Cooke Knob - Turkey

Turkey hunting at Cooke Knob covers both Tennessee seasons on 638 private, gated acres near Oakdale in Morgan County: spring gobblers from April into mid May and fall flocks from late September into early November. Whichever season you book, no other hunters are on the property during your dates.

The property is a mix of Cumberland Plateau hardwood ridges and the drainages between them. In spring, birds roost on the timbered slopes and work the ridgelines through the morning, so you can listen from high ground and slip down a drainage to close the distance. In fall, flocks roam the same ridges, giving you the chance to break one up and call the birds back in. Light pressure keeps birds on a natural routine.

A gated neighborhood entrance leads straight to the property and a gravel road that runs through it. Trucks and ATVs are allowed on that road, two designated parking spots set you up to walk in, and the northwest corner is walk-in only.

Hunts are 2 days for one party of up to two hunters, priced per hunter. Spring hunters can use shotgun, archery, or crossbow. Fall is open to archery, with shotguns allowed in the second half of October. Licenses are sold over the counter, and lodging and food are in Harriman.

Eastern wild turkeys use the Cumberland Plateau hardwoods year round. In spring, gobblers fly down off the timbered slopes and move along the ridges as the morning warms, and their gobbles carry well across the drainages. In fall, birds gather in family flocks that cover ground through the ridges and use the drainages as travel routes. A scattered fall flock will try to regroup, which sets up classic fall calling.

After your hunt, you will be sent an automated Harvest Report. To assist Infinite Outdoors in maintaining the quality of properties, and continue to put conservation at the forefront, we require that the harvest report be completely filled out and returned. Failure to fill out the harvest report within 2 weeks of the hunt taking place will result in a $25 fine. If you are unsuccessful in filling your tag, Infinite Outdoors still needs to have that information provided to them. This is how we will make changes to future year's harvest quotas and continue to be the most well managed access and conservation platform in the country.

Tennessee's spring turkey season opens in early April and runs into mid May, with shooting hours from thirty minutes before sunrise to sunset. The fall turkey season opens to archery in late September and runs through October, with an additional archery segment in early November. Shotguns are also legal during a window in the second half of October.
Season dates are set each year by the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission. Check tn.gov/twra for current dates.

No application is needed. Residents need an Annual Hunt/Fish Combination license plus the supplemental license that matches your equipment, or an Annual Sportsman license. Nonresidents need a 7-Day All Game or Annual All Game license. Hunter education is required if you were born on or after January 1, 1969.
Spring bag limit: two male turkeys, only one of which can be a jake. Hens, including bearded hens, are not legal. Fall bag limit: one male turkey, and bearded hens are not legal. In fall, you may not carry both archery equipment and a shotgun while hunting turkey.
Buy licenses at GoOutdoorsTennessee.com, in the TWRA On The Go app, or at a license agent.

No draw is required. Tennessee turkey licenses are sold over the counter to residents and nonresidents.

Your reservation fee is due at booking and is non-refundable. 100% of the outdoorsman fee is charged 14 days before your hunt.

If you cancel within 14 days of your hunt, you may be subject to full or partial charges. Infinite Outdoors will work to reschedule your hunt if possible. The reservation fee is non-refundable.

If there is a lapse in availability, please do not be discouraged to reach out to IO. All calendars are set and managed by landowners, and unavailability is set by them. However, IO is willing to reach out on your behalf, to check on available dates. Other reasons for unavailable dates include biologist recommended hunter/harvest quotas that landowners implement, as well as state season dates not being released.

You are not legally allowed to access the property, for any adventure, prior to your selected access day. If you try to access the property at all before your selected date(s), without prior approval from IO, you will be subject to trespassing and punishments therein