The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency are looking for fields to lease where landowners could earn up to $4,000.

 

According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency they are seeking fields to lease for the upcoming 2022 dove season that begins on Thursday, September 1st.

TWRA has stated that landowners can earn up to $4,000 for providing a dove field for public hunting where the fields must be available for a minimum of three priority hunt dates in September.

In Tennessee its estimated that around 19,500 hunters harvest approximately 324,000 mourning doves each year.

The hunting access rate paid may be up to $75 per acre for a maximum of 40 acres, and Fields that are top sown with wheat are eligible for an additional $25 per acre.

Anyone interested can visit the TWRA's website for more information as well as watch a video giving tips on how best to grow and support a field attractive to doves.