Tennessee Bear Sanctuaries
Wild boar hunting with dogs and bear hunting are not permitted in the following bear reserves unless a special exception is provided by proclamation.
Feral hog season is closed during bear season.
Tennessee Bear Reserve Listings
Andrew Johnson Bear Reserve
The Cherokee Wildlife Management Area and private inholdings lying southwest of Hwy. 70 east of Hwy. 107 and north of Hwys. 25-70.
Kettlefoot Bear Reserve
The Cherokee Wildlife Management Area and private inholdings lying north of Hwy. 421, east of South Holston Lake, south of the Tennessee-Virginia state line, and west of Hwy. 91.
Laurel Fork Bear Reserve
The Cherokee Wildlife Management Area and private inholdings lying south of Hwy. 321, west of Poga Road, west of the Tennessee-North Carolina state line, and north or Hwy. 19E.
Unicoi Bear Reserve
The Cherokee Wildlife Management Area lying west of U.S. Hwy. 23, and the Devils Fork Road, north of the Tennessee/North Carolina state line, east of the Horse Creek Road to Hwy. 107 and south of Hwy. 107 to Erwin.
Ocoee Bear Reserve
The Cherokee Wildlife Management Area and private inhodings bounded on the north by the Ocoee Lake and Ocoee River, on the south by the Tennessee/Georgia state line and on the east and west by the National Forest Boundary.
Tellico Bear Reserve
The Cherokee Wildlife Management Area in Monroe County that lies north of the Tellico-Robbinsville Road, east of Forest Service Road 35, south of the Forest Service Road 26 and west of the ridge running from Farr Gap through Little Fodderstack to Big Fodderstack and
following the North Carolina
state line to
the
Tellico-Robbinsville Road.
