State natural areas, state parks and other states owned land.

I think most State Parks now have hiking /biking trails and workout stations..many have horse trails now as well.

So shutting the park down too allow hunting would be a must..
Unless the Government opens season on the elderly again..🤬

But as mentioned, many have Richard Crainum rangers that aren't 2 Amendment friendly…

More than once has the State Parks stopped shooting events , some that had taken place there for years..🥴

Apparently the Head Ranger at each individual park makes the call.. Or at least that how it appears too me..🤷‍♂️
 
The company I work for does work for the state parks and natural areas. I spoke to someone about this at TDEC several years ago. The person was not opposed to having hunting in the natural areas and actually felt it was good for the control of deer and other wildlife in the areas. The issue they have is the few places they have allowed hunting they have constantly had issues with the "locals" as they called it baiting for deer, hunting animals not approved to be hunted in the natural areas, using guns in archery only, building permanent tree stands, leaving trash in the woods (could be hikers but who would leave a bunch of AA in the woods other than a hunter checking a game camera) were the examples they gave. So basically the people that feel like they are above the rules and can do whatever they want have ruined it for the rest of us. From talking to them I also got the feeling they would be perfectly fine shutting all natural areas down to hunting and all it would take is a couple of bad events or instances to happen for them to do that.
 
JN said:
The company I work for does work for the state parks and natural areas. I spoke to someone about this at TDEC several years ago. The person was not opposed to having hunting in the natural areas and actually felt it was good for the control of deer and other wildlife in the areas. The issue they have is the few places they have allowed hunting they have constantly had issues with the "locals" as they called it baiting for deer, hunting animals not approved to be hunted in the natural areas, using guns in archery only, building permanent tree stands, leaving trash in the woods (could be hikers but who would leave a bunch of AA in the woods other than a hunter checking a game camera) were the examples they gave. So basically the people that feel like they are above the rules and can do whatever they want have ruined it for the rest of us. From talking to them I also got the feeling they would be perfectly fine shutting all natural areas down to hunting and all it would take is a couple of bad events or instances to happen for them to do that.
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So basically trashing them like WMAs…
 
Some state parks currently do have some limited hunting. Fall Creek falls and Edger Evans are the 2 that come to mind.
 
JN said:
The company I work for does work for the state parks and natural areas. I spoke to someone about this at TDEC several years ago. The person was not opposed to having hunting in the natural areas and actually felt it was good for the control of deer and other wildlife in the areas. The issue they have is the few places they have allowed hunting they have constantly had issues with the "locals" as they called it baiting for deer, hunting animals not approved to be hunted in the natural areas, using guns in archery only, building permanent tree stands, leaving trash in the woods (could be hikers but who would leave a bunch of AA in the woods other than a hunter checking a game camera) were the examples they gave. So basically the people that feel like they are above the rules and can do whatever they want have ruined it for the rest of us. From talking to them I also got the feeling they would be perfectly fine shutting all natural areas down to hunting and all it would take is a couple of bad events or instances to happen for them to do that.
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Instead of controlling the public lands with their wildlife officials so the public can access these areas they spend their time trying to patrol private landowners. Sounds like a great idea, shut the public hunting down because of a few bad apples and focus on private property owners.
 
timberjack86 said:
Yeah I was probably there then. If course I was only about 13 years old then🤪
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Brings back good memories, we use to camp on Tom Andersons land. He made some fine homemade Apple brandy. Back before cornhole boards became popular we had something similar were you tossed big metal washers on to the boards. We would set those up and throw washers most of the night waiting in line to get permits.
 
So here's the reply why hunting isn't allowed in areas like Savage Gulf, piney falls etc
Good questions. For those areas designated state natural areas, rules for natural areas indicate all features are protected, so the default is no hunting. Some sites, when it meets a specific management objective, are open to hunting, but those are exceptions. Currently, the foot-traffic access to Savage and the lack of a need for hunting as a management tool is part of the reason hunting is not allowed. Same with Piney Falls.



Hopefully you can find a suitable site open to hunting with the sites TWRA manages or at the natural areas and parks where hunting is permitted.
 
timberjack86 said:
Was out driving around and passed a state natural area with no hunting signs. Why not? The state keeps going up on our License fees why not open up some of these areas to hunt. At least bow hunt some of these areas. Look at Savage Gulf, South Cumberland and piney falls state natural area.
Piney falls over 800 acres
Savage Gulf 19,000 acres!
South Cumberland 12,000 acres!
How would we lobby the state to allow hunting on these large tracks of land?
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Buy some property! tighten up the boot straps
 

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