A weekly list of upcoming outdoors events in the Chattanooga area. To submit an event, write to sports@timesfrepress.com.
Deer firearms season: Through Jan. 6 in Tennessee, 2 antlerless per day in Unit A, 1 in Units B & D, 1 antlered per day, 2 per license year; through Jan. 13 in Georgia, season limit of 10 anterless & 2 antlered.
Remaining dove hunting seasons: Through Jan. 15 in Georgia; Dec. 8-Jan. 15 in Tennessee; half-hour before sunrise till sunset; daily limit 15 per hunter, not counting collared doves.
Soddy-Daisy chapter of Tennessee Trails Association hikes: Saturday, Cumberland Trail from Little Soddy trailhead to Big Soddy Creek bridge & back, moderately strenuous 8 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Durham Street parking lot in Soddy-Daisy; call Tom McElhone at 805-208-4654); Dec. 4, Soak Creek Trail & Stinging Fork Falls near Spring City, easy to moderate 3-4 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Durham Street lot; call Earl Helmer at 770-877-0600); Dec. 8, Snow Falls at Laurel/Snow area near Dayton, 10 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Durham Street lot; call John Politte at 423-304-8327); Dec. 11, Chickamauga Battlefield, easy 4.37 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at lower parking lot at park visitors center; call Gloria Nelson at 423-645-9008).
Cumberland Trail hiking series: Saturday, 1-4:30 p.m., mostly downhill 4-7 miles; free but advance registration required through info@outdoorchattanooga.com or 643-6888.