a few short months away. With deer season, which begins Oct. 15, comes the start of AON’s fourth-annual Truck-Buck Shoot-Out contest, Truck-Buck IV.
Truck-Buck isn’t like most big-buck contests, where only the best-scoring bucks win in the end. Truck-Buck is a statewide contest...
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One of the chief complaints from people who see cougars in Alabama is they are not taken seriously when they report their sightings.
Since AON began its year-long investigation of cougars in Alabama in May, 26 sightings have been reported. Many of those reports included evidence in the form of tracks and trail-camera photos, and there is still $1,000 on the line for the best...
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AON kicked-off its year-long investigation into the possibility of cougars living in the wild in Alabama with a cover story in the May issue. Since then, dozens of reported cougar sightings — including some pretty good evidence — has come into the office, but there’s still $1,000 on the table for the best evidence of wild cougars in Alabama.
The sightings reported...
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There was lots of discussion, and many ideas were floated at this year’s series of Conservation Advisory Board (CAB) meetings. But after the final meeting of the year in May, Alabama hunters and anglers won’t be seeing much change... at least until the meetings resume next February.
The one action of note that came from this year’s meetings was the legalization of...
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Labeled “The largest archery tournament in the world,” the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) national event drew 6,784 middle- and high-school shooters to its May 7-8 tournament in Louisville, Ky.
The winner in the middle-school division was Ashville Middle School. Two weeks earlier the team captured the state NASP middle-school championship.
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Work For AON! Route Drivers Needed
This rapidly growing magazine is looking for a few good people to handle distribution routes delivering AON to convenience stores.
Work would be one to three days per month with pay averaging about $100 per day. You must provide good transportation with insurance. For more information, contact Steve at (800) 438-4663, or <steve@aonmag.com>.
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The deadline is approaching if you hope to tangle with Alabama’s toothiest critter this year. The registration period for the 2010 alligator permit drawing began June 1, and it will end July 12 at 8 a.m. The random drawing will take place later that day. To register, log on to <www.outdooralabama.com>.
This year’s gator season, Alabama’s fifth, offers...
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The place to be hunting July 16, 17 and 18 will be at the Jefferson Convention Complex as the World Deer and Turkey Expo makes its return to Birmingham. Along with good deals on hunting stuff and hourly giveaways, the addition of AON’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out has made the annual hunting show more of an attraction for AON readers.
The Shoot-Out, a unique pellet-rifle competition,...
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A huge front swept through northwest Alabama the weekend of April 24 and 25. Bowfishermen from around the country were greeted with tornado and thunderstorm warnings as they gathered at Guntersville for the 11th-annual Muzzy Classic.
But a little rain, high winds, thunder and lightning didn’t deter the 73 teams and 211 participants, with a close eye on the radar at 7 p.m.,...
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Alabama’s National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) State Championship was held Thursday, April 22 at the Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham. More than 1,000 students from across the state competed. Shooters competed in one of three divisions: Elementary School (4-6 grades), Middle School (7-8 grades) or High School (9-12 grades).
Students from Ashville...
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For Mark’s Outdoor’s Lay Lake Open, the fishing was arguably the best it’s been in the tournament’s 20-year history.
“I had guys catching them on everything under the sun,” said Jeremy Hopkins, tournament director. “Fishing was great. The guys were catching them on shaky heads, spinnerbaits — we had a lot catching them on big...
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BP and Halliburton were pointing fingers, politicians were getting valuable face time with flyovers of the spill site, lawyers were circling like sharks, and the national media was comparing it to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
All the while, 210,000 gallons of oil a day were pouring from a pipe about 50 miles south of the Louisiana coast. More than 4 million gallons were already...
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If you need a new hunting club, new members for a club, a land lease or you have land you want to lease to hunters, this is your last chance to advertise for free in AON’s Hunting Land Special.
This free, classified-ad-style listing will run in the July magazine. All you have to do is send in the coupon at right and wait for the phone to ring once the July magazine hits the...
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Fifty-two contestants showed up for the Truck-Buck scoring event in Bessemer on May 8. After compiling and checking scores, AON is releasing weekly and wildcard results for the 2009-10 Truck-Buck contest. Hunters with the best-scoring bucks in each Truck-Buck category below have qualified for the Shoot-Out, pending polygraph exams. Winning contestants will receive a letter within the next week.
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Do you need a new hunting club, new members for a club or land to lease? Do you have land you want to lease to hunters? Here’s your chance to get it done before deer season.
In AON’s Hunting Land Special — a free, classified-ad-style listing to run in the July magazine — we will connect hunters with clubs or landowners. All you have to do is send in the...
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The place to be hunting July 16, 17 and 18 will be at the Jefferson Convention Complex as the World Deer and Turkey Expo makes its return to Birmingham. Along with good deals on hunting stuff and hourly giveaways, the addition of AON’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out has made the annual hunting show more of an attraction for AON readers.
The Shoot-Out, a unique pellet-rifle competition,...
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