Tennessee Outdoors News
  • Home
  • Hunting Season Info
  • About Your Reporter:

tENNESSEE oUTDOORS NEWS

Hunting, fishing, & enjoying the great outdoors in tennessee

Now Showing: Tennessee Elk

9/15/2016

 
Picture
​ 
Autumn is the best time to view Tennessee elk. The rut is underway, which means mating activity, lots of animal movement and the haunting bugle of the bull elk day and night. The free-range Tennessee elk are on the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area about 40 miles north of Knoxville. There are two good viewing places in the Royal Blue and the Sundquist units of North Cumberland.
 
Perhaps the best place to go is the elk-viewing pavilion at Hatfield Knob on Peabody Mountain in Campbell County. More than a dozen elk are frequenting the area mostly in the mornings and evenings. Directions: I-75 north to Caryville, then take U.S. 25W to LaFollette and about 6.5 miles past. Immediately after topping the mountain turn left at the sign onto a gravel road and go about 4.5 miles to the parking area. The pavilion is about a one-third mile walk.
 
The original elk release site is at Montgomery Junction on Massengill Mountain, near the community of Norma in Scott County. To get there take I-75 north to exit 141 (Oneida/Huntsville); go west on Hwy 63 for 11.5 miles and then left on Norma Road, going about five miles to a left turn onto Montgomery Creek Road. About a mile further is the release site, a good place to begin slowly driving and listening and glassing [Note: A few elk hunters will be hunting here on Oct. 3-7 (archery) and on Oct. 17-21 (rifle) and one youth hunter the following weekend].
 
Elk can be seen anytime but viewing is best in the mornings and evenings. Recommended equipment includes binoculars, cameras and insect repellant. For those going off-road, watch for poisonous snakes since they are quite active right now.
 
The main elk herd in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is in the Cataloochee area on the North Carolina side. For the best viewing opportunities in the Park go to www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/elk.   

Comments are closed.

    Archives

    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016

    Categories

    All
    Boat
    Fishing
    Hunting
    Legislation
    Outdoors
    Shooting

    RSS Feed

Copyright © 2016 - 2019
  • Home
  • Hunting Season Info
  • About Your Reporter: