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Lick Creek Bottoms - South Mohawk, Skinner, and Foxgate Units

2026-27 season, part of Lick Creek Bottoms.

Check before you hunt. Confirm these dates in 2026-2027 Tennessee Fishing, Hunting & Trapping Guide. Seasons, closures and area rules can change.

Ducks and geese

Nov 28 – Jan 31

Follows the statewide season (ducks, geese, and teal Nov 28–29, Dec 5 – Jan 31), Tuesdays and Saturdays only, shooting ends at noon. Quota hunt.

In the guide: “Late Waterfowl Seasons South Mohawk, Skinner, and Foxgate Units: Open only on Tuesdays and Saturdays as well as the closing day of the season. Hunting closes at noon. Waterfowl hunting will be allocated by hand-held bi-weekly drawings.”

Jan 31

Follows the statewide season (ducks, geese, and teal Jan 31), shooting ends at noon. Quota hunt.

In the guide: “Late Waterfowl Seasons South Mohawk, Skinner, and Foxgate Units: closing day of the season.”

Feb 6–7, Feb 13–14

Any legal weapon. Only for youth hunters or veterans.

The statewide youth days are Feb. 6 and 13, and veterans Feb. 7 and 14.

In the guide: “Youth Waterfowl Hunt: Closes each day at sunset. South Mohawk, Skinner, and Foxgate Units: Same as statewide dates. First come first serve at designated stakes and pools as posted.”

Area rules

Waterfowl hunting is allocated by bi-weekly drawings: every other Saturday a hand-held drawing at 1 p.m. at the Joachim Bible Refuge Maintenance Facility sets the next two weeks' Tuesday and Saturday hunters (the final drawing includes closing day). Drawn hunters may bring up to 3 guests. During the late seasons, access is restricted to hunters actively pursuing game and waterfowl permit holders; drawn hunters must have their permit while scouting/hunting. Goose season is closed on the units after the late waterfowl season, except youth/veterans during the youth waterfowl seasons; adults after those seasons.

Nearby areas

Joachim Bible Waterfowl Refuge Unit around 1 mile away

Rankin WMA around 9 miles away

Nolichucky WMA around 15 miles away

Henderson Island Refuge around 20 miles away

Buffalo Springs 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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