The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Wildlife Management Area units 1 & 2 first come, first serve November and December deer permits will go on sale Oct. 24 at 8 a.m. (CDT).
The permits listed below are the only permits that will be available for AEDC Units 1 and 2 this year. Permits can be purchased at any TWRA license agent or through the internet at www.tnwildlife.org. 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.
A permit fee will not be charged to Annual Sportsman (Type 004) or Lifetime Sportsman (Types 402 thru 405) license holders or Senior Citizen Hunters (Type 166) with an Annual Senior Citizen Permit (Type 167). For all other license holders, the cost is $10 per permit, plus agent fee.
Customers can only obtain one permit per hunt choice. Customers can obtain one permit for each hunt choice for a total of five permits per person.
First come, first served permits are sold one at a time per transaction. Customers can purchase permits for others as long as they have all their pertinent information. The same one permit per hunt choice applies.
The privilege codes for the first come, first serve AEDC WMA permits are as follows:
345 for Lifetime and Annual Sportsman and Seniors holding a current Type 167
346 for all other license holders.
This applies to youths and adults purchasing a permit.
The dates confirmed for November and December by the Air Force:
CODE AREA DATE QUOTA
4 Unit 1 November 23-25, 2012 100
10 Unit 2 November 17-18, 2012 200
11 Unit 2 November 23-25, 2012 200
12 Unit 2 November 30-December 2, 2012 200
13 Unit 2 December 8-9, 2012 200
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.