The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is now accepting entries for its 2020-21 photo contest for publication in Tennessee Wildlife’s annual calendar issue.
Nearly 150 deer in Tennessee have tested positive for chronic wasting disease so far this season, according to the state’s Wildlife Resources Agency.
Officers with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency found that four local hunters were illegally using bait to hunt migratory birds at a pond in Greene County last December.
Tennessee’s 2019-20 statewide gun hunting season for deer began Saturday. Sportsmen may also use muzzleloader or archery equipment during gun season.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency encourages regular hunters to introduce friends and family members (young and old) to the outdoor sport. The day is also an excellent opportunity for people who have not been hunting in a while to be reintroduced to the sport.
Friday is the deadline to purchase raffle tickets for an opportunity to win an elk tag permit for the 2019 Tennessee elk hunt.
The application period for Tennessee’s Wildlife Management Area Big Game Quota hunts, Cherokee Party Dog hunts, regular and youth elk hunts, and WMA youth hunts begins Wednesday, June 19 and runs through July 24.
Holston Army Ammunition Plant officials have decided to cancel the deer hunts on its property this year due to an outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhapic Disease among the deer population late last summer.
After receiving results from a genetic analysis, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is verifying a new state-record black crappie caught in a pond near Paint Rock, Tenn.
The Tri-Cities Boating Club wants you to be safe out on the water this year. To that end, the organization is offering the TWRA Safe Boating Course on March 20 and 22 at Northeast State.
Whirling disease was recently discovered by biologists during their annual trout population monitoring in the South Holston and Watauga tailwaters. The discovery is the first known occurrence of this disease in Tennessee.
During his investigation, Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency Officer Christopher Seay reportedly utilized witness statements from accused poachers, as well as text messages, videos and photos from Christian Churchwell's phone.
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The application period for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency spring turkey quota hunts runs through Jan. 17.
The Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries is asking the public’s help in two cases of elk poaching, one in the Guest River area of Wise County and the other in Buchanan County.
