JF Griffin - Index

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Public Hunting
7,000 acres of public hunting lands
are available for Tennessee’s hunters.
This is a cooperative effort between
the TWRA and landholding companies to
provide public hunting with the landowner
setting, collecting and administering
permits and the TWRA enforcing the
rules and regulations governing these
areas. Seasons are open same as statewide
seasons.
Public lands are important to hunters and
non-hunters alike, so all users should work
to maintain a good relationship with the
owners. Never litter or abuse the land.
Heartwood PHA - (formerly Graham
PHA) Over 7,000 acres located in
Perry County. A permit is required.
Cost is $15.00 for adults and $12.50 for
persons under 16 and over 65. For more
information, contact the TWRA Region
I office (731) 423-5725. Permits can be
purchased at the following businesses:
Main Street Market - Lobelville
Sanders Market - Linden
REGULATIONS
Permits (On Public Hunting Areas where
required, as per agreement.)
a) Before any person may hunt on a Public
Hunting Area he or she must possess
a valid and appropriate hunt permit
purchased from a Public Hunting Area
permit agent. This permit must be available
for inspection while on the area.
b) A Public Hunting Area permit is subject to
cancellation if the permittee violates any of
the rules and regulations of the area.
General
Use, possession or transportation of
firearms, bows and arrows or other weapons
is expressly prohibited except during times
when they may be legally used for hunting.
Safety ruleS
a) The hunter’s permit is subject to
cancellation if he or she is found to be
careless with firearms and no permit fee
refund will be made.
b) No hunt participant shall be in possession
of any alcoholic beverage, narcotic drug,
barbiturate, or marijuana while hunting
within a Public Hunting Area. No person
may be under the influence of these
substances while hunting on a Public
Hunting Area.
c) Firearms loaded with ammunition in
either the chamber or magazine may
not be transported in or on motorized
vehicles. Exception: muzzleloaders may
be transported in a loaded condition if the
percussion cap or primer is removed from
the nipple or tube. Flintlock muzzleloaders
must have the priming powder removed
from the pan, the frizzen open and the
vent plugged.
d) Hunting is specifically prohibited inside
safety zones on all Public Hunting Areas.
MiScellaneouS
a) All motorized vehicles must be muffler
equipped to suppress noise and be
spark arrestor equipped to prevent
fires. Operation of motorized vehicles is
confined to roads not designated as closed
and driving off road into woods, fields,
strip mines, foot trails, and utility rightsof-way
is prohibited.
b) Vehicles shall not be parked in any manner
which will block or deny access to any
road or trail.
c) The use of wire, nails or other metal
materials is prohibited in the building
or attaching of climbing devices or
hunting stands on or in trees. Hunting
is prohibited from any stand attached
to a tree with these materials. Portable
climbing devices and stands that do not
injure trees are excepted from this rule.
d) No person shall deface, damage, destroy
or remove any equipment, structure,
sign, trees, plants, dirt or gravel from
any Public Hunting Area without proper
authorization.
e) No garbage, refuse, litter or sewage shall
be left or deposited on a Public Hunting
Area.
f) The use of buckshot for hunting is
specifically prohibited.
g) Open fires are prohibited on all Public
Hunting Areas.
h) Other miscellaneous uses of Public
Hunting Areas shall be in accordance with
posted notices and/or as indicated on the
hunt permit.
(continued from page 26)
Don’t get me wrong, antler restrictions
are a great way to protect young bucks from
harvest but they are extremely site specific
and are best used on private lands where
adequate restrictions can be implemented.
The bottom line is private land management
can produce much more measurable and
desirable results because there is better
control of the habitat (nutritional aspects)
and each person hunting that land should
be in full agreement with the proposed
restrictions. This will inevitably result in
a management strategy that is much more
effective.
In summary, we have seen incredible
gains in the health of our deer herd without
needless restrictions. TWRA believes that
hunters across this state have been more
responsible for increasing the percentage
of older-age bucks than any government
regulation. This was accomplished through
their personal decisions to harvest or not to
harvest. We continue to believe and trust
our hunter’s judgment in the field.
So go ahead and take the
reins … you’ve earned them.
2008 Hunting & Trapping Guide 39
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