BIG GAME HUNTING
New for 2018-19 If you hunt deer (or elk or moose) please read our updated CWD (chronic wasting disease) information at tnCWDfree.org
CWD is a deadly and contagious neurological disorder that can destroy populations of deer, elk, and other members of the deer family (cervids).
We have made significant regulation changes in order to prevent the spread of this disease into Tennessee.
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a. Meat with all bones removed. b. Antlers, antlers attached to cleaned skull plates or cleaned skulls - which have NO meat or tissues attached. c. Cleaned teeth - which have NO meat or tissues attached. d. Finished antler products and taxidermy mounts. e. Tanned hides or other tanned products.
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Beginning in 2018, if you harvest a deer (or elk or moose) anywhere outside Tennessee, you may only bring the following back into the state:
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CWD has NOT yet been found in Tennessee and is not known to pose a risk to human health. However, should CWD be discovered in Tennessee, it will absolutely have an effect on our white-tailed deer herd.
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Visit tnCWDfree.org for more details. Big Game includes deer, bear, turkey and elk. Hunting of big game is only authorized as specified by Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission proclamation. For legal hunting methods, see page 14.
Fluorescent Orange: Hunters must wear on the upper portion of their body and head a minimum of 500 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange (blaze orange), visible front and back while hunting big game except on archery-only and turkey hunts. A hat and vest fulfills requirements. Blaze orange camo is legal if it contains 500 square inches of fluorescent orange. In those areas where the archery-only deer season dates overlap with another big game gun season (i.e. bear), archers are required to wear 500 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange. Field Dressing Big Game: Evidence of species or sex of big game animals must not be destroyed prior to checking in and/or while the animal is afield. Normal field dressing, quartering and icing down of the meat is permitted. Turkeys must remain intact until checked in. 30
Big Game Found Dead: All big game found dead should be left where found and need not be reported. Individuals wanting to keep big game found dead, or any portion of the animal, must first contact the local Regional TWRA office within 48 hours for authorization. Any vehicle in which an illegally possessed big game animal is found is subject to confiscation. Big game, except bear, accidentally killed by a motor vehicle may be possessed by any person for personal use and consumption if the TWRA or a local law enforcement agency is notified within 48 hours. A bear killed by a motor vehicle may be possessed only upon the issuance of a receipt from the TWRA.
2018-2019 Hunting & Trapping Guide