Tennessee · MigratoryAmerican woodcock

TWRA's own species page describes American woodcock as an uncommon statewide permanent resident, but draws a real breeding-range distinction within that statewide presence: as a breeding bird it is more common in the eastern two-thirds of the state, implying the western third carries a comparatively thin nesting population even though migrants and wintering birds range statewide. TWRA runs no TN-specific woodcock zone map or harvest-density survey (the state instead contributes routes to the federal Singing-Ground Survey), so this eastern-two-thirds framing is the only agency-stated sub-state signal available. Secondary hunting-press sourcing (Project Upland, Dive Bomb Industries) converges on the same eastern lean, repeatedly naming South Cherokee National Forest (moist bottomland/young-forest cover in the southern Cherokee NF districts) as a standout destination, alongside Land Between the Lakes (far western TN, an exception to the general eastern pattern) and Catoosa WMA (Cumberland Plateau).