Alabama Dept. Of Conservation & Natural Resources Game & Fish Division

• 64 N. Union Street
  Montgomery, Alabama 36130
  (334) 242-3467
  

Hunters are prohibited by law from using crossbows to hunt in Alabama, except permanently disabled Alabama residents meeting certain legal requirements as specified in Act 91-210 State of Alabama may hunt all legal game with crossbows meeting legal requirements. To obtain your Special Crossbow Permit, you must complete the application, have the Guide to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment Form and the Physician's Certification completed and signed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama, notarized, and send it to: Special Permits, Law Enforcement Section, Game & Fish Division, Alabama Dept. of Conservation, 64 N. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130. Allow several days for processing and return of the approved permit. Incomplete applications cannot be processed and will be returned.

A medical doctor must certify your disability as being 80% permanent impairment of one hand or arm or that you have to use either a wheelchair, two crutches, two leg braces, or two leg leg prosthesis to ambulate at all times. These are the only conditions that state law accepts as a criteria for issuance of a Special Crossbow Permit. Call (334) 242-3467 to receive application.

The following areas are hereby designated and established as "Physically-Challenged Disabled Hunting Areas":

• Marengo Physically Disabled Hunting Area
• Charles A. Farquhar State Cattle Ranch

Individuals must follow the listed rules to participate in the scheduled handicapped deer hunts on the AREAS.

• Each participant must submit, on a Dept. form, an application to participate in the hunt. The application will include a doctor's statement certifying the handicap. The Dept. will review the application and notify each participant if they are approved for the hunt.
• Each participant must successfully complete a hunter education course recognized by the Game & Fish Division of the Alabama Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources and show proof of graduation on the date of the hunt.
• Each participant must provide any assistants that are required. Only the handicapped individual will be eligible to hunt.
• Each participant and each assistant will be required to wear hunter orange while hunting, as required by state regulation.
• All license requirements and other rules and regulations to hunt on an AREA are in effect.
• Handicapped is defined as an individual who is permanently physically disabled by one or more of the following:
  • Has a permanent physical disability, is unable to ambulate and requires a wheelchair, walker, one long leg brace or two short leg braces, external prosthesis, below knee or above, two canes or two crutches for mobility.
  • Has complete paralysis of one arm or loss of one arm at or above the elbow.
  • Has a permanent physical disability for which they are considered "totally" disabled under guidelines established by the Veterans' Administration and/or the U.S. Social Security Administration.