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The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission
established its duck and goose hunting dates and limits for
the 2007-08 late waterfowl hunting season at its regular August
meeting held at the Region II Headquarters.
The statewide duck season is Nov. 24-25
for the opening session and then will run Dec. 1 thru Jan.
27. In the Reelfoot Duck Zone, the dates will be Nov. 10-11
and the same Dec. 1-Jan. 27 session.
The youth waterfowl season will be similar
to last year with only a calendar shift. For youth ages 6-15,
the Statewide Zone is Feb. 2-3 while the Reelfoot Zone will
be Feb. 9-10. The daily bag limit of ducks is six and may
include no more than four mallards (no more than two of which
may be a female), one black duck, one pintail, two canvasbacks,
two scaup, and two redheads. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources
Agency (TWRA) made the recommendation to increase the hen
mallard limit from one to two due to the increase of the mallard
population the last three years and excellent breeding conditions.
Federal frameworks for Canada goose season
were extended in two of Tennessee’s Canada goose zones and
will allow additional days of hunting. The Statewide Canada
goose zone will add two more additional days of hunting to
the first segment. The Southwest Zone will be allowed 13 more
days, increasing from 59 to 72 days. The Statewide and Southwest
zones will be the same with Oct. 1-9, Nov. 30-Jan. 31 segments.
The Northwest Zone (72 days) and the Kentucky/Barkley
Lakes Zone (59 days) will remain the same from last season
with only a slight shift in the calendar dates. The Northwest
Zone segments run from Dec. 1-Feb. 10 while the Kentucky-Barkley
Lake Zone is Oct. 1-9 and Dec. 9-Jan. 27.
The blue, snow, and Ross' geese regular
season will run Nov. 25 thru Feb. 10. During the regular snow
goose season segment, standard federal regulations apply.
Hunters cannot use unplugged guns and electronic calls.
The conservation season segment is Feb.
11-March 10. Federal Conservation Order provisions allow the
use of electronic calls and unplugged shotguns after all other
waterfowl seasons have concluded.
Daily bag limits are 20 for snow, blue,
and Ross’ geese, two white-front geese, two Canada geese,
and two brant.
The TWRC next meeting is scheduled for
Sept. 19-20 at Paris Landing State Park.
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