AEDC WMA Units 1 & 2 November Deer Permits go on Sale October 23

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Wildlife Management Area units 1 & 2 first come, first serve November deer permits will go on sale Oct. 23 at 8 a.m. (CDT). 

Permits can be purchased at any TWRA license agent or through the internet at www.tnwildlife.org. Hunters who purchase the permit are reminded that they will need to retain their receipt. The receipt will serve as the permit. No phone sales will be accepted.

A permit fee will not be charged to Annual Sportsman (Type 004) or Lifetime Sportsman (Types 402 thru 405) license holders or Senior Citizen Hunters (Type 166) with an Annual Senior Citizen Permit (Type 167). For all other license holders, the cost is $10 per permit, plus agent fee. 

Customers can only obtain one permit per hunt choice. Customers can obtain one permit for each hunt choice for a total of five permits per person. 

First come, first serve permits are sold one at a time per transaction. Customers can purchase permits for others as long as they have all their pertinent information. The same one permit per hunt choice applies.

The privilege codes for the first come, first serve AEDC WMA permits are as follows:

345 for Lifetime and Annual Sportsman and Seniors holding a current Type 167

346 for all other license holders. 

This applies to youths and adults purchasing a permit.

The dates confirmed for November are by the Air Force commander at AEDC:

CODE AREA                                                                     DATE                                                  QUOTA

2           Unit 1                                                      November 16-17, 2013                                         100

4           Unit 1                                                      November 29-December 1, 2013                       100

8           Unit 2                                                     November 9-10, 2013                                             200

9           Unit 2                                                        November 16-17, 2013                                        200

10         Unit 2                                                      November 29-December 1, 2012                        200

AEDC consists of 32,000 acres and is located in Coffee and Franklin counties. Unit 1 was previously known as the TNARNG maneuver area. Unit 2 is the Camp Forrest area, from the golf course to UTSI road and Wattendorf Memorial Highway to the southern boundary.

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