I am thinking about taking Luke to TN and doing a DIY turkey hunt on public land. It will fit with his Spring break and the TN turkey season. It looks like we could get 4 birds each and the license is not too bad: $25 for him and $175 for me.

Any of you guys turkey hunt TN? Any help would be appreciated.

Hoosier Navy could probably be some help. There is a massive expanse of public ground called Chuck Swan in East Tennessee. It is located right between the Clinch and Powell arms of Norris. We took a ride through there last April during turkey season, while we were fishing. Seen lots of birds, and very few hunters. I could get you some good local knowledge for that area. On next springs fishing trip down there, there WILL be a scattergun in the boat!!!! A lot of that area is accessible by boat, and away from the crowds. I can also hook you up with some of the best striper guides in the country if you wanted to take a break from the birds!

Middle Tn, East of Nashville has a lot of public ground also. Several management units around Old hickory Lake. Navy is more familier with that area.

Thanks. Any help would be great. I went to college down there in Knoxville and attended Johnson University. I have fished the Clinch many many times when I should have been studying. Never hunted it though.

The boat thing interests me. Looking for a camp/hunt/fish DIY type of thing and cheap.

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Bean I would look around middle Tenn my
Dad and I have been going for about 10 years now its a good time so if you have any questions let me know but navy can help u more I would guess. mid Tenn is full of turkey.

anybody hunt the land between the lakes in KY or TN?

Thanks - going to follow HoosierNavy's advice and look at going to Percy Priest and see what we can find. For those guys that hunt there the regs say we have a 4 bird limit on the license - 1 bird daily. Is that correct? That license covers everything needed? Of course we will get a fishing license as well.

Looks like we have 4 in our group, with 1 being Luke who wants to pack already....

If anyone else wants to tag along let me know. 1st week of April 1-4 is our target date.

Yes, you can kill 4 bearded birds during the season, one bearded bird a day.

Bean I will probably be down there not to far from you staying in gordonsville

I will be hunting closer to you this year, Nick, in Macon and Trousdale Counties. Will keep you updated what I hear when they start up.

Ok sounds good it will be here before we know it. And maybe we can meet up for dinner one night or something