The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is supporting an organization that holds fly-fishing opportunities for women affected by breast cancer by selling caps and patches for Casting for Recovery.
The caps and patches can be ordered online at tnwildlife.org.
All proceeds will go to Casting for Recovery. Information about the fly-fishing program and other support services for women is available on the Casting for Recovery website.
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BOW workshop: The TWRA’s Becoming an Outdoors Woman program will hold a muzzleloader hunting workshop Nov. 13-15 in Humphreys County.
It is open to women 18 and older, offering instruction on muzzleloader shooting and deer hunting. Two deer hunts will be included.
The registration deadline is Nov. 2. For details, visit tnwildlife.org or contact BOW director Don Hosse at don.hosse@tn.gov.
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Old Hickory Lake death: A Hendersonville man died in a boating accident on Old Hickory Lake recently, adding to the toll of perhaps the deadliest year on record.
The TWRA said the man was driving a jet-driven boat when it apparently crashed. The agency, which assisted in the recovery effort, said the cause of the crash was under investigation.
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Online hunter education: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing closure of most classroom hunter education courses, the TWRA offered a new option. The classes can be taken online, and students also can forego the previously required four-hour field day.
For enrollment details, visit hunter-ed.com/Tennessee.
Completing the course is mandatory for anyone born after Jan. 1, 1969 to get a hunting license.
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Deer tag reminder: Deer and turkey hunters are reminded of the TWRA’s new tag before you drag rule. Before deer and turkeys are taken from the field, they must be checked in on a mobile app or have a paper kill tag attached.
After removal, the kills must still be registered with the TWRA. Details are available in the 2020-21 Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Guide, available at most area outdoors outlets and at tnwildlife.org.
Paper tags can be printed at gooutdoorstennessee.com.
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Local CWD testing: Area hunters are asked to drop off harvested deer heads at a locker at Cedars of Lebanon State Park to be tested for chronic wasting disease.
Hunters can drop them off during regular park hours. If that’s not possible, they can be dropped off the following day. They will be collected by a biologist and shipped off for testing. So far, no cases of the deadly deer disease were found in Middle Tennessee.
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