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Wolf River WMA and Ghost River State Natural Area

2026-27 season.

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

Turkey

Follows the statewide seasons, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays only. Quota hunt, 25 hunters drawn.

  • Spring young sportsman: Mar 27–28
  • Spring: Apr 3 – May 16

In the guide: “Turkey: Two (2) weekly quota hunts (Tue–Wed and Fri–Sun) each week of Spring turkey season. Hunter quota 25 per hunt for Units 1 & 2 combined. One (1) male bearded turkey per hunt, counts toward statewide bag limit.”

Mar 27–28

Follows the statewide season (spring young sportsman Mar 27–28). Only for youth hunters.

In the guide: “Turkey (Young Sportsman): Same as statewide season and bag limit.”

Area rules

Does not include Wolf River State Forest (managed by TN Div. of Forestry). Ghost River State Natural Area is open same as Wolf River WMA; hunting or access from the boardwalk is prohibited. Units I and II have their own listings.

Nearby areas

Wolf River WMA - Unit I within this area

Wolf River WMA - Unit II within this area

Gray's Creek around 25 miles away

Chickasaw State Forest around 35 miles away

Fort Ridge around 50 miles away

Presidents Island WMA around 50 miles away

Colonel Forrest V. Durand around 50 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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