Effective November 18, 2009, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency changed their guidelines for distance learning. Students are now required to spend a minimum amount of time on each course page before proceeding to the certification exam.

Click here to go to the latest version of the Today's Hunter in Tennessee online course—the official hunter education course of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

The following course material is for reference only. Please go to the new course to complete your Tennessee certification.

The Hunter's Role in Wildlife Conservation

Since wildlife is a renewable resource with a surplus, hunters help control wildlife populations at a healthy balance for the habitat. Regulated hunting has never caused a wildlife population to become threatened or endangered.

Hunting is an effective wildlife management tool. Hunters play an important role by providing the information from the field that wildlife managers need.

Hunter instructing two other hunters in proper use of a firearm

Funding from hunting licenses has helped many game and non-game species recover from dwindling populations.

Hunters and Wildlife Conservation

Hunters spend more time, money, and effort on wildlife conservation than any other group in society. In addition to participating in the harvest of surplus animals, hunters help sustain game populations by:

Filling out questionnaires
Participating in surveys
Stopping at hunter check stations
Providing samples from harvested animals
Helping fund wildlife management through license fees