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<blockquote data-quote="bigtex" data-source="post: 4175251" data-attributes="member: 2245"><p><strong>Re: History of TN Deer</strong></p><p></p><p>Great read thanks for posting it!!</p><p>I well remember the trapping at Chuck Swan, [was called Central peninsula back then] I first hunted Chuck Swan in the early 70's and it was literally crawling with deer. If you didn't see 20+ deer a sit it was considered a slow day. Of course the deer were small because they were so overpopulated but it was fun seeing so many deer. Compounds weren't legal in those days it was either recurve or longbow, the first two days of archery were buck only and I often had does bed under my stand. Portable stands weren't around then either but it was legal to build permanent stands. My buddies and I would go up during the Summer and build stands and scout. Permanent stands were finally outlawed because of so many accidents with hunters falling out of them when they would rot away.</p><p>When the trapping program was implemented their were traps everywhere, a lot of hunters became very angry and many traps were turned over and some even were burned. </p><p>The TWRA has done an outstanding job of reintroducing deer in Tn. My county [McMinn] only had portions open for hunting and the season was measured in days not weeks or months. The entire county was closed to hunting for several years while the stocking program was implemented. When it was reopened some very nice bucks from the areas that already had a decent deer population were killed because they had been protected long enough to get some age on them.</p><p>Thanks again TWRA for your efforts!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigtex, post: 4175251, member: 2245"] [b]Re: History of TN Deer[/b] Great read thanks for posting it!! I well remember the trapping at Chuck Swan, [was called Central peninsula back then] I first hunted Chuck Swan in the early 70's and it was literally crawling with deer. If you didn't see 20+ deer a sit it was considered a slow day. Of course the deer were small because they were so overpopulated but it was fun seeing so many deer. Compounds weren't legal in those days it was either recurve or longbow, the first two days of archery were buck only and I often had does bed under my stand. Portable stands weren't around then either but it was legal to build permanent stands. My buddies and I would go up during the Summer and build stands and scout. Permanent stands were finally outlawed because of so many accidents with hunters falling out of them when they would rot away. When the trapping program was implemented their were traps everywhere, a lot of hunters became very angry and many traps were turned over and some even were burned. The TWRA has done an outstanding job of reintroducing deer in Tn. My county [McMinn] only had portions open for hunting and the season was measured in days not weeks or months. The entire county was closed to hunting for several years while the stocking program was implemented. When it was reopened some very nice bucks from the areas that already had a decent deer population were killed because they had been protected long enough to get some age on them. Thanks again TWRA for your efforts!! [/QUOTE]
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