If you had to choose?

[kade1989]

My family will be moving to Tennessee from Alaska here soon and we haven't settled on an area in tennessee yet, so my question is if I were wanting to buy a piece of land with a good chance for deer if you had to choose eastern, western, northern, southern, or middle which would it be? And what kind of land features and minimum size of property should I be looking for? Will be completely new to whitetail Hunting. Thank you in advance

 

[cecil30-30]

Middle and western tn for sure as far as deer hunting goes. No help on land prices though. Good luck.

 

[arctic_cat]

Middle, western has more deer population. But I think living in East Tn is hands down 100% better than middle. Grew up in Columbia and which is 45min or so south on Nashville. Moved to east tn in 2009 for work and never looked back. I do however hunt and visit family in middle

 

[Rabbitkil]

Middle, western has more deer population. But I think living in East Tn is hands down 100% better than middle. Grew up in Columbia and which is 45min or so south on Nashville. Moved to east tn in 2009 for work and never looked back. I do however hunt and visit family in middle

This^ but East Tennessee land is typically WAY more expensive

 

[backyardtndeer]

Been in west Tennessee for over 30 years myself, anywhere in the state could be good. Get however much land you can afford, the more the better.

 

[cecil30-30]

Don't forget east tn is more human populated than west tn. Dang trailer in every hollar.and getting worse.

 

[mike243]

Not sure you know about the deer disease CWD , it has the west end of the state affected, all of Tn will have it at some point

 

[poorhunter]

Buy as much land as you can, which can get expensive, but thankfully prices seem to have come down some lately. Are you buying land strictly for hunting or putting a house on it too? For me the most important question is where do you plan to go to church? Work still or retired? If you are wanting a hunting property I wouldn't look for anything less than 50 acres for yourself to hunt on. There are certainly lots of properties of 10 acres that can produce great hunting each year, but harder to find.

 

[Duck dogn]

Sumner for world records. And Brentwood for huge deer...... I had to lol. I live in middle tn and like it pretty good

 

[RUGER]

Congrats on the move.

 

[rem270]

If I were wanting pretty scenery and decent hunting it would be east TN. Not as pretty views but possibly better hunting it would be west TN, probably more nw TN. I don't care how good the hunting is in middle TN you'd never catch me moving there. Too many people.

Best of luck with the move.

 

[timberjack86]

Middle, western has more deer population. But I think living in East Tn is hands down 100% better than middle. Grew up in Columbia and which is 45min or so south on Nashville. Moved to east tn in 2009 for work and never looked back. I do however hunt and visit family in middle

Same, moved from Monteagle to Polk county in 2018 and never looked back! I miss seeing lots of deer every sit but we have deer here and I can usually fill the freezer no problem. Plus we have tons of public land to roam in the national forest.

 

[Chiflyguy]

I East Tennessee
Looking for deers out my winder.

 

[Dennis]

I think your best bet would be to buy a couple thousand acres in Williamson county

 

[SSlater]

I like Crossville to Lenoir City or Loudon to Cleveland.

North of Crossville is nice too. Clarkrange up through Jamestown.

Depends how far from civilization you want to get or how close to the mountains you want to be. There's a lot of good areas.

I'm in Kingston and I love it. Moved here from Seymour and glad I did.

 

[JeepKuntry]

Just my opinion but between Cookeville and Murfreesboro is some pretty land. If deer is the top consideration middle to west TN. But you need to take into account jobs potentially!

 

[Tennessee280]

For deer only, id say somewhere in this box.. If you want to shoot some ducks go a little farther west.. East is the prettiest, smaller deer pop and harder mountain hunting.. TN has it all, welcome and good luck!!

 

[lafn96]

Here's the top 20 tagged deer per sq. mile by county -

County	Sq Miles	Antlered Male	Antlerless Male	Female	2021 Total Harvest Count	2021 Deer per Sq Mile	2021 Buck to Doe Ratio
Smith	314	1,052	91	890	2,033	6.5	51.75%
Loudon	229	776	50	603	1,429	6.2	54.30%
Sullivan	413	1,514	80	843	2,437	5.9	62.13%
Giles	611	1,899	115	1,553	3,567	5.8	53.24%
Meigs	195	622	41	473	1,136	5.8	54.75%
Trousdale	115	387	16	258	661	5.7	58.55%
Montgomery	539	1,502	163	1,313	2,978	5.5	50.44%
Marshall	375	1,155	85	802	2,042	5.4	56.56%
Sumner	529	1,630	104	1,128	2,862	5.4	56.95%
Jackson	308	978	38	587	1,603	5.2	61.01%
Rhea	315	782	90	743	1,615	5.1	48.42%
Roane	361	989	79	705	1,773	4.9	55.78%
Moore	129	399	23	208	630	4.9	63.33%
Franklin	555	1,465	116	1,108	2,689	4.8	54.48%
Maury	613	1,659	134	1,116	2,909	4.7	57.03%
Stewart	459	1,106	108	964	2,178	4.7	50.78%
Lincoln	570	1,556	69	1,041	2,666	4.7	58.36%
Hawkins	487	1,317	64	843	2,224	4.6	59.22%
Wilson	571	1,463	95	982	2,540	4.4	57.60%
Lawrence	617	1,303	131	1,183	2,617	4.2	49.79%

 

[kade1989]

Buy as much land as you can, which can get expensive, but thankfully prices seem to have come down some lately. Are you buying land strictly for hunting or putting a house on it too? For me the most important question is where do you plan to go to church? Work still or retired? If you are wanting a hunting property I wouldn't look for anything less than 50 acres for yourself to hunt on. There are certainly lots of properties of 10 acres that can produce great hunting each year, but harder to find.

Mainly to put a house on but also with the chance for some deer hunting on the land as well. I will still be working. Seems to be East tennessee is prettier with harder hunting which doesn't bother me...being from alaska its what I'm used to! We have been primarily looking inbetween knoxville Johnson city and around Nashville to the west and north.

 

[Bone Collector]

depends on your budget. the land in Middle TN is high right now, but IMO that and the part just to the west of Middle TN is the best deer hunting and pretty good turkey hunting in areas too.

I don't know if it has been mentioned, but the further west you go the more odds you have of being in or near the CWD zone.