NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Following tradition, Tennessee’s 2024-2025 gun hunting season for deer opens Saturday, Nov. 23 and will continue through Jan. 5. Gov. Bill Lee signs executive order to protect Duck River, promote water resource management

Deer hunters are getting ready for gun season in December. Here's where youth and bow hunters have had success hunting so far this season.

Deer hunting season, which is among the most popular, began in early November for people who don't use guns and will close out in early January 2025. Along with deer hunting, one of the last seasons of the year to close out in the Volunteer State's is bear hunting which ends in mid to late December.