Turkey banquet: The Cedar Roost chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will hold its annual banquet May 10 at 6 p.m. in the Education Building at the Wilson County Fairgrounds.
If at first you don’t succeed, try again.
First came coyotes, then armadillos and cougars.
Elk cam: The TWRA has a new internet “elk cam” that provides live viewing – potentially -- of elk on the Hatfield Knob section of the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area in East Tennessee.
How serious is Chronic Wasting Disease, the highly-contagious, always-fatal deer disease that has decimated herds in several states and is creeping ever-closer to Tennessee?
Eagle shot: A bald eagle with a shotgun pellet in its wing was recently found in the Duck River in Bedford County and after being treated at Walden’s Pond, a wildlife-treatment facility near Nashville, was released back into the Apr 3, 2018 at 8:30 AM
While preparing a recent story about the state’s hunting/fishing license requirements, I included the fact that anyone born after Jan. 1, 1969 is required to pass a Hunter Education course to get a license.
Tennessee’s spring turkey season opens March 31 and hunters are reminded that it is legal to harvest white turkeys – and in fact, they are encouraged to do so.
Woodson honored: Lebanon’s Jamie Woodson last week was presented a plaque in appreciation for her year’s service as chair of the Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission.
Georgia lawmakers are considering making baiting deer legal state-wide (it is already legal in the southern part of the state) as debate continues about a similar move in Tennessee.
A recent TV commercial portrayed a young couple on a camping trip who can’t fall asleep because it’s too quiet.
Fur sale: Although prices fluctuated greatly, trappers were generally pleased with the results of the recent annual fur sale in Crossville.
Lebanon’s Clarence Dies was among the instructors at last week’s trapping camp at Buffalo Ridge in Humphries County, and came away encouraged about the future of the centuries-old profession.
In the old days deer hunters would sit around the campfire at night, swapping stories and re-living their hunts.
Hunting and fishing licenses expire Feb. 28, except for holders of Lifetime Licenses who never need to bother with renewals.
