Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association Kicks Off Annual Big Buck Photo Contest

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The Alabama Black Belt Adventures Association’s (ALBBAA) is once again inviting hunters to show off their best harvests through its annual Big Buck Photo Contest.

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The contest is in its 14th year, is open for submissions and will be decided solely through online voting.

“We love having the photos shared with us every year in the Big Buck Photo Contest,” ALBBAA director Pam Swanner said. “The contest showcases what we all know to be true — that Alabama’s Black Belt remains one of the best places in America to bag a trophy buck. We encourage every hunter who harvests a buck in the Black Belt to enter our contest.”

The winner will receive a $100 gift card and a copy of "Black Belt Bounty," a coffee-table book featuring wildlife photography, essays, hunting and fishing stories, wild-game recipes and more.

Voting concludes Feb. 13, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.

Alabama’s 2025–26 deer season is already underway, with bow season opening in October, while gun season kicked off with special youth hunts Nov. 14–17.

The full season runs Nov. 22 through Feb. 10 in most of the state.

All entries must be submitted online through ALBBAA’s website and must feature a buck legally harvested within the 23-county Black Belt region during the 2025–26 whitetail deer season.

The Black Belt region includes the following counties: Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa and Wilcox.

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