Special Season Anterless Deer And Fall Turkey Permits Remain Available
Friday, August 28, 2009 | 09:10am
NASHVILLE --- Thousands of special season antlerless deer and fall turkey permits remain available for Tennessee sportsmen to obtain through the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s online license sales Web portal, or at any of Tennessee’s many license agents.
Sportsmen may obtain up to two (2) antlerless deer permits, and two (2) turkey permits for counties that have not reached their quotas. Most of the remaining permits are for counties in Middle and West Tennessee, although some East Tennessee counties still have unfilled quotas. For a listing of counties with remaining permits, please consult the Agency’s Web site, www.tnwildlife.org.
The Agency experienced some problems with the allocation system on the first day that permits went on sale, Aug. 19, 2009, especially in some counties in East Tennessee. “We experienced difficulties with the new first-come-first-served system that was developed for allocating special season tags,” said Sonya Northrup, Quota Hunts Supervisor for TWRA. “The system is working well now, but we are trying to make it right with the folks who were inconvenienced on Aug. 19.”
Anyone who visited a license agent the first morning permits became available (Aug.19) and were denied access to permits for whatever reason are encouraged to call the quota hunts division at (615) 781-6621. All efforts will be made to rectify any problems the hunters may have encountered while obtaining their permits.
“Whether the problem is the wrong permit being issued or long lines resulting in filled quotas, we are going to try to get those hunters their desired permits,” said Greg Wathen, TWRA Chief of Wildlife.
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