Tennessee’s Free Hunting Day Set for August 24

August 20, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Tennessee residents are allowed to hunt without a license on Saturday, Aug. 24 which coincides with the opening day of squirrel season as well as being during the August private lands, archery only deer season.

Free Hunting Day is an event the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency annually provides in hopes of increasing interest in hunting. Squirrel hunting is one of Tennessee’s oldest and favorite traditions. The day serves as an excellent opportunity for people to experience the enjoyment of the sport.

The TWRA encourages regular hunters to introduce friends and family members (young and old) to the outdoor sport. It is also an excellent opportunity for people who have not been hunting in a while to be reintroduced to the sport.

On Free Hunting Day, state resident hunters are exempt from hunting licenses and WMA permit requirements. Many of the WMAs are open to hunters seeking public access on Aug. 24. Hunters are asked to check the information for particular WMAs in the 2019-20 Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Guide. Sportsmen are reminded to ask for permission to hunt on private lands.

The TWRA offers a reminder that hunter education requirements are not waived for Free Hunting Day. Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1969 is required to have successfully completed a hunter education course. There is an exemption for hunter ed in the form of the apprentice license available for purchase.

Hunters are allowed to harvest up to 10 squirrels a day from the opening day of squirrel season through Feb. 29, 2020 with each hunting day beginning a half-hour before sunrise and ending a half-hour after sunset.

In addition to squirrels, those species that have a year-round season will be open as well. The year-round species include armadillos, beavers, coyotes, groundhogs, and striped skunks.

For more information about hunting in Tennessee, visit TWRA’s website at www.tnwildlife.org or contact your nearest TWRA regional office.

August 19, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Fighting Tiger band is fine tuning this week for its first public performance of the season Friday night during halftime of the DeKalb/Warren County Football game in McMinnville.

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The band, under the direction of Tracy Luna, is scheduled to perform at each football game this fall. Their first competition will be the second week of September.

August 19, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb Middle School has a new portable automated external defibrillator (AED) thanks to the DeKalb Junior Pro Basketball Program

Matt Quarles, President of the League, made the presentation Monday morning to DMS Principal Lacy Foutch, Assistant Principal Anita Puckett, and School Nurse Joanie Williams.

The defibrillator will be placed at the old DMS gym which is where the DeKalb Junior Pro teams practice but the AED can be used elsewhere in the school if the need should arise.

DeKalb County Schools were designated as Heart Safe Schools in the spring of 2019 through a collaboration with Vanderbilt University and Middle Tennessee Project ADAM.  This included AED placement and staff education about the response to sudden cardiac arrest. In an ongoing process,  staff training is conducted for CPR Certification, student education about emergency response, and drills for preparedness in case of a cardiac event on school grounds.

“This is a way we try to give back. We used part of our funds from games, sponsorships, and people paying to play to purchase this defibrillator for the school. Last year we donated funds to resurface the gym floor at Northside Elementary School where we play our regular season games,” said Quarles.

“We are going to put it in the old gym at DeKalb Middle School so if someone were to fall ill it will be there for us to use and they (school) can use it for any kind of emergencies they have. They let us use the gym so we’re just trying to give back a little bit,” said Quarles.

The DMS administration and teachers say they are grateful for this donation by the DeKalb Junior Program Basketball Program.

An automated external defibrillator, or AED is an automated, computerized medical device that is capable of checking a person’s heart rhythm and, when necessary, providing an appropriate electrical shock that may “reset” the heart to an acceptable, normal rhythm.

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