2024 Muzzleloader Season States Saturday, November 9
NASHVILLE --- The 2024 statewide muzzleloader/archery season for deer opens in Tennessee on Saturday, Nov. 9 and continues through Friday, Nov. 22 in all six of Tennessee’s deer hunting units. Muzzleloader season traditionally opens the third Saturday before Thanksgiving.
The statewide bag limit for antlered bucks is two. In Units 1, 2, and 3 there is an antlerless bag limit of three per day, and a limit of two antlerless for this season in Units 4, 5, and 6. The bag limit may only be exceeded as part of the Earn-A-Buck program or as replacement buck in a CWD positive county.
During season setting, new hunting units were implemented for this season. Hunters should refer to the 2024-25 Tennessee Fishing, Hunting and Trapping Guide for specific information about their hunting unit.
Tennessee’s statewide gun season for deer opens the Saturday before Thanksgiving, which falls on Nov. 23. The season for gun/muzzleloader/archery will run through Jan. 5, 2025. Archery equipment is legal during muzzleloader and gun seasons. Muzzleloaders are legal during gun season.
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TWRA to Conduct CWD Sampling in Middle Tennessee on First Day of
Muzzleloader Season
The TWRA will be operating chronic wasting
disease (CWD) sampling stations on the opening day of muzzleloader season,
Saturday, Nov. 9, to monitor for the presence of CWD in whitetail deer
populations. Hunters play a crucial role in this monitoring effort by bringing
harvested deer to designated processing locations.
CWD, a contagious and fatal neurological
disease affecting deer, has been detected in counties west of the Tennessee
River and one Middle Tennessee county (Lewis County). By participating in CWD
sampling, hunters can assist TWRA in early detection and prevention of the
disease’s spread.
Agency personnel will be taking samples at
the following processors on Nov. 9:
• Davidson County: Flower’s Processing (8
a.m. - 7 p.m.), 4550 Eatons Creek Rd, Nashville, (615) 876-8493
• Franklin County: W&W Deer Processing
(9 a.m. - 7 p.m.), 485 Knight’s Church Rd., Decherd, (931) 962-2238
• Hickman County: Vaught’s Processing
(7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.), 7143 TN-100, Bon Aqua,
(931)
996-4121
• Lawrence County: Bare Bones Deer
Processing (7:30 a.m. - close), 67 Good Hope Rd., Lawrenceburg, (931) 629-2422
• Marshall County: B&B Processing (8
a.m. - 6 p.m.), 1850 Old Columbia Rd., Lewisburg, (931) 359-3424
• Sumner County: Lucky Shot, Nick Tollie
(7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.), 2926 Dobbins Pike, Portland, (615) 972-2250
• Wilson County: Walker’s (7:30 a.m. - 6
p.m.), 236 East Market St., Lebanon, (615) 444-0851
The TWRA urges hunters to participate in this vital surveillance
effort to help maintain healthy deer populations across Tennessee. For more
information on CWD, sampling efforts, and additional resources, please visit
the TWRA website at tnwildlife.org.
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