
Contacts
For details on Sequoyah NWR visit our partners with the USFWS:
Unless otherwise provided, hunting is permitted on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday only and in designated areas only. Contact the refuge for special restrictions.
All shotgun hunting is restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot.
A free permit is required for all hunting. The permit must be signed and carried at all times while hunting. Permits may be obtained from various entrance points to the refuge, refuge headquarters or the Sequoyah NWR website, www.fws.gov/refuge/sequoyah.
Area closed to all activities for controlled deer hunts:
Oct. 17-19, 2025
Oct. 29-31, 2025
Nov. 10-14, 2025
Nov. 19-21, 2025
Dec. 3-5, 2025
Closed Seasons
Same As Statewide Seasons
Seasons w/ Special Restrictions
- Dove
Mourning Dove only.
- Squirrel
Open Sept. 1 - Jan. 31.
- Rabbit
Closes Jan. 31.
- Waterfowl
Contact the refuge for special restrictions.
The refuge tour road is closed past Tuff Causeway during controlled deer hunts.
Air-driven watercraft are confined to the marked navigation channel from Sept. 1 - March 31.