An Alabama lawmaker on Thursday said he couldn’t vote to support a rule limiting hunting deer with dogs because a group of hunters threatened to burn his home and his timber lands.

Representative Chris Pringle, a Republican who chairs the Alabama Legislative Council, told his fellow council members that the incident occurred in 2019. His remarks came near the end of the Council’s meeting on Thursday, and followed a lengthy debate and public hearing on a proposed new rule that could potentially curtail an issue with hunting dogs being allowed to roam on private or leased property in and around Talladega National Forest.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to warn you – you do not want to deal with dog hunting days,” Pringle said. “Last time we did this, the dog hunters pulled me aside and to

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