Tennessee WMAs: deer harvest, 2026-27 rules and maps
These 116 TWRA hunting areas cover 1,503,032 acres, measured on TWRA's boundaries. The most deer checked in during 2025-26 came from North Cherokee WMA (433), North Cumberland WMA (419) and AEDC WMA and Woods Reservoir Refuge (406). Statewide, 11,710 deer were checked in from WMAs and other public areas that season.
Data updated October 2026. Harvest: TWRA's Hunter's Toolbox by WMA, to 2025-26. Rules: each area's section of TWRA's 2026-27 guide.
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Which WMAs are in Tennessee?
| Area | Acres | Counties | Region | Deer, 2025-26 | Deer, 2015-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEDC WMA and Woods Reservoir Refuge | 27,379 | Coffee and Franklin | 2 | 406 | 289 |
| Alpine Mountain WMA | 1,709 | Overton | 3 | 15 | 8 |
| Bark Camp Barrens WMA | 3,446 | Coffee | 2 | 72 | 64 |
| Barkley WMA | 7,804 | Stewart | 1 | 73 | 31 |
| Bean Switch Refuge | 732 | Weakley | 1 | 13 | 10 |
| Bear Hollow Mountain WMA | 16,397 | Franklin | 2 | 103 | 96 |
| Beason Creek WMA | 460 | Hardin | 1 | 4 | |
| Beaver Dam Creek WMA | 4,055 | Hickman and Lewis | 2 | 48 | 107 |
| Beech River WMA | 274 | Henderson and Decatur | 1 | 31 | |
| Big Sandy WMA | 2,844 | Henry and Benton | 1 | 27 | 28 |
| Black Bayou Refuge | 1,374 | Lake | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Blackburn Fork WMA | 653 | Jackson | 3 | 7 | |
| Bogota WMA | 2,598 | Dyer | 1 | 33 | 27 |
| Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness WMA | 11,862 | White and Van Buren | 3 | 101 | 55 |
| Browntown WMA | 6,222 | Wayne | 2 | 44 | 32 |
| Buffalo Springs WMA | 284 | Grainger | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| C.M. Gooch WMA | 9,200 | Obion | 1 | 19 | 19 |
| Camden WMA | 3,722 | Benton | 1 | 31 | 10 |
| Catoosa WMA | 79,216 | Cumberland, Morgan and Fentress | 3 | 296 | 329 |
| Cedar Hill Swamp WMA | 298 | Robertson | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Chambers Creek WMA | 488 | Hardin | 1 | 6 | |
| Charlotte Anne Finnell Neal WMA | 565 | Bradley and Polk | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Cheatham Lake WMA | 2,152 | Cheatham and Dickson | 2 | 31 | 16 |
| Cheatham WMA | 19,770 | Cheatham | 2 | 81 | 101 |
| Chickamauga WMA | 3,296 | Bradley, Rhea, Meigs, McMinn and Hamilton | 3 | 159 | 23 |
| Chickasaw State Forest and WMA | 13,066 | Hardeman and Chester | 1 | 46 | 63 |
| Chuck Swan State Forest and WMA | 24,680 | Union and Campbell | 4 | 109 | 233 |
| Colonel Forrest V. Durand WMA | 734 | Madison | 1 | 13 | |
| Cordell Hull Refuge | 2,764 | Jackson | 3 | 43 | 17 |
| Cordell Hull WMA | 22,431 | Jackson, Smith, Clay and Putnam | 3 | 343 | 160 |
| Cove Creek WMA | 2,485 | Campbell | 4 | 37 | 17 |
| Cypress Pond Refuge | 586 | Decatur | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Eagle Creek WMA | 22,901 | Wayne | 2 | 108 | 179 |
| Eagle Lake Refuge | 3,500 | Shelby | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Edgar Evins State Park and WMA | 5,121 | DeKalb | 3 | 74 | 16 |
| Ernest Rice Sr. WMA | 2,903 | Dyer | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Fall Creek Falls State Park and WMA | 12,951 | Van Buren and Bledsoe | 3 | 32 | 51 |
| Flintville Hatchery WMA | 625 | Lincoln | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| Foothills WMA | 9,091 | Blount | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| Forks of the River WMA | 615 | Knox | 4 | 27 | 3 |
| Fort Ridge WMA | 1,579 | Haywood | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Fourth Fractional Township WMA | 468 | Polk | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Gray's Creek WMA | 288 | Hardeman | 1 | 2 | |
| Haley-Jaqueth WMA | 225 | Williamson | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Happy Hollow WMA | 1,704 | Hickman | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| Harmon Creek WMA | 935 | Benton | 1 | 20 | 8 |
| Harp WMA | 269 | Bledsoe | 3 | 2 | |
| Hart's Mill WMA | 1,774 | Carroll and Weakley | 1 | 19 | 9 |
| Haynes Bottom WMA | 973 | Montgomery | 2 | 32 | 51 |
| Headwaters WMA | 555 | Cannon | 2 | 7 | |
| Henderson Island Refuge | 243 | Jefferson | 4 | 14 | 8 |
| Hick Hill WMA | 3,006 | Lewis | 2 | 21 | 23 |
| Hickory Flats WMA | 626 | Coffee | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| Hiwassee Refuge | 8,317 | Meigs and Rhea | 3 | 115 | 81 |
| Hop-In Refuge | 652 | Obion | 1 | 1 | |
| Horns Bluff Refuge | 1,925 | Crockett and Gibson | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Jackson Swamp WMA | 203 | Overton | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jarrell Switch Refuge | 275 | Carroll | 1 | 1 | |
| John Tully WMA | 15,520 | Lauderdale | 1 | 62 | 21 |
| Keyes-Harrison WMA | 1,740 | Cumberland | 3 | 23 | 5 |
| Kyker Bottoms Refuge | 560 | Blount | 4 | 10 | |
| Kyles Ford WMA | 992 | Hancock and Hawkins | 4 | 26 | 17 |
| Laurel Hill WMA | 14,273 | Lawrence and Lewis | 2 | 111 | 101 |
| Lick Creek Bottoms WMA | 1,321 | Greene | 4 | 29 | 12 |
| Lick Creek WMA | 89 | Benton | 1 | ||
| Luper Mountain WMA | 6,132 | Cumberland | 3 | 22 | |
| Maness Swamp Refuge | 1,217 | Gibson and Weakley | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Maple Springs WMA | 123 | Coffee | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| McGlothlin-Largen WMA | 114 | Roane | 3 | 27 | |
| Meeman-Shelby Forest WMA | 8,990 | Shelby | 1 | 16 | 22 |
| Mingo Swamp WMA | 454 | Franklin | 2 | 34 | 26 |
| Moss Island WMA | 5,320 | Dyer | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| Mount Roosevelt WMA | 9,767 | Roane, Cumberland and Morgan | 3 | 115 | 22 |
| MTSU WMA | 795 | Hickman | 2 | 22 | 45 |
| Natchez Trace State Forest and WMA | 43,857 | Henderson, Carroll and Benton | 1 | 196 | 200 |
| Nolichucky WMA | 345 | Greene | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Normandy WMA | 839 | Coffee and Bedford | 2 | 35 | 8 |
| North Cherokee WMA | 338,943 | Carter, Unicoi, Cocke, Johnson, Sullivan, Greene and Washington | 4 | 433 | 236 |
| North Chickamauga Creek WMA | 3,128 | Sequatchie and Hamilton | 3 | 52 | 13 |
| North Cumberland WMA | 201,251 | Campbell, Scott, Claiborne, Anderson and Morgan | 4 | 419 | 198 |
| Obion River WMA | 9,328 | Weakley, Obion and Gibson | 1 | 100 | 66 |
| Old Hickory Lock 5 Refuge | 554 | Wilson and Trousdale | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Old Hickory WMA | 5,181 | Wilson, Trousdale and Sumner | 2 | 336 | 75 |
| Owl Hollow Mill WMA | 2,348 | Franklin | 2 | 154 | 33 |
| Paint Rock WMA | 673 | Roane | 3 | 17 | 2 |
| Parker Branch WMA | 361 | Gibson | 1 | 3 | |
| Pea Ridge WMA | 1,940 | DeKalb and Cannon | 3 | 36 | 5 |
| Percy Priest WMA | 11,846 | Rutherford, Davidson and Wilson | 2 | 383 | 243 |
| Perry Switch WMA | 207 | Madison | 1 | 6 | |
| Pickett State Forest and WMA | 17,012 | Pickett, Fentress and Scott | 3 | 36 | 2 |
| Prentice Cooper State Forest and WMA | 27,300 | Marion, Hamilton and Sequatchie | 3 | 220 | 129 |
| Presidents Island WMA | 5,620 | Shelby | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| Rankin WMA | 1,608 | Cocke and Hamblen | 4 | 24 | 12 |
| Reelfoot WMA | 10,753 | Lake and Obion | 1 | 19 | 35 |
| Shelton Ferry WMA | 790 | Montgomery | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| Skinner Mountain WMA | 17,935 | Fentress and Overton | 3 | 20 | 2 |
| South Cherokee WMA | 296,394 | Monroe, Polk and McMinn | 3 | 232 | 177 |
| South Fork Refuge | 977 | Madison | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Spring Creek WMA | 464 | Madison | 1 | 6 | |
| Standing Stone State Forest and WMA | 8,007 | Overton and Clay | 3 | 62 | 6 |
| Tellico Lake WMA | 5,700 | Monroe, Loudon and Blount | 3 | 187 | 26 |
| The Boils WMA | 268 | Jackson | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Thorny Cypress WMA | 3,288 | Dyer | 1 | 34 | 21 |
| Three Rivers WMA | 1,588 | Obion | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| Tie Camp WMA | 3,280 | Wayne | 2 | 27 | 78 |
| Tigrett WMA | 9,295 | Dyer, Gibson and Crockett | 1 | 50 | 30 |
| Tull Bottom WMA | 1,641 | Chester | 1 | 7 | |
| Tumbleweed WMA | 5,777 | Lake and Dyer | 1 | 37 | 19 |
| Watts Bar WMA | 122 | Roane and Rhea | 3 | 68 | 13 |
| West Sandy WMA | 4,679 | Henry | 1 | 11 | |
| White Lake Refuge | 1,192 | Dyer | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| White Oak WMA | 7,187 | Hardin | 1 | 60 | 46 |
| Williamsport WMA | 1,517 | Maury | 2 | 37 | 41 |
| Wolf River WMA and Ghost River State Natural Area | 11,948 | Fayette and Shelby | 1 | 92 | 69 |
| Yanahli WMA | 12,622 | Maury | 2 | 391 | 345 |
| Yuchi Refuge | 2,590 | Rhea | 3 | 134 | 68 |
Acres measured by FilledTag on TWRA hunting lands layer (HuntingAllowed). Harvest: TWRA Hunter's Toolbox, Deer Harvests by County / WMA. 8 more areas in the guide are not listed yet: they have no big game season, no mapped boundary or too few seasons of deer numbers.
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Sources: TWRA hunting lands layer (HuntingAllowed); TWRA 2026-27 Tennessee Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Guide; TWRA Hunter's Toolbox, Deer Harvests by County / WMA. FilledTag is not part of Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
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