NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — With fall just around the corner, there are plenty of things to look forward to in Tennessee, like cheering on your favorite football team, wearing flannels, checking out the fall colors and hunting down your favorite game.
Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Season Dates
little game
- Squirrel
- August 27, 2022 – March 15, 2023
- Daily bag limit: 10
- Rabbit
- November 5, 2022 – February 28, 2023
- Daily bag limit: 5
Raccoon
- Sunset
- September 16 – March 15, 2023
- Bag limit per night: 4
Wildfowl
- Complain
- October 8 – February 28, 2023
- Daily bag limit: 3
- Quail
- November 5 – February 28, 2023
- Daily bag limit: 6
migratory birds
- mourning dove
- September 1 – 28
- October 8 – 30
- December 8 – January 15, 2023
- Daily bag limit: 15
- canada goose
- September 1 – 18
- Daily bag limit: 5
- wood duck
- September 10 – 14
- Daily bag limit: 2
- bluish green
- September 10 – 18
- Daily bag limit: 6
- woodcock
- November 12 – December 4
- January 10 – January 31, 2023
- Daily bag limit: 3
- Snipe
- November 14 – February 28, 2023
- Daily bag limit: 8
Deer
- Archery
- horned deer
- August 26 – 28
- private land only
- Statewide baggage limit: 2 (additional exception for deer, read more at this link)
- Archery
- antlerless deer
- September 24 – October 28
- October 32 – November 4
- Daily baggage limit: 3 (no seasonal limit)
- muzzleloader and archery
- antlerless deer
- November 5 to 18
- Daily bag limit: 2 (with some exceptions)
- Pistol, muzzleloader and archery
- antlerless deer
- October 31 – January 13, 2023
- CWD unit
- Daily bag limit: 3
- Pistol, muzzleloader and archery
- antlerless deer
- November 19 – January 8, 2023
- The daily bag limit depends on the hunting area. Please click here for more details.
To see changes to some of the hunting regulations in Tennessee, click on this TWRA link.