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At its meeting in Nashville on May 29 and 30, 2002, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources
Commission (TWRC) set the dates for the 2002-2003 hunting year as follows:
SMALL GAME:
Squirrel: Opens - Aug. 24, Closes - Feb. 28, Bag limit
-10.
Spring Squirrel (2003): Opens - May 10, Closes - June 8, Bag limit -10.
Grouse (closed W. of I-65): Opens Oct. 12, Closes Feb. 28, Bag limit - 3. Rabbit: Opens - Nov. 9, Closes - Feb. 28, Bag limit -
5
Quail: Opens - Nov. 9, Closes - Feb. 28, Bag limit - 6.
Dove: Opens - Sept. 2, Closes - Sept. 27, Bag limit - 15.
(2nd segment): Opens - Oct. 12, Closes - Oct. 27, Bag limit -15.
(3rd segment): Opens - Dec. 21, Closes - Jan. 7, Bag limit - 15.
Woodcock: Opens - Oct. 26, Closes - Dec. 9, Bag limit - 3.
Wilson Snipe: Opens - Nov. 14, Closes - Feb. 28, Bag limit - 8.
Wood Duck/Teal: Opens - Sept. 14, Closes - Sept. 18, Bag limit - 4 (no more than 2 wood ducks)
CANADA GOOSE (West Tenn): Opens - Sept. 1, Closes - Sept. 15, Bag limit - 3.
(Middle & East Tenn): Opens - Sept. 1, Closes - Sept. 15, Bag limit
- 5. Raccoon:
(Western Unit): Opens - Sept. 20, Closes - Feb. 15, Bag limit- 2
per person/ per night.
(Eastern Unit): Opens - Nov. 1, Closes - Feb. 15, Bag limit - 1 per person/ per
night.
BIG GAME:
DEER UNIT A
Archery - Opens - Sept. 28, Closes - Nov. 1, Bag limit
- 4 deer (no more than 2 antlered).
(2nd Segment): Opens -Nov. 11, Closes - Nov. 22.
(3rd segment): Opens -Dec. 16, Closes - Dec. 20. Muzzleloader/Archery:
Opens -Nov. 4, Closes - Nov. 10, Bag limit - 2 deer (no more than 1antlered, except 1
deer only in Polk County).
(2nd segment) - Opens - Dec. 9,
Closes - Dec. 15, Bag limit - 2 deer (no more than 1antlered, except 1 deer only in Polk
County).
Gun/Muzzleloader/Archery: Opens - Nov. 23, Closes
- Dec. 8, bag limit - 2 antlered deer.
(2nd segment) - Opens -Dec. 21, Closes - Jan. 10. DEER UNIT B
Archery - Opens -Sept. 28, Closes - Nov. 1, Bag limit - 2 deer
(either-sex).
(2nd segment) - Opens -Nov. 11, Closes - Nov. 22 (except buck-only Nov. 11- 22). Muzzleloader/Archery - Opens - Nov. 4, Closes - Nov. 10, Bag limit - 1 antlered deer (except either-sex
Nov. 8-10).
(2nd segment) - Opens - Dec. 13, Closes - Dec. 15,
Bag limit - 1 antlered deer.
Gun/Muzzleloader/Archery - Opens - Nov. 23, Closes - Dec. 1,
Bag limit - 2 antlered deer.
(2nd segment) - Opens - Dec. 21, Closes - Jan. 8. Young Sportsman's Deer Hunts - (1st Hunt)- Nov. 2-3, Bag limit - 1 deer (either-sex).
(2nd
Hunt) - Jan. 11-12, Bag limit - 1 deer (either- sex).
Antlerless Only Deer Hunts: Fifty-three counties are listed this year for
these special hunts. They vary in number of hunts depending on the deer
population in each county. A full listing will be included in the hunting
guide. Counties having this special hunt for the first time are: Anderson
(East of I-75 only) and Warren.
Fall Turkey Hunts:
Forty-one counties will be open to fall turkey hunting. A full listing will
be included in the hunting guide. Those 41 counties will be open for quota
shotgun/archery hunting on Oct. 25-30. The same counties will also be open to
non-quota archery-only hunting with a bag limit of one turkey either-sex
during all archery-only deer seasons for that county. Counties, which have
been added to this hunt for the first time, are: Henry, Houston, Jefferson,
Lewis, Sevier, and Warren.
BEAR
Blount, Cocke (South of I-40), Sevier, G/M/A, - Sept. 21-27 (dogs allowed).
Blount, Sevier, archery-only, - Oct. 12-20 (no dogs).
Blount, Cocke, Greene, Monroe, Sevier, Unicoi, Washington, G/M/A, - Nov. 18-19
(dogs allowed).
Blount, Cocke, Greene, Monroe, Sevier, Unicoi, Washington, G/M/A, - Nov. 30-Dec.
1 (no dogs).
Blount, Cocke, Greene, Monroe, Polk (north of Hwy. 64), Sevier, Unicoi,
Washington, G/M/A, - Dec. 5-18 (dogs allowed).
Carter, Johnson, Sullivan (East of I-81), G/M/A, - Dec. 5-9 (dogs allowed). FERAL HOGS
Private lands year-round, except inholdings on Catoosa and South Cherokee. (Dogs
prohibited)
Public Lands open during deer seasons. (Dogs prohibited)
Dogs are allowed on the following hunts:
Monroe G/M/A, - Oct. 7-16.
Blount, Sevier, Cocke (south of I-40) G/M/A, -
Sept. 21-27.
Blount, Cocke, Greene, Monroe, Sevier, Unicoi, Washington G/M/A, - Nov. 18-19.
Blount, Cocke, Monroe, Sevier G/M/A, - Dec. 5-18.
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