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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5100961" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>You nailed it Wes. Years ago, the ridge-and-hollow hardwoods of the Highland Rim was basically owned by timber companies. Anyone could hunt them for a small fee (I think $10 for an annual permit). The woods - and all the local motels and campgrounds - were jam-packed with hunters with East TN license plates. You had to make reservations a year in advance to get a spot in the local KOA Campground for opening weekend of gun season. Listening to the gunshots opening weekend, close and far, sounded like brewing war.</p><p></p><p>Now? My situation may be unique, but I don't think so. The first five days of MZ season, I heard four gunshots. Just four. How far can you hear a gunshot? Maybe 5 miles? Yet only four in 5 days. Gun season, the whole first week, maybe 5 or 6 shots total. The lack of hunting pressure now in my area is night and day different from 20 years ago. The local hotels are empty, even opening weekend of gun season. Few in the campgrounds. The East TN hunters just aren't coming west anymore, and the West and Middle TN hunters are more widely dispersed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5100961, member: 17"] You nailed it Wes. Years ago, the ridge-and-hollow hardwoods of the Highland Rim was basically owned by timber companies. Anyone could hunt them for a small fee (I think $10 for an annual permit). The woods - and all the local motels and campgrounds - were jam-packed with hunters with East TN license plates. You had to make reservations a year in advance to get a spot in the local KOA Campground for opening weekend of gun season. Listening to the gunshots opening weekend, close and far, sounded like brewing war. Now? My situation may be unique, but I don't think so. The first five days of MZ season, I heard four gunshots. Just four. How far can you hear a gunshot? Maybe 5 miles? Yet only four in 5 days. Gun season, the whole first week, maybe 5 or 6 shots total. The lack of hunting pressure now in my area is night and day different from 20 years ago. The local hotels are empty, even opening weekend of gun season. Few in the campgrounds. The East TN hunters just aren't coming west anymore, and the West and Middle TN hunters are more widely dispersed. [/QUOTE]
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