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TWRA HUNT DATES

Hunt Dates:

2011 Canada Goose Hunts (Freels and Solway Bends only - all hunts end at noon)
September 3, 5 and 10 (can also take wood duck and teal on Sept 10)
October 8

All Canada Goose hunts will run from one half hour before sunrise until noon. Hunting will be allowed on Solway and Freels Bends only from the shoreline to Solway Bend Farm Road and from the shoreline to Freels Bend Farm Road. Hunting will be boat access only, and from temporary blinds only.

2011 Deer Hunts
Hunt Scouting Day - October 15
Hunt Weekend - October 22-23
Hunt Scouting Day - November 5
Hunt Weekend - November 12-13
Hunt Scouting Day - December 3 Hunt Weekend - December 10-11

2012 Turkey Hunts (scouting and all hunts end at noon)
Hunt Scouting Day - April 7
Hunt Weekend - April 14-15
Hunt Weekend - April 21-22

The North Boundary Greenway, Gallaher Bend Greenway and Black Oak Ridge Conservation Easement (BORCE) Greenways (east and west) will be open for use after 4 p.m. on the scout days and will be closed on hunting days. Haw Ridge Park will be closed for hunt dates only.

If you have any questions, please contact Neil R. Giffen, Wildlife Management Coordinator Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory at (865) 241-9421 or contact TWRA wildlife managers Jim Evans (719-1027) and Sam Young (310-7829). Assistance can also be received by calling the check station on hunt days at (865) 576-2380.

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