LaVergne Resident Arthur Moreland Is Successful Bidder for Final Permit in 2011 Elk Hunt

NASHVILLE --- LaVergne resident Arthur Moreland is the successful high bidder for the final permit to participate in the 2011 Tennessee Elk Hunt to be held Oct. 17-21 at the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area in East Tennessee.

 

The 72-year old retired grocery store owner had a bid of $9,200 to secure the final special take permit. The auction, which concluded late Sunday night (July 24), was conducted by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation (TWRF). The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) again donated a permit to a Non-Governmental Organization to join four others who were selected from a computer drawing. The TWRF was the recipient of this year’s donated special take permit.

 

Moreland operated the Community Market on Trinity Lane in Nashville for a number of years. A life-long sportsman, he had submitted his name all three years in the TWRA’s computer drawing which determines the four recipients of the permits to participate in the hunt. Moreland is a Tennessee lifetime sportsman license holder and has been a member of the Davidson County Sportsman’s Club for more than 30 years.

 

“I am excited and looking forward to participating in this year’s elk hunt,” said Moreland, who has hunted throughout Tennessee, and more than half of the other states, including Alaska. He also has made overseas hunting trips to Africa and New Zealand. “I plan to go on a scouting trip soon to the area.”

 

By being the high bidder for the final bull elk tag, Moreland will participate in the state’s third managed elk hunt along with Richard R. Rutherford of Walland, Terrell S. Holt of Columbia, John Mark Alston of Knoxville, and Jody A. Moore of Loudon who were announced as winners of the drawing during the June meeting of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission.

 

The North Cumberland WMA will be divided into five elk hunting zones (EHZ). Each hunter will be designated an EHZ in a drawing to be conducted at a later date at a TWRA Region IV location. Proceeds from the auction will go to the elk restoration program.

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