Chickasaw NWR
Lauderdale County, TN
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
26.7K huntable acres
State guide · 2026–2027 season
Tennessee Wildlife Refuge Hunting
Tennessee has 10 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 7 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Tennessee NWR (49.5K ac), Chickasaw NWR (26.7K ac) and Lower Hatchie NWR (12.5K ac).
10refuges & stations
37hunt units
118Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in Tennessee
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Tennessee by the numbers
- Special regulations118,152 ac 97%
- Closed3,914 ac 3%
50.4K
26.9K
14.2K
11.4K
8.8K
8.4K
1.8K
All refuges & stations in Tennessee
Cross Creeks NWR
Stewart County, TN
!4 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐇🎣
8.2K huntable acres
Dale Hollow NFH
Clay County, TN
✕1 closed
🎣
Erwin NFH
Unicoi County, TN
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Hatchie NWR
Haywood County, TN
!5 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
11.2K huntable acres
Lake Isom NWR
Lake County, TN
!1 special✕1 closed
🦌🐇🎣
1.8K huntable acres
Lower Hatchie NWR
Lauderdale County, TN
!6 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
12.5K huntable acres
Paint Rock River NWR
Franklin County, TN
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Reelfoot NWR
Obion County, TN
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🐇🎣
10.4K huntable acres
Tennessee NWR
Henry County, TN
!5 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🕊️🐇🎣
49.5K huntable acres
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Benton County 1 refuge
- Clay County 1 refuge
- Decatur County 1 refuge
- Dyer County 1 refuge
- Franklin County 1 refuge
- Haywood County 1 refuge
- Henry County 1 refuge
- Humphreys County 1 refuge
- Lake County 1 refuge
- Lauderdale County 2 refuges
- Obion County 2 refuges
- Perry County 1 refuge
- Stewart County 1 refuge
- Tipton County 1 refuge
- Unicoi County 1 refuge
Hunting in Tennessee: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow Tennessee seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
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