AEDC WMA Units 1 & 2 Permits to Be Allocated for 2010 October Hunts
Friday, September 17, 2010 | 10:52am
NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Wildlife Management Area units 1 & 2 permits are going to be allocated for a pair of separate October shotgun deer hunts using a first come, first serve basis. The permits will go on sale at 8 a.m. (CDT) on (Wednesday) Sept. 22.
The Unit 2 hunt is Oct. 8-10 and the hunt code is 14 and the quota is 200 permits. The Unit 1 hunt will be Oct. 23-24 and the hunt code is 3 and the quota is 100 permits. For each of the hunts, two deer may be harvested with no more than one antlered.
Customers can only obtain one permit per hunt choice. There are two hunt choices for October. Customers can obtain one permit for each hunt choice for a total of two permits per person.
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.
The permits can be purchased through the TWRA website at www.tnwildlife.org by clicking “Buy a License Here” icon located on the right side of the home page. The permits can also be purchased at any TWRA licensing agent. First come, first serve permits are sold one at a time per transaction.
The permits are without cost to those persons with a lifetime sportsman license, annual sportsman license and seniors with Type 167 permit. For everyone else, the cost is $20 each, plus agent fee.
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.
The dates and hunt locations are as follows:
CODE LOCATION WEAPON QUOTA BAG LIMIT DATE
3 UNIT 1 SHOTGUN 100 2 deer, no more than 1 antlered 10/23-24, 2010
14 UNIT 2 SHOTGUN 200 2 deer, no more than 1 antlered 10/8-10, 2010
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