Alabama Deer Hunting

Lee Sells started as a full-time hunting guide and outfitter in 1986 and built his operation around one principle: smaller groups mean better hunts. He holds a four-year business degree and has personally hunted deer, hog, elk, and more across Alabama, Western Colorado, Canada, Africa, and New Zealand. His experience isn't theoretical—it's in the field.

"When you hunt with me, you are buying a hunt, an animal—this is why it is called hunting," Lee says. His living depends on your success, which means personal attention and honest effort from every guide on his crew.

Hunt the eastern edge of Alabama's famous black belt in Barbour and Henry County, located in Eufaula (50 miles north of Dothan, 85 miles east of Montgomery). The operation manages private land across river bottoms, hills, hardwood bottoms, clear cuts, and pines.

• •AL Deer Season: Saturday before Thanksgiving through February 10

• •Hunt over food plots and established game trails
• •Permanent box stands on food plots and active deer crossings
• •Bring your own climbing stand if preferred
• •Transportation to/from hunting land included
• •Deer processing after the kill
• •January rut hunting available (traditionally peak season)
• •10% off whitetail hunts booked before December 20
• •Groups limited to 6-8 hunters for personal attention
• •50% deposit to confirm; balance due on arrival

Alabama's hog population offers year-round hunting with unlimited seasons and bag limits. Many hunters find wise old boars and sows as challenging as trophy bucks or gobblers.

• •AL Hog Season: Always Open

• •Private land with intensely managed game
• •Multiple terrain options: river bottoms, hills, clear cuts, pines
• •Opportunity to hunt hogs while pursuing deer or turkey
• •Harvest tasty pork for your freezer
• •Clean, comfortable hunting lodges with furnished kitchens
• •Catering available (southern food) or bring your own groceries

Spring gobbler season brings Alabama's trophy turkeys—birds weighing 17-22 pounds, many taken in the past 5 years at high success rates.

• •AL Turkey Season: March through April (check with guide for exact dates)

• •Guided hunts: experienced guide calls you onto birds
• •Unguided hunts: for experienced hunters ready to test their own skills
• •Morning guided hunts; afternoon strategic placement in strut zones or chufa patches
• •Limited to 4-6 hunters per camp to prevent interference
• •Pre-season kickoff hunts available before your home state opens

Hunt Western Colorado's gently rolling terrain on private ranches 1 hour east of Grand Junction, near Silt. Terrain ranges from alfalfa hayfields to Aspen forests to cedar and sagebrush ridges. The operation manages multiple separate ranches, giving hunters access to diverse scenery and top hunting conditions. This is popular with hunters of all ages and especially seniors—the hiking is moderate, and terrain can be adapted for physical limitations.

• •CO Mule Deer Season: October through November (check with guide for exact dates)

• •Heavy-horned bucks in the 23-30 inch range
• •Bucks score high in SCI or B&C records
• •Hunt in a migration corridor where deer winter
• •Can hunt during the rut
• •~80% draw success rate (Lee helps with all tag applications)
• •Draw deadline: early April—book early, hunts typically fill a year in advance
• •Wounded game counts as a kill; all efforts made for retrieval
• •Hunter Safety Card required if born on or after January 1, 1949
• •Motel accommodations (hunter pays); breakfast and supper provided
• •Airport pickup at Grand Junction's Walker Field included
• •Transportation to/from hunting land daily

Rocky Mountain bull elk on private ranches in Western Colorado's premier hunting country. Most bulls range 5x5 to 6x6, strategically located on migration routes and wintering areas.

• •CO Elk Season: October through November (check with guide for exact dates)

• •2x1 guided hunts with experienced guides
• •Four separate 4-day hunt packages
• •Can combine mule deer with 2 of the elk hunts
• •High success rates most years
• •4x4 vehicle access to hunting areas; foot hunts from there
• •Same motel accommodations and meals as mule deer hunts
• •Hunter Safety Card required if born on or after January 1, 1949

Hunters have been returning year after year because they know what they're getting: honest effort, good guides, a real chance at success, and someone whose reputation depends on bringing them home with a story—and an animal.