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Archery Elk Hunt set to begin includes Smithvilles Harris
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The elk archery-only hunt will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 6 with the seven participants who were announced at the August meeting of the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission. Selected to participate in the archery-only hunt were Johnny Lankford Delaney (Chattanooga), Edgar Michael Galaway (Brighton), William C. Harris (Smithville), Jimmy E. Hilliard (Maryville), Brandon T. Metcalf (Greeneville), Matthew Douglas Meyer (Knoxville), and Larry Wayne Rosenbaum (Dickson). Similar to 2016, all hunt permits are valid on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area and can also be used on private lands (with landowner permission) within the Elk Restoration Zone in Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Morgan and Scott counties.