What Should The STATE be Doing That It Is Not Doin

[bowriter]

You may not post anything regarding yourself or other hunters. This is just what changes you would like the STATE to make regarding deer seasons...all three of them.

This is the general, catchall thread for all matters regarding season lengths, bag limits, starting dates etc.

 

[Trapper John]

Do away with weapon segments entirely.

 

[Baxter83]

Add a season for Ninjee Stars...

 

[Ironsmith-Jared]

Swap the quota on the L counties. 3 bucks per day and only 3 does per year.......... yea right!

 

[cecil30-30]

Do away with weapon segments entirely.

I'll 2nd that,just have a deer season..Any weapon you wanna use from Oct 1 to Dec 30th.With a set bag limit of does and bucks.

 

[BSK]

Do away with weapon segments entirely.

X2.

Make it "deer" season, not bow season, or MZ season, etc. Open deer season Oct. 1 and run it through mid January. Use lower bag limits to adjust for any unwanted increase in harvest caused by more days of hunting with firearms.

 

[buckmaster 320]

Do away with weapon segments entirely.

X2.

X 3

 

[richmanbarbeque]

Do away with weapon segments entirely.

Sounds great to some but the loss in revenue for all business would be catastrophic.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Make Catoosa open to archery throughout the season except during draw hunts and the day before.

Have the doe limit in unit b at 2 regardless of weapon.

Have more bear hunts that coincide with deer hunts in South Cherokee, no dogs aloud.

I like Poser's squirrel season idea also.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

I thought of another.

Either have an auction elk tag, or a youth elk tag, but not both. By having both, they are removing over 33% of the available tags from the general drawing. The elk program has cost way too much to remove this high of a percentage of tags from the folks who pay for it.

 

[buckmaster 320]

Let everyone kill hogs year round anytime they see them!!!

 

[muddyboots]

1. Have a certain number of does and bucks for a yearly bag limit. 2. buttonheads count as bucks. 3. More Trophy Hunts on PI where i wouldnt be in wheel chair next time i get to to go.

 

[shelbydeer]

Reduce buck limit in counties with plenty of doe oppurtunity

 

[Hollar Hunter]

Archery draw hunts at radnor lake! HAHA.

Ohh and only Williamson/Davidson county residents can apply!

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

i think the twra has it fine the way it is

 

[FARMTOFIELD]

Reduce buck lismit in counties with plenty of doe oppurtunity

If thats the case then close all hunting in counties with slim doe opportunity? Why would you punish people in counties with plenty of does, that would mean counties with slim amounts of does should not have a season at all

 

[Setterman]

Educate the hunters in this state. I have hunted all over the SE and the majority of deer hunters I have interacted with here in East TN are very new to the sport or have never learned anything about how to hunt deer. Sure plenty get killed by these hunters each year, but there is a difference in my opinion in hunting and shooting.

Some of the other states have really done a good job of educating hunters on all facets of deer hunting whether it be habitat management, herd management, or simple hunting strategies. If TN has done this then it is news to me, and wouldn't be the first time I overlooked something.

 

[redblood]

Do away with weapon segments entirely.

X2.

Make it "deer" season, not bow season, or MZ season, etc. Open deer season Oct. 1 and run it through mid January. Use lower bag limits to adjust for any unwanted increase in harvest caused by more days of hunting with firearms.

absolutely. except end it Jan 1

 

[Vermin93]

- 2 buck limit statewide.
- 1 buck with rifle, 1 buck with archery/muzzleloader.
- get rid of the entire antlerless non-quota hunts table for Units A and B in the hunting guide and set a season rifle doe limit for each county.
- go back to the split rifle season and shorten it by a week or two.
- add a week or at least a weekend of traditional muzzleloader. I can confidently shoot 250+ yds with my scoped Savage smokeless. The current muzzleloader season is essentially an extra 2 weeks of rifle season for hunters with a good in-line.

To summarize - less bucks, less rifle, more bow, more traditional muzzleloader. I realize none of this will happen, but you asked what we would like to see...

 

[Tiny]

Do away with the Type 94 requirement unless they have already done so.

 

[plinker22]

A

draw hunt, similar to the current Elk draw, for a whitetail deer hunt in Cades Cove. Each applicant can apply for up to 5 chances to be drawn.
Proceeds split evenly between "Friends of the GSMNP" and TWRA.

 

[Beekeeper]

A draw hunt, similar to the current Elk draw, for a whitetail deer hunt in Cades Cove. Each applicant can apply for up to 5 chances to be drawn.
Proceeds split evenly between "Friends of the GSMNP" and TWRA.

:D :D

 

[stik]

A

draw hunt, similar to the current Elk draw, for a whitetail deer hunt in Cades Cove. Each applicant can apply for up to 5 chances to be drawn.
Proceeds split evenly between "Friends of the GSMNP" and TWRA.

feds would be involved with that.

 

[eightpointer]

Do away with weapon segments entirely.

X2.

Make it "deer" season, not bow season, or MZ season, etc. Open deer season Oct. 1 and run it through mid January. Use lower bag limits to adjust for any unwanted increase in harvest caused by more days of hunting with firearms.

Awesome idea.

 

[BSK]

Do away with weapon segments entirely.

X2.

Make it "deer" season, not bow season, or MZ season, etc. Open deer season Oct. 1 and run it through mid January. Use lower bag limits to adjust for any unwanted increase in harvest caused by more days of hunting with firearms.

absolutely. except end it Jan 1

The only reason I suggested extending the date to mid-January was for those hunters down along the southern border, where considerable early January breeding occurs. I want everyone to be able to hunt their local peak of breeding.

 

[Rubberduck270]

Make it "deer" season, not bow season, or MZ season, etc. Open deer season Oct. 1 and run it through mid January. Use lower bag limits to adjust for any unwanted increase in harvest caused by more days of hunting with firearms.

That would be awesome.

 

[Bayou Buck]

I personally would like a set yearly doe limit and then a special program to apply for extra doe tags depending on how much acreage the land is.

 

[Rubberduck270]

I wouldn't mind seeing a program where once you kill a buck, before you can kill another you have to take a doe. Seems like it would help keep the populations equal.

 

[Anonymous]

Do away with weapon segments entirely.

X2.

Make it "deer" season, not bow season, or MZ season, etc. Open deer season Oct. 1 and run it through mid January. Use lower bag limits to adjust for any unwanted increase in harvest caused by more days of hunting with firearms.

absolutely. except end it Jan 1

The only reason I suggested extending the date to mid-January was for those hunters down along the southern border, where considerable early January breeding occurs. I want everyone to be able to hunt their local peak of breeding.

a big thanks out to bsk and others up there that understand our rut isnt the same time as yours. for years we missed the ability to firearm hunt during the rut because gun season was closed for two weeks. it seemed nobody understood or cared until recently.

 

[Jugfish]

How about making somebody responsible for and in charge of the performance of TWRA decisions in the Regions? We have 5 agencies now. Nashville, Regions 1,2,3, and 4. Nobody is in charge.

2 buck limit.