A Smithville area boy is among six hunters who will get the chance to take part in TWRA’s seventh elk hunt in East Tennessee this fall.
15 year old Jacob Parker, son of Billy and Sabrina Parker of Smithville, has been selected for the Tennessee Young Sportsman Hunt, which will be held October 24-25.
A total of 9,285 applied for this year’s hunt, which will be held October 19-23, and four were selected in a drawing. Their names were announced at the August meeting of the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission. They are Trevor Childs of Knoxville, Roy Bivens of Tellico Plains, Andrew Coffey of Crossville, and Forest Landers of Afton.
A fifth permit was donated to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation and auctioned off on on eBay in July. Nicholas Nelson, from Fayetteville, N.C., had the high bid of $11,101. The money will go to the TWRA Elk Program.
Each hunter is assigned a zone to hunt in the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area, and may kill only one elk.
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