Tennessee Deer Gun Season 2011

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OPENING DAY OF REGULAR GUN SEASON STILL SPECIAL FOR DEER HUNTERS

16 y/o Lucas Riddick with a 2011 Henry County Buck

Although Tennessee’s deer season has been underway for quite some time, most folks refer to the start of the regular gun season as the real opening day. Unofficial though it may be, it’s the most popular day of the long and winding season where archery segments mesh with muzzleloader seasons and quota hunts are in there too.

One of the Tennessee’s traditions is the annual opening of regular gun season for deer which falls on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. However, sportsmen will find a major change this year with a continuous gun season which will run from Nov. 19 through Jan. 1, 2012.

The one continuous season replaces the previously two segmented hunting seasons. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission established the season upon recommendation from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Tennessee is divided into three deer hunting units, A, B and & L. Hunters may harvest one antlered buck per day until the statewide bag limit of three is reached, including those deer harvested during archery and muzzleloader seasons. An antlered buck is a buck with an antler at least three inches long.

Henry County hunters have moved up since last week as to the statewide ranking on total harvest. Hunters here had checked in 1,416 at midweek, which moves us up to second place. Montgomery County is now leading the state’s 95 counties as hunters there had taken 1,586.

For antlerless deer hunting in Units A and B during this season, refer to the list of hunts on page 30 of the 2011 Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Guide. All hunts listed are now non-quota. Each county listed on page 30 has its own bag limit. A hunter may harvest the bag limit of antlerless deer in any open Unit A or B county and then go to any other counties listed and take the antlerless bag limit there, also. The bag limit for antlerless deer in Unit L is three per day.

A Type 94 permit is required to harvest antlerless deer during this season on all non-quota hunts in Units A, B, & L, except for holders of an Annual Sportsman, Lifetime Sportsman, or Senior Citizen License Type 167 Permit.

TWRA personnel will be collecting data at various check-in stations across the state on Saturday. Antlered bucks will be measured and aged for management purposes.

The second Young Sportsman Hunt will be held the weekend of Jan. 7-8, 2012.

Anyone born on or after January 1, 1969 is required to carry proof of satisfactory completion of a hunter education class or be in possession of the Apprentice Hunting License (along with other required licenses) while hunting any species in Tennessee.

For more information about Tennessee’s 2011-12 deer hunting seasons, refer to the 2011 Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Guide available at all license agents and also online at www.tnwildlife.org

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