The state of Tennessee is known for its rich outdoors heritage. For generations, outdoor enthusiasts from around the world have been enjoying Tennessee's great outdoors by hunting, fishing, and trapping. However, the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) has been making changes to the regulations governing these activities that have been leaving outdoorsmen disappointed.
Today's episode of the Back to the Lodge featured a special message from the founder of The Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame, Garry Mason. In his message, Garry expresses his opinions on the changes to TWRA regulations and their implications for hunters.
The Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame has been established to recognize those outdoor sportsmen and sportswomen who, through countless hours of hard work and devotion to the outdoors, in both hunting and fishing, have played an integral part in setting the standards and guidelines for the rest of the outdoor world to follow.
In Today's Episode
02:53 - What keeps the team busy for the next few weeks
05:59 - Why outdoorsmen were upset about the changes to the TWRA regulations
09:36 - Message from Garry Mason, CEO of the Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame
19:59 - Patrick and Will's argument about TWRA regulation changes
Favorite Quotes
10:35 - "I'm all for creating opportunities. And I think that we all try to work hard together, to try to create opportunities for more waterfowl hunters, to enjoy what we have here in Tennessee and particularly in middle Tennessee and Northwest Tennessee. But under the guise of creating more opportunities, TWRA actually created less opportunities in my opinion when they formed these blinds in the tier blinds and caused them not to be able to be hopped by other hunters." - Garry Mason
15:25 - "We, as hunters, must work together with our agency, with TWRA, and we must work together with them to help make it better for future hunters and leaving a legacy for those that are following our footsteps. But let's not take opportunities away from the existing hunters, no matter how close they live to WMA. Let's create more opportunities for those hunters and let's enhance the waterfowl hunting in the state of Tennessee." - Garry Mason
19:59 - "We're already losing a lot of folks in the outdoors. We definitely don't need chasing folks off as part of an experiment. It's worked for a long time, the way it is." - Will Easley
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