From The Chattanoogan:

History has been made in Tennessee's rich conservation legacy. After a nine-year effort to restore huntable populations of wild elk to the Volunteer State, three hunters successfully harvested the first animals Monday morning on the Upper Cumberland Wildlife Management Area 50 miles north of Knoxville. The last documented elk taken in Tennessee was in 1865. . .

Chuck Flynn from Blount County was the hunter who actually scored first, although all three elk taken Monday were on the ground within the first hour of daylight. Late Monday afternoon, Jeff Moses from Cleveland, Tenn. was successful in taking the day's 4th bull elk.

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from horseman308 wrote 4 weeks 2 days ago

I could not be prouder to be from Tennessee. That's simply wonderful!

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from buckhunter wrote 4 weeks 2 days ago

The successful reintroduction of game animals all over the country is not just a feather in the cap of conservation groups but hunters everywhere.

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from sgaredneck wrote 4 weeks 2 days ago

I was lucky enough to see some while we were on a run up there a couple of years ago. That was quite a sight for a simple so-in-so from South GA. That's a truly great conservation/wildlife story.

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from CoachC wrote 4 weeks 1 day ago

That is awesome! I am proud to be from TN, and I hope to get the opportunity to hunt elk in my home state some day. I love chasing elk in CO, but it would be fun in TN also.

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from horseman308 wrote 4 weeks 2 days ago

I could not be prouder to be from Tennessee. That's simply wonderful!

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from buckhunter wrote 4 weeks 2 days ago

The successful reintroduction of game animals all over the country is not just a feather in the cap of conservation groups but hunters everywhere.

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from sgaredneck wrote 4 weeks 2 days ago

I was lucky enough to see some while we were on a run up there a couple of years ago. That was quite a sight for a simple so-in-so from South GA. That's a truly great conservation/wildlife story.

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from CoachC wrote 4 weeks 1 day ago

That is awesome! I am proud to be from TN, and I hope to get the opportunity to hunt elk in my home state some day. I love chasing elk in CO, but it would be fun in TN also.

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