2021-2022 Reg/Dates

Tio Hey Seuss

Senior Member
So help me out here, Primitive Weapons starts on Saturday OCT 9th and Firearms starts on Saturday OCT 16th, correct? I was thinking a week later for both and had planned vacation around it, looks like I may need to move some vacation days forward.
Yup. There's an early rifle hunt on Cohutta Oct 7- 10 if you can't move your days around maybe that helps.
 

livinoutdoors

Goatherding Non-socialist Bohemian Luddite
Looks like they changed turkey season a bit, and also change the deer regs to 4 point on one side OR 15 inch outside spread? So you could shoot a big 6 point as your "managed rack" deer now i guess.
 

Joe Brandon

Senior Member
Haha I hope I run into you under better circumstances this year bro! I am gonna hunt that early rifle hunt this year. I skipped last year trying to learn a new area a bit better.
Awesome man lets at least meet up at huddle house one evening during that hunt. I hope your doing well! Im forever grateful.
 

KentuckyHeadhunter

Senior Member
So CNF bear is extended a month?
I was scouting this weekend on CNF and found a blowdown tree that had a makeshift den under the root ball. I was able to crawl on top and look down inside and there was a momma coyote laying down with 4 pups suckling on her. I didn't disturb them and no I didn't shoot them either. Their lucky day. I was more worried about my jeep getting stuck. Huge mud holes and I was alone and without signal. Had to drive half a mile in reverse on a steep mountain road to finally get turned around. No bear sign but lots of acorns and blackberries.
 

chrislibby88

Senior Member
So CNF bear is extended a month?
I was scouting this weekend on CNF and found a blowdown tree that had a makeshift den under the root ball. I was able to crawl on top and look down inside and there was a momma coyote laying down with 4 pups suckling on her. I didn't disturb them and no I didn't shoot them either. Their lucky day. I was more worried about my jeep getting stuck. Huge mud holes and I was alone and without signal. Had to drive half a mile in reverse on a steep mountain road to finally get turned around. No bear sign but lots of acorns and blackberries.
Blackberries won’t matter come season. Huckleberries will, and they are loaded at 4000ft on the rocky meadows. They got much thinner lower down.
 

EyesUp83

Senior Member
So it looks like the Cohutta bear hunts are lumped in the the deer (buck only) hunts.
How soon can we validate thse are the dates/ regs that will be formally adopted and printed?
 

chrislibby88

Senior Member
So it looks like the Cohutta bear hunts are lumped in the the deer (buck only) hunts.
How soon can we validate thse are the dates/ regs that will be formally adopted and printed?
They always did that. I think Chestatee, Chatahoochee, and maybe Blueridge were the only WMAs that did bear-only rifle hunts in the early season.
 
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