Deadline Nears For Spring Turkey Quota Hunts Application Period

  • Wednesday, January 5, 2022

The application period deadline is nearing for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency 2022 Spring Turkey Quota Hunts. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. (CST) on Jan. 12.

Applications can be made online at gooutdoorstennessee.com, or at a TWRA license agent, or TWRA regional office.

Hunters have up to 13 choices but will be drawn for only one. Applicants may not use the same hunt code more than once. There is a total of 13 hunts listed and five youth-only hunts. No person may apply more than once. A computer drawing will be held to determine the successful applications based on the priority drawing system.

Youth hunters (ages six-16 by the date of the hunt) may submit one application for the regular quota hunt and one application for the youth-only quota hunt.

A permit fee will not be charged to Annual Sportsman (Type 004), Lifetime Sportsman (Types 402-405) license holders or seniors with an Annual Senior Sportsman License (Type 167). For all other license holders, the cost is $12 per permit plus any additional fees. 

The 2022 statewide spring turkey season is April 2-May 15. The statewide Young Sportsman Hunt is March 26-27. For the counties in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) Unit consisting of Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Shelby and Tipton counties, and Giles, Lawrence, Lincoln and Wayne counties in southern Middle Tennessee is April 16-May 15. The Young Sportsman Hunt in those areas is April 9-10.  

Hunt Code                  Area                                          Date                            Quota
01                                Chuck Swan State Forest        Mar. 24-26                  150
02                                Chuck Swan State Forest        Mar. 31-Apr. 2            150
03                                Chuck Swan State Forest        Apr. 7-9                       150
04                                Chuck Swan State Forest        Apr. 14-16                   150
05                                Chuck Swan State Forest        Apr. 21-23                   150
06                                Happy Hollow                          Apr. 2-5                        50
07                                Happy Hollow                          Apr. 16-19                    50
08                                Oak Ridge                               Apr. 9-10                      225
09                                Oak Ridge                               Apr. 23-24                    225
10                                Yuchi Refuge                           Mar. 18-20                  10
11                                Yuchi Refuge                           Apr. 1-3                       10
12                                Yuchi Refuge                           Apr. 8-10                     10
13                                Yuchi Refuge                           Apr. 29-May 1             10
 
                                                Youth-Only Hunts
Area                                                    Date                            Quota
Tellico West                                        Mar. 26-27                  5
Tellico West                                        Apr. 23-24                   5
Tellico (McGhee Carson Unit)            Mar. 26-27                  5
Tellico (McGhee Carson Unit)            Apr. 23-24                   5
Yuchi Refuge                                      Mar. 12-13                  15                                            


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