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Chickamauga WMA

2026-27 season.

Check before you hunt. Confirm these dates in the regulations. Seasons, closures and area rules can change.

Area rules

Units along Chickamauga Reservoir; each group of units has its own listing. Waterfowl hunt sites and dates are allocated by computer drawing (see page 84); a drawn hunter may bring up to seven others, no more than eight per site, and may leave decoys and a temporary blind in place for their hunt dates. Young sportsmen and military may hunt sites during the youth and military waterfowl seasons first come, first served, entering only from TWRA parking areas. No waterfowl hunters or other activities on the units from two hours after shooting hours until 4 a.m. during the duck seasons. Dog training Sept. 1–March 15, except closed during the late duck season.

Nearby areas

Chickamauga WMA - Candies Creek Upland Unit within this area

Chickamauga WMA - Candies Creek, Johnson Bottoms, Rogers Creek and Yellow Creek Units within this area

Chickamauga WMA - Cottonport, Washington Ferry, Shelton Bottoms and Other Units within this area

Chickamauga WMA - Soddy Creek and Sale Creek Units within this area

Hiwassee Refuge around 2 miles away

Yuchi Refuge around 10 miles away

Harp around 20 miles away

Charlotte Ann Finnell Neal WMA around 25 miles away

North Chickamauga Creek WMA around 25 miles away

Most WMAs are open with statewide seasons except as noted in their listing; on those, the season dates, bag limits and legal weapons of the county the WMA is in apply. WMAs marked BG, SG or WF need a Big Game, Small Game or Waterfowl WMA permit on top of the license (Sportsman and Lifetime license holders are exempt). The August archery deer hunt is closed on WMAs open with statewide seasons, except certain Unit 1 WMAs. On WMAs open with statewide seasons, quail season runs Nov. 7 to Jan. 15. Hunters may not enter more than two hours before sunrise and must be out one hour after sunset. Legal hours are 30 minutes before legal sunrise to 30 minutes after legal sunset, except turkey and migratory birds, which end at official sunset. Youths may hunt ducks and geese Feb. 6 and 13, and veterans and active military Feb. 7 and 14. A light goose conservation season runs Feb. 15 to Mar. 31 with a free permit. Unless a listing says otherwise, furbearers may be taken on any scheduled big game or small game hunt that coincides with a statewide furbearer season, with the weapons legal for that hunt (page 81).

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