TWRC Hunting Season Proposals

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TWRC 2010-11 Hunting Season Proposals

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission heard the 2010-11 hunting seasons proposals by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency during the April meeting which was held last week in Nashville.

In the recommendations presented by TWRA Big Game Coordinator Darryl Ratajczak, no changes were presented concerning deer season dates or to standard antlered and antlerless bag limits.

TWRA is recommending the elimination of all special season deer quota hunts and creating comparable non-quota hunt opportunities. For a listing of counties affected for both deer and turkey go to www.tnwildlife.org.

Regarding special fall turkey hunts, TWRA is proposing their elimination and creating comparable non-quota hunt opportunities. There would be no changes to the spring turkey dates or to the standard bag limits.

The agency has proposed to the TWRC that hunters be required to check-in animals the calendar day in which they are harvested.

In other items, the TWRC passed an amendment to the commercial use of wildlife. This amendment will affect live species that may be bought and sold in Tennessee, particularly crayfish and salamanders.

The purpose of the amendment is to prevent the commercial sale of crayfish and salamanders for bait obtained either by collection within the state or by those being purchased from outside the state. Sport anglers will still be allowed to collect and use crayfish and dusky salamanders for bait except from those areas identified in the Live Bait Proclamation.

The TWRC had an emergency budget revision. TWRA, in cooperation with the city of Clarksville, has been awarded a grant to construct a dock, anchoring system, and gangway with utilities for transient boaters on the Cumberland River at the new Clarksville Marina. The $321,000 grant is being made available through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program. The Clarksville project was one of the 13 sites chosen for the competitive grant.

The TWRC took formal action to approve the following new license types: a one-day non-resident fishing license; a one-day non-resident trout fishing license; a one-day
resident trout fishing license; and a seven-day & annual junior nonresident big-game
licenses. The new licenses will not go into effect until approved by the Tennessee Attorney General’s office and filed with the Tennessee Secretary of State.

Steve McCadams is a professional hunting and fishing guide here in the Paris Landing area. He has also contributed many outdoor oriented articles to various national publications.

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