mike243

cool,it dont take much to fish for trout,been out of it for a # of years but have been going some recently on the clinch.caught a 18 3/4" brown trout sunday,biggest brown i have caught so far.my pontoon wont float most of it but cant have it all lol

sounds like a great deal to me,i own a mod 70 300wm,good accuracy & feel.id buy it if just to resale to make a buck but i tend to not resale just pile them in the safe

lost my bilfold & paid my $5 & done a new picture,got drivers lic in a week,been 4 weeks & still no copy of permit has shown up,found the bilfold 2 weeks ago ,the dog had found it & taken it to his dog house,he could have kept the $8 just wished he would have returned it sooner

the hog killing laws have became more restrictive to the general hunters.land owners can only allow 10 folks to kill hogs & can not be changed once they are named.have read of no acreage limits to up the #10 .no more dog hunts in some of the wma's.squirrels & rabbits are a small game animals & hogs are listed as a non native in order to be able to bait them & shoot at nite.i dont know how so much missinformation is hitting the net ?.im not sure of a lot myself but a lot has changed & hope that folks get the correct info before blasting a porker & getting a ticket

i love the fact that you dont have to swap back to a bow after hunting with something that goes bang.it allways seem backwards to have a gun season then go back to bow then back to gun.i now can use my smokepole for 2 weeks clean it & bring out the highpower to finish the season.been seeing some bow hunters mad over sharing the woods with turkey hunters for 2 weeks in the fall.doont know if they know squirrel seasons open at that time or not .cant please all of the hunters but think twra is pleasing most while taking care of the game

when i did mine in march they had scanner problems & my class certificate didnt get sent from the strawplains DOT site where i did it at,instead of them contacting them & saying they didnt recieve it they sent me a letter 3-4 weeks latter telling me i had 30 days to send them a copy of it .was going to have to take class again & pay the $215 for thier mistake,took 2 weeks after i took my copy down there & watched them scan/send it.the lady at the nashville office where u call knew there was a scanner issue from knoxville the first time i called .good luck

lifetime here,i dont worry about the $ like i use too.best $1620 i ever spent,had them for 5 seasons now

the nite hunting for rabbits is just to run/trane your dog.for hogs it takes a permit & they will be easy for the land owner to get.they will post every thing sone & it wont look so bad to folks.dog hunters are screaming the blues cause it will mean less $ for them to make guiding & providing dogs for the hog hunts.they will still be allowed just handled different

heres a post by the big game guy at twra that he posted on Tndeer.com,hope it pastes close enuf to make heads or tails out of it BigGameGuy TWRA Big Game Coordinator 12 Point Registered: 05-14-2004 Posts: 5529 Loc: Nashville Offline It's been way too quiet in here...I might as well give you something totalk about... The following is a summary of the major season setting recommendations as proposed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission on April 14, 2011: In an effort to keep consistent regulations for the Sportsmen and women of Tennessee and to save considerable amounts of time and money, it is the agency’s intent to not recommend changes in 2012 in the following areas: o Big Game regulations o Small Game regulations o Furbearer regulations o Manner and Means o TWRA Managed WMAs (The TWRC may recommend changing any of the above regulations at any time.) • Proclamation 11-03 Proclaims Enterprise South Park WMA o Changes the name of Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant to Enterprise South Park. • Proclamation 11-04 Statewide Big Game Hunting Seasons o Deer - Create continuous gun season running from the first Saturday before Thanksgiving to January 1st o Deer - Increase antlerless opportunities in Benton, Hamilton, Hardin, Monroe, Marion, Perry, Sevier, and Union counties. o Deer - Create a Red Deer season in a section of Claiborne county (Jan 14-22, 2012) o Wild Hog - Remove wild hogs from big game and eliminate all wild hog hunting (will be listed in new Nonprotected Wildlife proclamation) o Black bear – Add 1 bear to the Young Sportsman hunts bag limit (TWRC Recommendation) o Turkey – Move fall turkey season from December to October and increase the number of days from 12 to 14 (Oct. 15 – 28) o Turkey – no changes to spring seasons • Proclamation 11-05 Importation of Cervid Carcasses and Parts o Add Alleghany County, MD and Hardy County, WV to the list of CWD containment areas • Proclamation 11-06 Statewide Small Game Seasons o Close quail season on last day of January to protect the resource o Remove unprotected animals (placed in new Nonprotectected Wildlife proclamation) o Small game hunters should get two straight months (Jan.-Feb.) with no big game seasons • Proclamation 11-07 Statewide Furbearer Hunting and Trapping o Remove nutria (placed in new Nonprotected Wildlife proclamation) • Proclamation 11-08 Statewide Nonprotected Wildlife - New o Add House Sparrow, European Starling, Rock Pigeon, Nutria, and Wild Hog to the list of nonprotected and destructive species o Create manner and means for landowners to handle nonprotected wildlife o Includes all legal weapons, live traps with bait (outside of big game seasons), and a process to obtain exemptions which may allow the use of dogs in select areas (Overton, Fentress, Cumberland, Pickett), night-time shooting, and other methods as approved by TWRA • Proclamation 11-09 Wildlife Management Area Hunting Seasons o Wild hog hunting closed on all WMAs unless otherwise indicated o WMA quota permits will be reduced from a $20.00 refundable fee to a $10.00 non-refundable o Season adjustments on a few select WMAs  Region I – opens Dry Creek WMA (4,121 acres) to big game, small game  Region II – add hunts at Williamsport WMA  Region III – Allow hogs to be taken on S. Cherokee, Bridgestone, and Catoosa during deer hunts and increase raccoon seasons in S. Cherokee (includes Tellico/Ocoee bear reserves). Increase opportunity on Chickamauga waterfowl draw hunts.  Region IV – allow hogs on hunts in N. Cherokee, North Cumberland, Foothills, and Kyker • Proclamation 11-10 National Wildlife Refuge Hunting seasons o Adjust season dates accordingly o Remove armadillo and wild hog o Add hunts to Hatchie and Tennessee National • Proclamation 11-11 Manner and Means of Hunting, Taking, and Trapping o Create table format for approved weapons for each species o Remove gauge restrictions for turkey hunting (legalizes .410) o Change caliber restrictions for muzzleloaders from .40 to .36 for big game o Remove requirement that broadheads need to be of barbless design o Add chasing of rabbits during night-time hours to legal hunting activities • Proclamation 11-12 Taking of Raptors for the Purpose of Falconry o Add process of drawing a permit to take Peregrines according to Federal Guidelines _________________________

wild hogs are no longer considered big game,a landowner & 10 people he puts on a permit may kill them a bunch of different ways,just a heads up as the new guide isnt out yet.i have a website name where twra has posted the info if anybody wants/needs it

vontar that info is out of date,new rules landowner & up to 10 others he puts on a list,dogs ,bait & nitetime hunting can & will be allowed.these new rules were passed & should be out soon

mike chase is also a member of the TWRC board which controls our wildlife dept ,