Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1660-01-08-.03

Current through January 8, 2025

Section 1660-01-08-.03 - PERMIT REQUIREMENTS - WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS, REFUGES AND OTHER AGENCY CONTROLLED LANDS

(1) Permits (On Wildlife Management Areas and Refuges Where Permits Are Required).

(a) Before any person may hunt on a wildlife management area or refuge he must possess a valid and appropriate area hunt permit as specified in Items (2) and (3) below, except when exempt from doing so under the provisions of Item (1)(b) below. Such permits are not transferable.

(b) Hunt applicants or participants must be seventeen (17) years of age or over for hunting turkey, deer, bear and wild hog except that youths, ages 6-16, may apply and participate if they are accompanied on the hunt by an adult, twenty-one (21) years of age or older. Youths under sixteen (16) years of age are exempt from purchasing an area hunt permit on all wildlife management areas and refuges when hunting any species except big game, but they must be accompanied on the hunt by an adult who possesses a valid hunt permit.

(c) A management area hunt permit is automatically voided when the permittee's bag limit is filled.

(2) Reelfoot Preservation Permit.

(a) Before any person shall hunt, trap fish or participate in boating upon the waters or lands of Reelfoot Wildlife Management Area, including the washout and tailwaters downstream as marked, Black Bayou Refuge, and that portion of the Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge in Tennessee, a Reelfoot Preservation Permit shall be carried on the person of said users when participating in the above mentioned activities for inspection by duly authorized officers.

(b) Exemptions - Persons exempt from the Reelfoot Preservation Permit requirement are those under sixteen (16) years of age, residents sixty-five (65) years of age or older, and holders of the adult Sportsman License or Lifetime Sportsman License.

(3) Before any person, except those under sixteen (16) years of age hunting small game and waterfowl, may hunt on a wildlife management area or refuge, he must possess a permit as outlined below.

(a) A WMA Small Game permit is required on the following wildlife management areas and refuges:

AEDC	Foothills	Normandy
Alpine Mountain	Forks of the River	North Chickamauga Creek
Arnold Hollow	Fort Ridge	North Cumberland
Bark Camp Barrens	Gray's Creek	Oak Ridge
Barkley	Haley-Jaqueth	Obion River
Bean Switch Refuge	Happy Hollow	Old Hickory
Bear Hollow Mountain	Harmon Creek	Old Hickory Lock 5 Refuge
Beason Creek	Harp	Owl Hollow Mill
Beaver Dam Creek	Harts Mill	Paint Rock
Beech River	Haynes Bottom	Parker Branch
Big Sandy (including Gin Creek)	Headwaters	Pea Ridge
Blackburn Fork	Henderson Island Refuge	Percy Priest
Bogota	Hick Hill	Perry Switch
Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness	Hickory Flat	Perryville
	Hiwassee Refuge	Prentice Cooper
Browntown	Hop-In Refuge	Rankin
Buffalo Ridge Refuge	Horns Bluff Refuge	Shelton Ferry
Buffalo Springs	Jackson Swamp	Skinner Mountain
Camden	Jarrell Switch Refuge	South Fork Refuge
Catoosa	John Tully	Spring Creek
Cedar Hill Swamp	Keyes-Harrison	Tellico Lake
Chambers Creek	Kingston Refuge	Thorny Cypress
Charlotte Ann Finnell Neal	Kyker Bottoms Refuge	Tie Camp
Cheatham	Kyles Ford	Tigrett
Cheatham Lake	Laurel Hill	The Boils
Chickamauga	Lick Creek	Three Rivers
Chuck Swan	Lick Creek Bottoms	Tull Bottom
Col. Forrest V. Durand	Luper Mountain	Tumbleweed
Cordell Hull	Maness Swamp Refuge	Watts Bar
Cordell Hull Refuge	Maple Springs	West Sandy
Cove Creek	McGlothin-Largin	White Lake Refuge
C. M. Gooch	Meeman-Shelby Forest	White Oak
Cummings Cove	Mingo Swamp	Williamsport
Cypress Pond Refuge	Moss Island	Wolf River
Dry Creek	Mount Roosevelt	Woods Reservoir Refuge
Eagle Creek	MTSU	Yanahli
Eagle Lake Refuge	Natchez Trace	Yuchi Refuge
Ernest Rice Sr.	New Hope
Flintville Hatchery	Nolichucky

A WMA small game permit is required for individuals participating in dog training. A field trial permit is required on Percy Priest WMA, Tellico Lake WMA and Wolf River WMA.

(b) A WMA Small Game and Waterfowl permit is required for hunting waterfowl on the following wildlife management areas and refuges:

AEDC	Happy Hollow	Obion River
Barkley	Harmon Creek	Old Hickory
Bean Switch Refuge	Harts Mill	Parker Branch
Beason Creek	Haynes Bottom	Percy Priest
Beech River	Headwaters	Perry Switch
Big Sandy (including Gin Creek)	Hiwassee Refuge	Shelton Ferry
Bogota	Horns Bluff Refuge	South Fork Refuge
C.M. Gooch	Jackson Swamp	Spring Creek
Camden	Jarrell Switch Refuge	The Boils
Cedar Hill Swamp	John Tully	Thorny Cypress
Chambers Creek	Moss Island	Three Rivers
Charlotte Ann Finnell Neal	Lick Creek	Tigrett
Cheatham Lake	Lick Creek Bottoms	Tumbleweed
Chickamauga	McGlothin-Largin	Tull Bottom
Col. Forrest V. Durand	Meeman-Shelby Forest	Watts Bar
Cordell Hull	Mingo Swamp	West Sandy
Cordell Hull Refuge	Moss Island	White Oak
Cypress Pond Refuge	New Hope	Wolf River
Eagle Lake Refuge	Nolichucky	Yanahli
Ernest Rice Sr.	North Chickamauga Creek	Yuchi Refuge
Fort Ridge	Paint Rock
Gray's Creek	Oak Ridge

(c) A WMA big game permit is required for hunting deer, bear, and turkey on the following wildlife management areas and refuges:

AEDC	Ernest Rice Sr.	McGlothin-Largin
Alpine Mountain	Fall Creek Falls State Park	Nolichucky
Arnold Hollow	Flintville Hatchery	Normandy
Bark Camp Barrens	Foothills	North Chickamauga Creek
Barkley	Forks of the River	North Cumberland
Beason Creek	Fort Ridge	Oak Ridge
Bean Switch Refuge	Gallatin Steam Plant	Obion River
Bear Hollow Mountain	Gray's Creek	Old Hickory
Beaver Dam Creek	Haley-Jaqueth	Old Hickory Lock 5 Refuge
Beech River	Happy Hollow	Owl Hollow Mill
Big Sandy (including Gin Creek)	Harmon Creek	Paint Rock
Bogota	Harp	Parker Branch
Blackburn Fork	Harts Mill	Pea Ridge
Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness	Haynes Bottom	Percy Priest
	Headwaters	Perry Switch
Browntown	Henderson Island Refuge	Perryville
Buffalo Ridge Refuge	Hick Hill	Prentice Cooper
Buffalo Springs	Hickory Flat	President's Island
C. M. Gooch	Hiwassee Refuge	Rankin
Camden	Hop-In Refuge	Shelton Ferry
Catoosa	Horns Bluff Refuge	Skinner Mountain
Cedar Hill Swamp	Jackson Swamp	South Fork Refuge
Chambers Creek	Jarrell Switch Refuge	Spring Creek
Charlotte Ann Finnell Neal	John Tully	Tellico Lake
Cheatham	Keyes-Harrison	The Boils
Cheatham Lake	Kingston Refuge	Thorny Cypress
Cherokee	Kyles Ford	Three Rivers
Chickamauga	Laurel Hill	Tie Camp WMA
Chuck Swan	Lick Creek	Tigrett
Col. Forrest V. Durand	Lick Creek Bottoms	Tumbleweed
Cordell Hull	Luper Mountain	Tull Bottom
Cordell Hull Refuge	Maness Swamp Refuge	Watts Bar
Cove Creek	Maple Springs	West Sandy
Cummings Cove	Meeman-Shelby Forest	White Lake Refuge
Cypress Pond Refuge	Mingo Swamp	White Oak
Dry Creek	Moss Island	Williamsport
Eagle Creek	Mount Roosevelt	Wolf River
Eagle Lake Refuge	MTSU	Woods Reservoir Refuge
Edgar Evins State Park	Natchez Trace	Yanahli
Enterprise South Park	New Hope	Yuchi Refuge

(d) A WMA Small Game or WMA Small Game and Waterfowl permit is required to trap on all areas that require a small game hunting permit.

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1660-01-08-.03

Original rule certified May 8, 1974. Amendment filed July 18, 1974; effective August 18, 1974. Amendment filed December 23, 1974; effective January 23, 1975. Amendment filed June 25, 1975; effective July 25, 1975. Amendment filed October 8, 1975; effective November 7, 1975. Amendment filed July 19, 1976; effective August 18, 1976. Amendment filed October 22, 1976; effective November 22, 1976. Amendment filed June 8, 1977; effective July 8, 1977. Amendment filed March 2, 1978; effective April 1, 1978. Amendment filed June 9, 1978; effective July 10, 1978. Amendment filed May 17, 1979; effective July 2, 1979. Amendment filed August 2, 1982; effective August 31, 1982. Amendment filed January 24, 1984; effective February 23, 1984. Amendment filed June 27, 1985; effective July 27, 1985. Amendment filed June 9, 1986; effective July 9, 1986. Amendment filed July 25, 1986; effective September 8, 1986. Amendment filed July 8, 1987; effective August 22, 1987. Amendment filed April 20, 1988; effective June 4, 1988. Amendment filed October 26, 1988; effective December 10, 1988. Amendment filed June 8, 1989; effective July 23, 1989. Amendment filed May 11, 1990; effective June 25, 1990. Amendment filed November 6, 1991; effective December 21, 1991. Amendment filed December 14, 1992; effective January 19, 1993. Amendment filed September 26, 1996; effective December 10, 1996. Amendments filed August 16, 1999; effective October 30, 1999. Amendment filed July 1, 2000; effective September 23, 2000. Amendment filed July 19, 2001; effective October 2, 2001. Amendment filed April 23, 2003; effective July 7, 2003. Amendment filed July 29, 2004; effective October 12, 2004. Amendment filed July 12, 2005; effective September 25, 2005. Amendments filed October 25, 2005; effective January 8, 2006. Amendment filed June 22, 2006; effective September 5, 2006. Amendment filed September 29, 2006; effective December 13, 2006. Amendment filed June 25, 2008; effective September 8, 2008. Repeal and new rule filed April 4, 2012; effective July 3, 2012. Amendments filed December 9, 2014; effective March 9, 2015. Amendments filed March 16, 2017; effective 6/14/2017.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 70-1-206, 70-2-201, 70-4-107, and 70-5-101.