Alabama public hunting land around Brent

Hunting areas around Brent

The access column says what it takes to hunt each place: a WMA license and area permit, a random draw, a disabled-hunter reservation, a free Corps permit or the refuge rules.

By size, Oakmulgee Wildlife Management Area (44,500 acres) leads the 10-mile list. By kind, the ring holds 2 WMAs and community hunting areas and 2 federal areas. Hunters 16 and older on Oakmulgee Wildlife Management Area need a hunting license, a WMA license and the free area permit, then check in for the day on paper or in the Outdoor Alabama app. Its biologist is Drew Tincher, (334) 430-6301. Shelby Special Opportunity Area (33 mi) is draw-only ground. Shooting houses at Pine Hills Physically Disabled Hunting Area are booked by qualified disabled hunters. Hunting on Black Warrior and Tombigbee Lakes (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) needs a free permit from the Corps office; we could not read the district map. Talladega National Forest bars permanent tree stands and shooting from or across Forest roads. Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge adds federal conditions to the state seasons; check its hunt unit map. The WMA dove field page shows 5 fields at Oakmulgee Wildlife Management Area (1 acres planted on the first).

Quick notes on land by Brent

• Talladega National Forest: 394,869 acres; hunted for deer, turkey
• Oakmulgee WMA: Bibb, Hale, Perry and Tuscaloosa Counties; 44,500 acres; listed game: turkey, waterfowl, quail, deer, dove; deer by stalk only (2026-27 permit)
• William R. Ireland, Sr.-Cahaba River WMA: Bibb and Shelby counties near West Blocton; 35,559 acres; hunted for deer, turkey, waterfowl, dove, rabbit; no dog deer hunting (permit and map)
• Cahaba River NWR: 4,774 acres; listed game: deer, turkey, squirrel, rabbit, quail

Lands from ADCNR WMA, SOA, PDHA and Forever Wild pages and layers, the 2026-27 area permits, USFS, USFWS, NPS, Corps and installation records (lands.json; each land page cites its own source). Boundary miles from places.json, other miles to each mapped point. WMA rules from the ADCNR Where to Hunt page. Checked November 1, 2026.

Limited-quota ground around Brent

Within a 45-mile drive of Brent sit 2 Special Opportunity Areas and 2 disabled-hunter areas. This season the SOA deer draw window ran September 1 to September 14, 2026. Physically disabled hunters reserve PDHA dates after ADCNR approves the application.

From the ADCNR Special Opportunity Areas page and the 2026-27 PDHA map packet (lands.json); deadlines from regs.json. Checked November 1, 2026.

Butchers and mounts, Brent

Listings come from Bibb County and the counties bordering it, ranked by miles from Brent; big-box chains without a hunting counter are left out. Ratliff Deer Processing, 26 mi off, takes field-dressed deer for food banks at no charge to the hunter. Shoulder mounts and fan mounts start with Taxidermy Toby's, 0.6 mi out. Forgot the orange or pink? Circlewood Gunshop in Duncanville is 19 mi away. Public Land Hunts, 25 mi away, heads the preserve and guide list.

Processors

Mounts

Gun and bow shops

Hunting preserves

Processors from the ADCNR Hunters Helping the Hungry list, the ADCNR CWD sampling page and its drop-off map, and Yellow Pages; taxidermists, shops and preserves from chain store locators and Yellow Pages (services.json). Checked November 1, 2026; hours were not checked.

Upcoming dates around Brent

Within roughly 30 miles, soonest first, there are 4 upcoming dates: DU chapter dinner, Learn to Hunt workshop, hunter education course and trapping workshop. Checked November 1, 2026.

On the calendar

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Brent sunrise and sunset

ADCNR prints one sunrise and sunset table for downtown Birmingham and warns that other places can differ by 10 minutes or more, so the times below are worked out for Brent.

Mobile-Tensaw Delta duck hunting ends at 1 p.m. on open days.

Hours rules from the 2026-2027 Alabama Hunting and Fishing Digest; sunrise and sunset worked out for this location (NOAA solar formula, Central Time), checked against the Digest’s Birmingham table; checked November 1, 2026. Legal hours for every county.

Brent hunting FAQ

Answers from places.json, lands.json, counties.json, services.json and the 2026-2027 Alabama Hunting and Fishing Digest; Game Check from the ADCNR Regulation Book, hunter orange from ADCNR, baiting from Code of Alabama, Sunday hunting from Code of Alabama 13A-12-1. Checked November 1, 2026.

Before leaving Brent

Distances here are straight lines from Brent; every WMA, draw area and federal property has its own rules, so read the land page and the 2026-27 Digest before going.