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“During gun season, sportsmen may also use muzzleloaders or archery equipment,” the TWRA said in a press release. “The statewide bag limit for antlered bucks is two. No more than one antlered deer may be taken per day, not to exceed two for the season.”

In TWRA’s Deer Management Unit 3, which includes Putnam County, there is an antlerless bag limit of three per day.

“The bag limit may only be exceeded as part of the Earn-A-Buck program or as a replacement buck in a (Chronic Wasting Disease)-positive county,” the TWRA said.

According to the TWRA, the two programs are incentive programs that are active in areas where CWD has been identified in West Tennessee. The Earn-A-Buck program allows hunters to take additional bucks by harvesting antlerless deer and submitting them for CWD testing. The Replacement Buck Program helps encourage CWD management by replacing bucks to encourage hunters to continue hunting, and is an added incentive for hunters to have deer tested to CWD.

The TWRA also reminded hunters that individuals born on or after Jan. 1, 1969, are required to carry proof of a completed hunter education class or have an apprentice hunter education permit, along with their other required licenses, while hunting in Tennessee.