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Commission restores WMA and big-game permit language after license rule withdrawn

5374400 · July 12, 2025
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Summary

The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission approved two revised proclamations that restore Wildlife Management Area (WMA)–specific permit language after the agency withdrew a broader license rule proposal following legislative pushback.

The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission on July considered and approved two revised proclamations to restore Wildlife Management Area–specific permit language after the agency withdrew a proposed license rule.

The proclamations—Proclamation 25-09 (wildlife management area, public hunting area and refuge hunting seasons, bag limits and miscellaneous regulations) and Proclamation 25-10 (statewide big game hunting seasons and bag limits)—reinserted WMA-specific permit names and clarified where additional access permits apply, agency staff said. Chief of the Wildlife Division Joe Benedict recommended passage of both proclamations and the commission approved them…

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