ROYAL BLUE PIONEER TN
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or is it just draw hunts in places.
arctic_cat
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North Cumberland WMA is made up of the Royal Blue unit, Sundquist unit, Newriver unit, and Brimstone units. Pay close attention to the regs as they aren't the same as statewide or individual counties.
arctic_cat
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Click the link and go down to regulations
https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/twra/...s/east-tennessee-r4/north-cumberland-wma.html
https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/twra/...s/east-tennessee-r4/north-cumberland-wma.html
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Speedwell-Hunter
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You gotta b nutz to hunt it, bunch of bak country side by sidin twisted tea drinkin scummm bagszz will ruin your hunt!
A lot of places to get away from them if he wants to walk. But I myself is afraid to leave my truck close to any public road on 63. Just my 2 cent
It really that bad?
Harold Money jr
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It's not that bad if you get away from them. There are some places where you can't get away from them, but it's not that bad.
Have to have 4x4?
Speedwell-Hunter
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LMAO. leave it by pudges, I will give it the OLE 63 treatment! HAWHAW HAW!!
Speedwell-Hunter
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I beg to differ!
Speedwell-Hunter
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Let me put it this way. I live there (as you can tell by my name). I would heavily advise against it. Again, WMA is big enough to get away from the prior folks i talk about, however your problem then is getting your deer out unless you butcher it right there. also, these side by siders like to shoot into the woods while they ride (not at anything in particular btw), so good luck with that.
SES
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Not necessary. I wouldn't personally do it, but not necessary. Check out the New River unit near Brushy Mountain. Lots of land to get away from people up there. I used to hunt that area a lot and I saw deer just about every time I went. Beautiful country. Rough, but beautiful. There are a ton of hogs up there too.
SES
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Drive by Brushy Mountain Prison. You'll go to the top of the mountain and come down the other side. Go several miles and there will be a coal processing plant on the right. Turn left on the gravel road just passed it. More land up that road than you would ever be able to hunt. You'll see the WMA sign once you go up that road a little way.
SES
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Google Gum Branch Petros TN. That's the road I'm talking about. Google shows the road stopping not far from the highway. It goes for MILES.
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SES
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Speedwell-Hunter
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If you do go, let me know, I would like to scout it as I have wanted to see what type of deer that place holds! thank you
will do Sir.
The ATV crowd is annoying, but I killed my largest buck just minutes after a train of ATV's went by. 12pt crossed the trail right behind them... See my profile pic. But, you would be better off getting as far from roads/trails as you can. Plenty of gated roads you can walk in on and a deer cart is definitely helpful.
Yeah I had that happen several times, I just started going to big south fork
I heard them ebike are good for those areas
They are some great area to hunt in the north Cumberland WMA, I killed deer in there. All we are saying is that you will be dealing with a bunch of idiots who has no respect for anyone. They are a lot of old strip mines that the deer love and elk.
Harold Money jr
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There's always a "local" or two you can tell them by their screen name who insinuates that they are gonna damage one's vehicle or that folks drive down the trails randomly shooting into the woods. I too am a local just at the other end of the wma and spend as much time as anyone on all parts of the WMA from one end to the other. I've never heard of anyone randomly shooting into the woods. I have heard of vehicles being vandalized at Pudges (didn't know people have a phrase for it that's funny)
Here is the truth, it's a HUGE area that holds a good amount of deer and some huge ones! Where else can hunt and expect to see or hear elk, see several wild hogs and kill a couple, have a chance at a lifetime deer while seeing several, see turkeys and potentially a bear. It's a huge area that doesn't get hunted correctly very often. You don't need a 4 wheeler or a 4x4 vehicle, either would help but, not required. I advise if the area looks real good and there's a great place to park then keep looking. Find a small area and learn it. You'll be ahead by studying topo maps of the area. Good luck and just on a couple of occasions have I seen people who needed to quarter a buck out to pack him out. They knew where they were hunting and expected to pack one out.
SES
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I'll be up there during the doe days in rifle season. I don't shoot does on my property.
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Bloodwolf1984
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I'm 38 and have lived here 37 years...and imho find somewhere far away from there....you are gonna end up aggravated at side by side traffic...and all the nonsense they bring w them....find some TVA land...much better..just my .02
Interesting to see this. Our local WMA is nothing but side by sides also. You can't hear yourself think during deer or turkey season. Almost all of them drunk and blaring music. You would think the TWRA would want some kind of restrictions to at least help hunters during the seasons.
