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During their meeting on May 24, 2008, the Tennessee
Wildlife Resources Commission voted to allow the
following:
• Added two days to the muzzleloader season so that the 1st segment
runs from November 1-9, 2008 in all deer units.
• Added Shelby and Obion county to Unit L
• Increased antlerless gun opportunities in: Anderson, Benton,
Blount, Carter, Chester, Claiborne, Fentress, Grainger, Greene,
Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Henderson, Jefferson, Johnson,
Knox, Loudon, Meigs, Sevier, Sullivan, Tipton.
• Removed the Jackson county quota hunt.
• Increased the antlerless bag limit to three per day for the Young
Sportsman hunt in Unit L.
• Allows Unit L and A hunters to harvest all three bucks with the
same weapon. They no longer have to switch units to harvest their
three bucks.
• Extended the bear archery still hunt from Sep. 27 – Oct. 24.
• Increased fall turkey hunting opportunities in Anderson, Benton,
Blount, Davidson, Knox, Moore, and White counties.
• Set the 2009 Spring Turkey opener for March 28, 2009 (Young
Sportsman March 21-22).
• Defined a legal antler point as a projection of at least one inch
long, measured from the tip of the point to the nearest edge of
the beam, following the mid-line of the tine.
• On Young Sportsman deer and turkey hunts, multiple youths may
be accompanied by a single qualifying adult.
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Hunting
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2008 Tennessee
trapping trapping &
G U I D E
This Digest is designed and produced by J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC;
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Cover image: Mourning dove at sunset.
Photographer: Tes Randle Jolly
Hunting and fishing license sales and federal excise taxes comprise
over 90 percent of the TWRA’s hunting and fishing operating revenues.
Thank you for buying a hunting and fishing license. Without your support,
Tennessee would not have fish and wildlife management programs.
This publication is not a legal document. It is a summary of Tennessee’s
hunting and trapping regulations. More detailed information on
hunting and trapping is available from local wildlife officers and all TWRA
offices.
Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is available to all persons without
regard to their race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or military
service. TWRA is also an equal opportunity/equal access employer.
Questions should be directed to TWRA, Human Resources Office, P.O.
Box 40747, Nashville, TN 37204, (615) 781-6594 (TDD 781-6691), or to
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office for Human Resources, 4401 N.
Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Authorization No.
328686, 500,000 copies, July, 2008. This public document
was promulgated at a cost of $.09 per copy.
Take advanTage
of Tennessee’s
fRee
HUnTIng daY
Here’s your opportunity to introduce a youngster, an
oldster, friend, family member, neighbor, coworker,
distant cousin, fellow lover of the outdoors, or all
of the proceeding to the tradition, challenge, and
enjoyment of a day in the woods, matching wits
with those abundant and wily squirrels and NO
hunting license or permit is required!
Mark your calendar for August 23, contact your
nearest TWRA regional office for details, find
a huntin’ buddy or three, get out there in the
Tennessee woods, and tap into your inner pioneer!
A good time awaits!