I live about 1 hr north of knoxville and I love the hunting here.The hunting close to knoxville isn't to good.Most people who hunt in knoxville hunt out of country,as you won't find a place to hunt in Knox county.But we have alot of private land and depending on where you go,depends on the deer hunting.TN is split up into 3 units A,L,and B.I hunt a county that boarders Unit A and has real good deer numbers and take atleast 2 deer per year on one place i hunt.There is close to 250,000 to 300,000 acres of public hunting about 1 hr up interstae 75 that is open to use during regular deer season and gets low hunting pressure.Mainly because of the Mountanous terrain.If you go to hunt a unit A county the bag limits get more liberal and when you move to a unit L county it is all you can pull the trigger for.You can take 3 does per day there.And Unit B is not as liberal.As for HunterOpel we may not be able to produce 150 inch deer consitanly but out deer herd is in alot better shape/shape than alot of the midwest states.Our buck to doe ratio is real close not sure,just have to research it.I took an 120 in 8pt last year and the year before that i took 130 in 10pt.The big deer are there,you just have to put your time in and work on manageing your property.You should check out www.tndeer.com It is a hunting forum just for TN,its a great place.If you join my name is Cecil30-30.Good luck!!