Tennessee Deer Seasons

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What are the hunting and trapping seasons in Tennessee for 2021-22?

• Please refer to the 2021-22 Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Guide for detailed hunting dates, bag limits, zones, units, and required licenses and/or permits. SPRING TURKEY S/A Young Sportsman (ages 6-16) Mar. 26-27, 2022* Daily bag: 1 bearded turkey per day. Counts toward spring season bag of three (3). S/A General Season April 2 – May 15, 2022*

What day does bow season open in Tennessee?

Nashville, TN – The 2020 statewide muzzleloader/archery season for deer opens in Tennessee on Saturday, November 7th, 2020 and continues through Friday, November 20th in all of Tennessee’s deer hunting units, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA).

Can you use a crossbow during archery season in Tennessee?

You’ll be happy to hear that, according to TWRA, using a crossbow for hunting purposes in the state of Tennessee is legal during any hunting season where archery equipment is allowed, and including archery-only seasons. The crossbow is pretty much treated on par with a recurve or compound vertical bow.

Can you bow hunt during rifle season in Tennessee?

Archery equipment is legal during muzzleloader and gun seasons, muzzleloading equipment is legal during gun season. Statewide Bag Limit: Two (2) antlered deer (one per day, not to exceed 2 for the license year).

Do you have to wear orange during bow season in Tennessee?

When hunting during big game seasons in Tennessee, you must meet these requirements. Hunters must wear a minimum of 500 square inches of blaze orange (daylight fluorescent orange) on their head and the upper portion of their body. Persons hunting during archery-only or turkey hunts are exempt from this requirement.

Can you hunt on your own land without a license in Tennessee?

If you hunt game or attempt to hunt game by any method or if you assist someone else to do so, you must have a valid hunting license. Landowners, their spouses, and children who hunt on farmland which is owned by said landowners. The aforementioned must be residents of Tennessee but need not reside on the land.

Can you hunt rabbits at night in Tennessee?

Legal Hunting Hours Hunting of bullfrogs, raccoons, opossums, the chasing of foxes and rabbits, and the trapping of furbearers is permitted day or night unless restricted by Proclamation. No foxes or rabbits may be shot while chasing/training at night.

Is it legal to shoot coyotes in Tennessee?

Coyotes may be hunted year-round in Tennessee. There is no bag limit.

Is Tennessee having a velvet hunt in 2021?

The fourth year of Tennessee’s velvet buck hunt is in the books, and it’s proved to be another great year of opportunity for a number of deer hunters chasing velvet in the Volunteer State.

How many deer can you harvest in Tennessee?

Statewide Bag Limit: Two (2) antlered deer (one per day, not to exceed 2 for the license year). The statewide bag limit of two (2) antlered deer may be exceeded if taken as a bonus deer, if taken under the Earn-A-Buck Program in Unit CWD (see CWD in Tennessee), or if taken as a Replacement Buck (see CWD in Tennessee).

Can you hunt on Sundays in Tennessee?

The new law opens up all Sundays. In Tennessee and our neighboring states it is difficult to imagine a law restricting our right to hunt on Sunday. Today, most blue laws have been repealed except for restrictions on Sunday alcohol sales and the ban on Sunday hunting in those 10 states.

What is the Tennessee muzzleloader?

Muzzleloader firearms are defined as those firearms which are incapable of being loaded from the breech. Muzzleloading firearms of. 36 caliber minimum, plus long bows, compound bows and crossbows are legal hunting equipment for this season.

Can a 5 year old hunt in Tennessee?

Those under the age of 10 may hunt without a license anywhere in Tennessee but must be accompanied by an adult 21 years or older. Any hunter ages 10-12 needs only a hunter education certificate.

Can I hunt on my own land without a license?

General. A landowner or person leasing land primarily for cultivation, their spouse, and dependents under 18 residing with them, may hunt, trap and fish on such land without a license.

Can deer see hunter orange?

The answer to our question is: No, deer cannot see blaze orange the same way that humans see it. It likely appears brown or gray to deer. But they are more sensitive to blue wavelengths than humans, and probably to clothing that has been washed in detergent that contains UV brighteners.