Historic Elk Hunt a Success
Three hunters kill on first morningChuck Flynn from Blount County, Tenn. took the first elk in Tennessee since the last documented kill in 1865. TWRA has worked for ten years restoring a huntable population of elk to the Upper Cumberland Wildlife Management Area north of Knoxville.
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.
Moses says he has had several sleepless nights, anticipating this historic hunt. Knowing what an honor it would be to take one of the first Tennessee elk in modern history, Jeff wondered the night before the hunt if he would take the first bull elk he sees, or with five days to hunt, will he hold out for a brute.
"I'd really like to wait for a better one," he said. "But I'm not going to make no promises because when it's right there in front of you it's hard to say what you'll do. A good 6x6 will be hard to pass up."
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