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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5553938" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Another "dynamic" particularly regarding West & Western Middle TN hunters, many have shifted their annual "hunting" more from deer to waterfowl. This in part due to CWD steadily spreading from West to East. </p><p></p><p>Actually, may be more due to the fear-mongering and policy changes related to CWD than CWD itself. Many people are now afraid to eat venison, and deer-hunting regulatory changes have made trophy buck management a huge challenge even for those with very large acreages. As a prime example, one needs look no farther than the 18,000 acre Ames Plantation, once a premier "trophy" buck managed club. If they can't do it with 18,000 acres, pretty low odds for someone with a lot less.</p><p></p><p>The result of this alone is lower quality waterfowl hunting on public lands.</p><p>But, just the opposite for deer, as there are fewer deer hunters on public lands,</p><p>including the vast public lands of East TN where CWD and it's deer-management-killing regulations have yet to arrive.</p><p></p><p>In a sense, deer hunting in TN may have come "full circle" to more similar to my childhood. Back then, West TN folks who were avid deer hunters commonly travelled to East TN, mainly to hunt the Cherokee National Forest, Catoosa, and Chuck Swan WMA (then called the Central Peninsula). At that time, most West TN counties didn't even have a deer season, and some might as well not now.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.chattanoogan.com/2003/6/23/37944/TWRA-Veteran-Passes-On.aspx[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5553938, member: 1409"] Another "dynamic" particularly regarding West & Western Middle TN hunters, many have shifted their annual "hunting" more from deer to waterfowl. This in part due to CWD steadily spreading from West to East. Actually, may be more due to the fear-mongering and policy changes related to CWD than CWD itself. Many people are now afraid to eat venison, and deer-hunting regulatory changes have made trophy buck management a huge challenge even for those with very large acreages. As a prime example, one needs look no farther than the 18,000 acre Ames Plantation, once a premier "trophy" buck managed club. If they can't do it with 18,000 acres, pretty low odds for someone with a lot less. The result of this alone is lower quality waterfowl hunting on public lands. But, just the opposite for deer, as there are fewer deer hunters on public lands, including the vast public lands of East TN where CWD and it's deer-management-killing regulations have yet to arrive. In a sense, deer hunting in TN may have come "full circle" to more similar to my childhood. Back then, West TN folks who were avid deer hunters commonly travelled to East TN, mainly to hunt the Cherokee National Forest, Catoosa, and Chuck Swan WMA (then called the Central Peninsula). At that time, most West TN counties didn't even have a deer season, and some might as well not now. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.chattanoogan.com/2003/6/23/37944/TWRA-Veteran-Passes-On.aspx[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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