Tennessee’s mink records are sparse but genuine, anchored by five sightings at Radnor Lake State Natural Area and two apiece at Reelfoot Lake State Park and Cherokee National Forest. All three sit on water, which fits a species that hunts along streambanks and lakeshores rather than open woods.
The monthly record is too thin to show a real seasonal pattern; most months carry zero documented sightings, with a small cluster of two in October and single reports in March and November. That’s a thin dataset, not a sign the mink disappears from the state most of the year. It’s simply a hard species to document here.
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