Every farm is different, but almost every farming family faces similar challenges when working together. This year’s Pick TN Conference features an agenda geared to technology, management and regulatory issues, as well as those challenges for families who farm with and for each other... more

Noodling, for the uneducated in such matters, is the art of using your hands to catch these big catfish. Yes, your hands are the primary tool for this style fishing. This method for fishing is practiced, for the most part in the southern states. In my research, I found out that it’s so effective that many states have made it illegal based on both angler safety and fish population concerns. It appears to only be legal in 13 states currently... more

NEW MARKET, Tenn. (AP) — A New Market man who shot and killed a large deer in Jefferson County has been ordered to pay a nearly $10,000 fine. Media outlets report that Tuesday, 63-year-old Clarence Robertson was assessed a $9,250 fine under new legislation, as well as a $50 fine and $269 in court costs. His hunting privileges were suspended until he pays the restitution... more

Troy Basso Tribune contributor The beauty of being a fisherman lies in sniffing out rumors of either big fish or big catches of fish. The latest rumor was of big catches of tilapia in Old Hickory Lake. As with all angling rumors it had to be investigated thoroughly. I mean a new fish that, that even though is invasive, is palatable! So we picked a nice day with only 20 knot winds and away we went... more

By Jay Langston Editor Over the past couple of years, the popularity of predator hunting has skyrocketed. In fact, manufacturers of game calls now say that orders for predator calls has risen to the level of turkey calls, which means that predator hunting as a sport has a lot of recent new fans. Since there are so many new predator hunting converts across the South, some sage advice from some old pros can help you raise your success rates when hunting some of the more popular varmint species... more

CROSSVILLE, Tenn. - A new state record yellow perch is being verified by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). The fish measured 15 and a half inches in length and weighed 2 pounds, 3 ounces. Mr. Trent McCoy caught the fish in Lake Dartmore just north of Crossville on Monday, January 16. The previous record, a 2 pound, 2 ounce -yellow perch was set by Jackie Kersey at Parksville Lake, Polk County in March of 2010... more

Normandy TN: The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has completed a new fishing pier on Normandy Lake. It is the first of its kind on the lake and will offer an excellent bank fishing opportunity. The pier is located in the Barton Springs Recreation area. Construction began in the fall of 2016 and was recently completed with the addition of a variety of structures that will attract fish once the lake reaches summer pool levels... more

NASHVILLE --- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is announcing that the 2015 Spring Turkey Quota Hunt application results are now available. The results can be found on the TWRA's website at www.tnwildlife.org. more

NASHVILLE --- Close to 165,000 deer were harvested in Tennessee during the recently completed 2014-15 seasons according to data gathered by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. The statewide gun season concluded Jan. 4 and the youth hunt followed on Jan. 10-11. The harvest numbers range from the start of archery season on Sept. 27, 2014 through the final youth hunt. more

EDGEFIELD, S.C. -- For conveying the social and conservation importance of hunting to a broad audience Brenda Valentine, The First Lady of Hunting, earned the National Wild Turkey Federation's (NWTF) Communicator of the Year Award. Valentine continually encourages women to try hunting and shooting sports, writes the Hen Tracks column in the NWTF's Turkey Country magazine and is an NWTF spokesperson. more

Amber Arlene Farmer and her uncle, Danny Farmer, are pictured with the turkeys they took earlier this spring. Uncle Danny was the one who took Amber turkey hunting for the first time this year. Amber's proud parents are Ronda and Doug Farmer. "She is a girly girl, but also loves to fish and hunt!" said Ronda Farmer. more

TWRA Trout Truck heading to Marshall and Franklin County waters for first time From the TSWA The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will send a hatchery truck to two bodies of water in southern Middle Tennessee never stocked before with winter trout. According to TWRA Fish Biologist Jim Pipas, the first truck from Flintville Hatchery will deliver 350 rainbow trout to Big Rock Creek in Marshall County on Tuesday January, 22 at approximately 9 a.m. Stocked Trout Water Designations Trout Stream or Lake more

Sweeney bags early birthday present On opening day of the 2012 juvenile weekend, Culleoka native Hope Sweeney shot her first buck. After missing a big buck and hitting her nose with the scope, Sweeney did not give up hope, deciding to tough it out and hunt a little longer. ... more

On July 22, Alexis King of Cornersville won the first place blue ribbon in the Youth English Equitation 17 years and under Canter class at the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association (TWBEA) World Versatility Show in Murfreesboro. Under the direction of certified riding instructor Barbara Civils of Belfast, King is preparing for the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville in August. King is the daughter of Steven and Kimberly King of Cornersville and is the granddaughter of Bobby and Mae Bills of Cornersville and Jerry and Donna King of Lewisburg. King will be a sophomore at Cornersville High School this year. more

Tate Garvin of Chapel Hill killed his first deer on the afternoon of October 29, the opening day of juvenile hunt in Tennessee. Garvin's bagged buck had a nice eight-point rack, as wide as the young hunter himself with an 18" spread, and Garvin's prize came in field dressed at 125 lbs... more

Seven-year-old Hunter Bennett earned his first name on the morning of Friday October 14 when the youngster harvested his first deer with a crossbow from 35 yards out in Chapel Hill. The eight point buck was field-dressed at 158 lbs. Hunter was excited to know that his first deer was bigger than anything his dad (Philip Bennett) has ever killed, or many other hunters have ever killed. What a trophy for the young hunter's first kill! more