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Here's an AG Opinion that cites applicable hunting laws on the subject of firearms on wildlife management areas and renders an opinion:
http://www.ago.alabama.gov/oldopinions/9400062.pdf
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has it's own brand of gun control. There are DCNR regulations that are often mistaken for state law concerning loaded firearms in vehicles. Although the AG Opinion above states that even the
subject law does not apply on public roads, game wardens often set up check points to search for loaded firearms in vehicles on roads passing thru wildlife management areas to enforce their own gun control regulations:
Alabama Game and Fish Regulations:
http://www.outdooralabama.com/hunting/regulations/2008-09%20Complete%20Reg%20Book%20rev%2011-18-08.pdf
page 86
220-2-.21 Possession of Firearms or Bow and Arrow in any
Wildlife Management Area, Refuge or Sanctuary
Prohibited
No person shall take, carry, or possess any firearms or bow of any
description whatsoever in any wildlife management area in this State
during the closed season on game birds, game and/or fur-bearing animals,
except on an open designated target range and except a person may
possess a bow and arrow only during special bow season allowed for the
taking of rough fish. No person shall at any time take, carry or possess
any firearms or bows of any description whatsoever in or on any wildlife
refuge or wildlife sanctuary located in or on any national forest area in this
State, or on or in any state or federal sanctuary except by special permit or
when bow and arrows may be legally possessed during special bow season
provided for the taking of rough fish on such areas by regulations of the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, provided, however,
that this rule shall not apply to the possession of firearms by State
Conservation Officers, state or county enforcement officers, or federal
agents, when they are on active duty in the performance of their duties in
the enforcement of the laws of this State.
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220-2-.55 Wildlife Management Areas, Community Hunting Areas,
Public Hunting Areas, and Refuges of Alabama
(1) It shall be unlawful on ALL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS,
COMMUNITY HUNTING AREAS, PUBLIC HUNTING AREAS,
AND REFUGE AREAS, all of which are established as "wildlife
management areas" by Rule 220-2-.22 and all of which are
hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to herein as "AREAS" or
"AREA":
(h) For any person to carry in or on a vehicle, any of the following: any
firearms (including pistols) with ammunition in the magazine,
breech or clip attached to firearms, or black powder weapons with
primer, cap or flash powder in place, or cocked crossbows.
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In other words, if you choose to exercise your constitutional right to hunt as
recognized by our Alabama Constitution, you are expected to surrender your
right to bear arms in defense of yourself in many cases according to the DCNR
regulations. I believe the term for that is "unconstitutional conditions".