TN Elk Quota Hunts open NOW for 2023! Don't miss out

[Heath423]

As stated, TN Elk quota is open to apply now for 2023. I must have missed an announcement of the change. Just giving you a heads up as I would not have known. Deadline to apply is Feb 22. Good luck on the draw if you put in. Would be a hunt of a lifetime for sure.

 

[mike243]

Wife found that last night on WBIR and I forgot to go look, not sure why this is being started this early unless its to increase $$$ from out of state folks

 

[Heath423]

Wife found that last night on WBIR and I forgot to go look, not sure why this is being started this early unless its to increase $$$ from out of state folks

What I read was to allow the quota winners more time to prepare and plan for the hunt. Which is a good thing I believe. I have always thought that the deer quota results should come out earlier.

 

[fairchaser]

That's great! I put in every year just because it's free and you never know. I hope one day I will live to see a non quota hunt in TN. The elk restoration has been a real bonus but I would love to see them start a herd in middle TN.

 

[CrossVolle]

Good looking out. i would have blew right past that app period.

 

[mike243]

Did it say when they were going to draw?

 

[Coltens]

Thanks I would have missed it.

 

[AT Hiker]

That's great! I put in every year just because it's free and you never know. I hope one day I will live to see a non quota hunt in TN. The elk restoration has been a real bonus but I would love to see them start a herd in middle TN.

Not to be morbid but I don't think you'll ever see that.

 

[BSK]

Not to be morbid but I don't think you'll ever see that.

Couldn't agree more. Although I am shocked at what a success the elk restoration program has been in TN (I expected disease problems to be an issue), I believe it has only been as successful as it has been because of the remoteness of the restoration area. Human density, and especially commercial agricultural production in those areas are quite low compared to most of Middle and West TN.

When managing white-tailed deer populations, the biological carrying capacity as well as the social carrying capacity must be considered. The biological carry capacity is the number of deer the landscape can feed. The social carrying capacity is the number of deer society will put up with considering car-deer collisions, disease issues, and deer eating expensive ornamental plants and especially commercial cash crops. I believe the higher human population and existence of large-scale cash crop production in Middle and West TN would never stand for a large free-ranging elk population. Hitting an elk with a car has a high probability of causing fatality to the human driver, and elk can eat a massive volume of commercial crops.

 

[AT Hiker]

I wonder what the states response would be if brucellosis was found in TN elk?

 

[BSK]

I wonder what the states response would be if brucellosis was found in TN elk?

There would be some unhappy cattlemen who would be suing the TWRA.

 

[AT Hiker]

There would be some unhappy cattlemen who would be suing the TWRA.

Cattleman would be blaming elk and TWRA would be blaming the cattlemen.

 

[recurve60#]

Im tired of getting my hopes up of being drawn. Its such an isolated herd and obvious reestablishing them was a "look what we did" thing. Its accomplished nothing but more revenue for TWRA. Im out from now on.

 

[DeerCamp]

Here's a link for anyone wanting more info on zones and tag draws.

Tennessee Elk Season Dates Regulations and Information

Elk Season Dates, Regulations, and more information about Elk hunting in Tennessee. from the TWRA.

www.tn.gov

 

[cecil30-30]

Im tired of getting my hopes up of being drawn. Its such an isolated herd and obvious reestablishing them was a "look what we did" thing. Its accomplished nothing but more revenue for TWRA. Im out from now on.

I've always felt the same. Tn doesn't have the habitat for a strong elk herd. Look at the difference in ky elk herd. KY has great habitat with the mtn top removal coal mining that took place. TN is all big woods, very little open grazing areas for them.

 

[DeerCamp]

Ironically, the last wild Elk killed in Tennessee was in Obion county in the 1860s.

 

[mike243]

Been several killed here since, you need to study up on this lol, but that was a strain I believe that is gone now, not sure what the differences are but we didn't put pets in Tn they trapped them from free range herds and turned them loose here I hope all you butholes that have a agenda with them or twra never put in for it, makes my odds better , they had 2 meetings about them before they decided to get them, I went to both meetings, wasnt a large turn out but I spoke my mind about not charging lifetimes license holders not having to pay for the draw, they were of the mind that that shouldn't be covered, luckily it is,

 

[Heath423]

Good looking out. i would have blew right past that app period.

No problem. I was lucky to see it myself.

 

[Heath423]

Did it say when they were going to draw?

What I was reading did not mention the draw date. I'm sure it will be at one of the public TWRA meeting as in the past while live on YouTube

 

[CliffordN]

I would put in, but I have no idea about any of the areas.