Hunting in Tennessee

208 game management units

Official agency resources

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Buy a license ↗
https://www.tn.gov/twra/license-sales.html
Hunting regulations ↗
https://www.tn.gov/twra/hunting/hunting-guide.html
Draw / lottery applications ↗
https://www.tn.gov/twra/hunting/quota-hunts.html
GMU map ↗
https://www.tn.gov/twra/gis-maps.html
Harvest reporting ↗
https://www.tn.gov/twra/hunting/tag-before-you-drag.html
Hunter education ↗
https://www.tn.gov/twra/education/hunter-education.html

Authoritative source

For season dates, bag limits, draw deadlines, license costs, and unit-specific rules in Tennessee, go straight to the issuing agency.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

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Game management units

208 units

Unit AEDC
Unit AEDC WMA
Unit Alpine Mountain
Unit Anderson Pond
Unit Andrew Johnson Game Refuge
Unit Arnold Hollow WMA
Unit Bailey Fork
Unit Bards Creek Refuge
Unit Bark Camp Barrens
Unit Barkley WMA
Unit Barkley WMA-Unit 1
Unit Battle Creek
Unit Bean Switch Refuge
Unit Bear Hollow Mountain WMA
Unit Beaver Dam Creek WMA
Unit Beech River WMA
Unit Bellamy Cave Refuge
Unit Big Cypress Tree
Unit Big Sandy WMA
Unit Black Bayou Refuge
Unit Bogota WMA
Unit Bordeaux Heronry Refuge
Unit Bridgestone/Firestone WMA
Unit Browntown WMA
Unit Buffalo Springs WMA
Unit Bumpus Cove WMA
Unit Camden WMA
Unit Candies Creek WMA
Unit Caney Fork Access
Unit Catoosa WMA
Unit Cedar Hill Swamp
Unit Centennial Wilderness
Unit Chambers Creek
Unit Charlotte Anne Finnell Neal WMA
Unit Cheatham Lake WMA
Unit Cheatham WMA
Unit Chickamauga WMA
Unit Chickasaw
Unit Chickasaw SF & WMA
Unit Chuck Swan WMA
Unit Chuck Swan WMA & SF
Unit Clinch River Access-Foust
Unit Clinch River Access-Greene
Unit Col. Forrest V. Durand Wetland
Unit Cold Creek Refuge
Unit Columbia Greenway
Unit Cordell Hull Refuge
Unit Cordell Hull WMA
Unit Cove Creek WMA
Unit Cowan Marsh
Unit Cummings Cove
Unit Cypress Pond Refuge
Unit Dot Transfer
Unit Duck River Access
Unit Dyson Ditch Refuge
Unit E. A. C. TWRA Nashville Office
Unit Eagle Creek WMA
Unit Eagle Lake Refuge
Unit Eaton Bottom
Unit Edgar Evins SP & WMA
Unit Ernest Rice WMA
Unit F.O.P. Refuge
Unit Fall Creek Falls SP & WMA
Unit Flintville WMA
Unit FMHA
Unit FMHA-Privett
Unit FMHA-R.O.W.
Unit Foothills WMA
Unit Ford Swamp
Unit Forks Of The River WMA
Unit Fort Loudoun SHP
Unit Fort Ridge
Unit Fourth Fractional Township
Unit Gallatin Steam Plant WMA
Unit George L. Yarbro
Unit Gooch WMA
Unit Grays Creek
Unit Haley-Jaqueth WMA
Unit Hampton Crossroads
Unit Hardin County
Unit Harmon Creek WMA
Unit Harp Wetland
Unit Harts Mill
Unit Harts Mill-easement
Unit Haynes Bottom WMA
Unit Henderson Island Refuge
Unit Henderson Swamp
Unit Hick Hill WMA
Unit Hickory Flat WMA
Unit Hiwassee Refuge
Unit Hiwassee Refuge-Riversmeet
Unit Holly Fork
Unit Holston River Refuge
Unit Hop-in Refuge
Unit Horns Bluff Refuge
Unit Jackson Swamp
Unit Jarrell Switch Refuge
Unit Joachim Bible Refuge
Unit Joachim Bible WMA
Unit John Sevier Rifle Range
Unit John Tully WMA
Unit Keyes-Harrison WMA
Unit Kingston Refuge WMA
Unit Kyker Bottoms Refuge
Unit Kyles Ford WMA
Unit Lake Lauderdale Refuge
Unit Land Between The Lakes WMA
Unit Laurel Hill WMA
Unit Laurel Hill WMA (Safety Zone)
Unit Lick Creek WMA
Unit Lick Creek Bottoms Refuge
Unit Long Pond Refuge
Unit Luper Mountain
Unit Lytle Creek
Unit Maness Swamp Refuge
Unit Maple Springs
Unit Mav-Fullen
Unit Mcghee Carson Unit
Unit Meeman-Shelby Forest WMA
Unit Mill Creek Bottoms Greenway
Unit Miller Island
Unit Mingo Swamp
Unit Montgomery County Shooting Complex
Unit Moss Island
Unit Mt. Roosevelt WMA
Unit MTSU WMA
Unit Mullins Island
Unit Murfree Springs
Unit Natchez Trace SF & WMA
Unit Natchez Trace WMA
Unit Nathan Bedford Forrest State Hist. Area & WMA
Unit New Hope WMA
Unit Nolichucky River Access
Unit Nolichucky WMA
Unit Normandy WMA
Unit North Cherokee NF & WMA
Unit North Chickamauga Creek WMA
Unit North Cumberland WMA
Unit Oak Ridge WMA
Unit Obion River WMA
Unit Old Hickory Lock 5 Refuge
Unit Old Hickory WMA
Unit Owl Hollow WMA
Unit Paint Rock Refuge
Unit Pardue Pond Refuge
Unit Parker Branch
Unit Pea Ridge WMA
Unit Percy Priest WMA
Unit Perryville WMA
Unit Phipps Bend Refuge
Unit Pickett SF & WMA
Unit Piperton Wetland Complex
Unit Poe Branch Wetland
Unit Prentice Cooper SF & WMA
Unit Prentice Cooper WMA
Unit Presidents Island WMA
Unit Rankin Bottom WMA
Unit Reelfoot SNA & WMA
Unit Reelfoot WMA
Unit Saltillo Boat Ramp
Unit Savannah Bridge Boat Access
Unit Scotts Pinnacle
Unit SCS Lake #1
Unit SCS Lake #10
Unit SCS Lake #14
Unit SCS Lake #17
Unit SCS Lake #18
Unit SCS Lake #2
Unit SCS Lake #3
Unit SCS Lake #4
Unit SCS Lake #5
Unit SCS Lake #7
Unit Shelton Ferry WMA
Unit Skinner Mountain
Unit South Cherokee NF & WMA
Unit South Fork Refuge
Unit Spring Creek
Unit Spring Creek Wetland
Unit Standing Stone SF & WMA
Unit Stewart Broussard
Unit Sullivan-Chisholm Wetland
Unit T.N.C. Island Gift
Unit The Boils
Unit Three Rivers WMA
Unit Tie Camp WMA
Unit Tigrett WMA
Unit Tumbleweed WMA
Unit TWRA Region 3 Office
Unit TWRA Region 4 Office
Unit Upper Mav
Unit Walker Branch SNA
Unit Walls Of Jericho SNA
Unit Walters Bridge Access
Unit Watts Bar WMA
Unit West Sandy WMA
Unit White Lake Refuge
Unit White Lake WMA
Unit White Oak WMA
Unit Whites Creek
Unit Whites Mill Refuge
Unit Whiteville Lake
Unit William L. Davenport Refuge
Unit Williamsport WMA
Unit Wolf River WMA
Unit Wolf River-Shelby
Unit Woods Reservoir Refuge
Unit Yanahli WMA
Unit Yuchi Refuge

Huntable public lands in Tennessee

Wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and state forest preserves where hunting is permitted.

Cherokee National Forest
National Forest
655,598 acres
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
8,830.8 acres
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
11,450.1 acres
Little River Canyon National Preserve
National Recreation Area
Paint Rock River National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
87.6 acres
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
10,455.5 acres
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
50,498.4 acres
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area

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