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Tennessee Reminds Hunters of New Regulation Changes for the 2020-21 Season
Submitted by: TBC Press
Posted on: 09/29/20
News # 13921
- Tag Before You Drag - new requirement this year! Before moving your harvested big game, you must either check it in on your smartphone or physically tag the animal. All physically tagged animals must be checked in before midnight.
- The statewide bag limit for spring turkey has been reduced from 4 to 3.
- Five counties adjacent to the Mississippi River form a new spring turkey unit (Mississippi Alluvial Valley or MAV) with a two-week delayed spring turkey season opener and a reduced, unit-wide bag limit of 2.
- Southern Middle Tennessee counties of Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln and Wayne Counties have a two-week delayed spring turkey season opener. .
- The fall turkey season has been closed in Lincoln County.
- Hunting dates have changed in Bear Hunt Zones 1, 2, and 3.
- Incidental take of one either sex elk by licensed deer hunters in non-elk restoration counties is allowed. This is only allowed outside of Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan and Scott Counties.
- The definition for legal trapping devices has changed.
- Due to COVID-19 restrictions, hand-held drawing procedures for issuing season-long waterfowl blind permits (page 43) and sandhill crane tags (page 20) may differ than described in this guide. Go to www.tnwildlife.org for updated information.
- Crow season has changed this year.
- New Veterans and Active Military personnel waterfowl hunting days have been added.
- The deer hunting unit “Unit CWD” has expanded to include Lauderdale, Gibson and Crockett Counties. See deer hunting units on page 26.
- Unit CWD hunters can now earn an unlimited number of antlered deer. See “Earn-A-Buck Program” on page 29.
- In Unit CWD, gun season (G/M/A) will begin Saturday, Nov. 7 when the rest of the state begins muzzleloader season (M/A). See page 27.
- New regulations for the Mississippi River Flood Closure Zone for big game hunts. Only the Caruthersville gauge is used, and the zone has been reduced in Lake and Dyer counties to include only those lands east of Hwy. 78. See page 24.
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Publishers Notes: OUT OF STATE HUNTERS, FISHERMEN & OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS; Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, there could be limitations for OUT of STATE hunters, fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts to include a 14-day quarantine requirement or negative COVID-19 testing alternative. Please check with the State's Department of Natural Resources BEFORE you travel or apply for the 2020 Fall Hunts.
As OUR COUNTRY REOPENS AGAIN (from the COVID-19 pandemic) and continue to enjoy outdoor activities, ALL outdoor enthusiasts (man, woman, child) should follow the guidelines set by nps.gov. These guidelines include; social distancing, the Leave No Trace principles, including pack-in and pack-out, to keep outdoor spaces safe and healthy.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) would like to remind hunters of several important changes for the 2020–2021 hunting and trapping seasons.
The 2020-21 Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Guide contains all the information for hunters. Guides are available where hunting and fishing licenses are sold and on the TWRA website, www.tnwildlife.org, and the TWRA On the Go app.
New regulation changes for the 2020-21 season are as follows:
