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Post by Decatur on Feb 12, 2011 6:54:10 GMT -5
Tennessee's 2010-11 Deer Harvest Season Saw Slight Increase
Tennessee’s 2010-11 deer harvest numbers saw a slight increase over those of the previous year, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency harvest reports have indicated. As harvest numbers continued to trickle into the Agency through January, Tennessee hunters harvested 162,465 deer beginning with the archery season in late September an increase of 644 from last year.
Giles County was the top harvest county with 5,236. Henry County was second with 5,096 followed by Hardeman County 4,657, Fayette County 4,730, Lincoln County 4,380, Franklin County 3,940, Maury County 3,607, Montgomery County 3,523, Weakley County 3,369, and Carroll County 3,071 to complete the top 10. A harvest increase was seen in 54 of Tennessee’s 95 counties during 2010-11.
The TWRA is soliciting comments for its 2011-12 hunting seasons’ regulations. This is an opportunity for the public to share ideas and concerns about hunting regulations with TWRA staff.
Public comments will be considered by TWRA’s Wildlife Division staff and may be presented as proposals for regulation changes. Comments may be submitted by mail to: 2011-12 Hunting Season Comments, TWRA, Wildlife Management Division, P.O. 40747, Nashville, TN 37204 or emailed to twra.comment@tn.gov.
Please include “Hunting Season Comments” on the subject line of emailed submissions. The comment period concerning the 2011-12 hunting season regulations will be open until Feb. 24.
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Post by deerman on Feb 12, 2011 7:07:28 GMT -5
Indiana's harvest will be a new record from what I hear.
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Post by lugnutz on Feb 12, 2011 8:35:54 GMT -5
wonder how we all done here on this website, compared to years past.
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Post by deerman on Feb 12, 2011 9:14:54 GMT -5
The contest entries were about the same as 09, but I'm not sure about overall.
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Post by huxbux on Feb 12, 2011 9:40:15 GMT -5
The contest entries were about the same as 09, but I'm not sure about overall. That seems odd considering the fact that so many on here complained about not seeing anywhere near as many deer as in years past.
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Post by deerman on Feb 12, 2011 9:58:19 GMT -5
Yes, odd. Both for the contest and the overall harvest. There must be pockets were guys are shootin the heck out of them. I've heard alot from guys up north that they had great seasons. Not so much for the guys down south.
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Post by shooterbuck on Feb 12, 2011 10:21:43 GMT -5
I can tell you that the hunters here in central IN had a down year for sure .Makes me wonder if the areas with urban zones are blowing figures up a bit !Also I thought as late as just a few weeks ago Chad S. said he expected the harvest to be down between 7000 - 15,000 deer what happened there?
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Post by swilk on Feb 12, 2011 10:30:14 GMT -5
I dont know anyone who wanted to kill a deer that didnt at least have an opportunity.
I know a few who didnt tag "the" buck they wanted but they still were able to kill plenty of does.
The Indiana numbers will be interesting .... again.
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