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Long-hunter (flintlock) special-season proposal draws commission discussion; no policy change yet
Summary
A public commenter urged the commission to create a special flintlock (long-hunter) season without mandatory orange for reenactors and nonresidents; commissioners debated management, legal and capacity implications and recommended the petitioner engage with staff and the season-setting process beginning in January.
A public commenter urged the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission to create a special flintlock (long-hunter) season to honor historic hunting traditions and to attract tourism; commissioners discussed potential harvest, regulatory and capacity implications but took no formal action.
The commenter, identified as Mr. Walker of the Flintlock Group, proposed a special season (examples discussed ranged in concept to a multi-day January period) that he said would generate…
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