§ 70-4-101 Ownership and title to wildlife vested in the state
§ 70-4-102 Illegal taking, possession or destruction of wildlife – Penalty for violations
§ 70-4-103 Fox hunting – Training of hunting dogs – Penalty
§ 70-4-104 Catching or killing fish – Fishing regulations
§ 70-4-105 Lawful possession of wildlife by legal license holders
§ 70-4-106 Permission of owner of land to take wildlife or big game required – Penalty for violations
§ 70-4-107 Hunting and fishing seasons – Bag and creel limits – Nonprotected wildlife
§ 70-4-107 v2 Hunting and fishing seasons – Bag and creel limits – Nonprotected wildlife
§ 70-4-108 Hunting from or across public road or near dwelling – Penalty
§ 70-4-109 Hunting from aircraft, watercraft or motor vehicles unlawful – Exception for persons confined to wheelchairs – Penalty
§ 70-4-110 Spotlighting deer – Penalty
§ 70-4-111 Hunting or killing any big game during closed season – Penalty
§ 70-4-112 Hunting and chasing raccoons regulated – Training season – Violations – Penalties
§ 70-4-113 Use of bait, pitfalls and certain other devices in taking birds and animals prohibited – Penalty – Exceptions
§ 70-4-114 Destruction of dens or nests – Spotlighting – Use of spears, explosives, chemicals or other devices unlawful – Penalty
§ 70-4-115 Destruction and disposal of wildlife – Permit – Penalty
§ 70-4-116 Hunting, killing and possession of deer, bear, wild elk and wild turkey – Transporting – Tagging – Penalties
§ 70-4-117 Possession of weapons in areas inhabited by big game – Penalty
§ 70-4-118 Unlawful to hunt deer being chased by dogs or to permit dogs to hunt or chase deer – Confiscation of dogs – Penalties
§ 70-4-119 Taking of aquatic animal life other than game fish – Possession of commercial fishing gear on contaminated waters – Use of explosives, electrical devices or poisons in taking fish – Penalties
§ 70-4-120 Trapping, snaring or baiting regulations – Penalties for violations – Snare traps – Use of tamed quail to train bird dogs
§ 70-4-121 United States fish and wildlife service exempt from game laws
§ 70-4-122 Raccoon dog training
§ 70-4-123 Hunting with bow and arrow while in possession of firearms or accompanied by a person in possession of firearms – Penalty
§ 70-4-124 Wearing daylight fluorescent orange color while hunting big game required – Penalty
§ 70-4-125 Causing death to wildlife, hunting dog or domestic animal by poisonous substance prohibited
§ 70-4-126 Use of electronic or battery operated device to lure or kill a fox prohibited – Penalty
§ 70-4-127 Dove-baiting prohibited
§ 70-4-128 Posting notice of dove-baiting
§ 70-4-129 Sale of fish and wildlife by charitable organizations
§ 70-4-130 Albino deer
§ 70-4-131 Possession of fish or wildlife illegally acquired, taken or transported from state or country of origin
§ 70-4-132 Walleye and crappie in restaurants
§ 70-4-133 Wild-appearing swine
§ 70-4-134 Availability of self-defense to person charged with taking, attempting to take, or harming wild animal
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 70 > Chapter 4 > Part 1 - Hunting and Fishing

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agency: means the wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Agriculture: means :
    (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Angling: means any effort made to take, kill, injure, capture, or catch any fish and every act of assistance in any effort. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Big game: means deer, bear, wild turkey, and all species of large mammals that may be introduced or transplanted into this state for hunting. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Commission: means the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission, and "commissioner" means a member of the fish and wildlife commission. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the wildlife resources agency. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Fish: means all species of trout, salmon, walleye, northern pike, bass, crappie, bluegill, catfish, perch, sunfish, drum, carp, sucker, shad, minnow, and such other species of fish that are presently found in the state or may be introduced or transplanted into this state for consumptive or nonconsumptive use. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Fishing: means any effort made to take, kill, injure, capture, or catch any fish and every act of assistance in any effort. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Hours: means the hours of the day or night when wildlife may be taken lawfully. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Hunting: means chasing, driving, flushing, attracting, pursuing, worrying, following after or on the trail of, searching for, trapping, shooting at, stalking, or lying in wait for, any wildlife, whether or not such wildlife is then or subsequently captured, killed, taken, or wounded and every act of assistance to any other person, but "hunting" does not include stalking, attracting, searching for, or lying in wait for, wildlife by an unarmed person solely for the purpose of watching wildlife or taking pictures of wildlife. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Livestock: means all equine as well as animals that are being raised primarily for use as food or fiber for human utilization or consumption including, but not limited to, cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Motor vehicle: means any self-propelled vehicle, and any vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle, wherever operated, but does not include any vessel. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Person: means an individual, association, partnership, or corporation. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Possession: means both actual and constructive possession, and any control of the object or objects referred to. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Possession limit: means the maximum limit in number or amount of wildlife that may be lawfully in the possession of any one (1) person. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Public hunting area: means a specific land or water area, or both, not intensively managed that is established for the protection of wildlife species and public use by both consumptive and nonconsumptive users. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Public road: means the traveled portion of, and the shoulders on each side of, any road or highway maintained for public travel by a county, city, city and county, the state, or the United States government, and includes all bridges, culverts, overpasses, fills, and other structures within the limits of the right-of-way of any such road or highway. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Refuge: means a specific land or water area, or both, that is established for the protection of one (1) or more species of wildlife with no, or limited forms of, consumptive uses, and limited nonconsumptive use to the degree compatible with desired wildlife protection. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Sell: includes the offering or possessing for sale, bartering, exchanging or trading. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Transport: means to carry or convey from one place to another, and includes an offer to transport, or receipt or possession for transportation. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Trapping: means taking, killing, and capturing wildlife by the use of any trap, snare, deadfall, or other device commonly used to capture wildlife, and the shooting or killing of wildlife lawfully trapped, and includes all lesser acts such as placing, setting, or staking such traps, snares, deadfalls, and other devices, whether or not such acts result in taking of wildlife, and every attempt to take and every act of assistance to any other person in taking or attempting to take wildlife with traps, snares, deadfalls, or other devices. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Waters of the state: means any waters within the territorial limits of the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Wild bird: means all game birds, nongame birds, and raptors. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Wildlife: means wild vertebrates, mollusks, crustaceans, and fish. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • Wildlife management area: means a specific land or water area, or both, that is established for the intensive management of both habitat and wildlife species for optimum enhancement and use by both consumptive and nonconsumptive users. See Tennessee Code 70-1-101
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105