Snake killing law

[Hunting101]

I think HOTSHOT is right.
70-4-102 says it is illegal to kill (among other things) any animal in the state except as set forth by Title 70 of the T.C.A. There is no hunting season for sakes listed.

I think it may fall under this one.

[Punisher84]

So in all honesty if a snake is in your garage, you chop it's head off with the shovel, and bury it in the backyard what are the chances that you are going to undergo a criminal investigation?

I mean is the snake's wife going to call and say "My husband never came home last night." Then PD is going to canvas the neighborhood, until someone reports a snake's body found in abandoned lot, then a mismatched, but yet perfect for each other detective team shows up to drag wjh down to the station until he cracks and admits the murder? Then they take him into cuffs as Jeff Buckley sings "Hallelujah" in the background?

[jughead]

S. S. S.

[Ghostrider]

I have yet to see a snake in this country large enough to make me think GUN! first.

I think HOE first. I'd daresay the common garden hoe has laid waste to more snakes than any other single implement.

I'm a lot more tolerant of snakes than I am spiders. They die - period.

[Spiffy]

What about all those vehicular homicides every year?

[crotalus01]

Best advice is to leave them alone. Most people who get bitten by venomous snakes get that way by trying to kill said snake. Also, the only venomous snakes in TN that are really a danger to human life are rattlers. Moccasin bites will send you to the hospital but wont kill you, and copperhead bites might warrant a visit to a minor emergency clinic (if that much).

[marine77]

SNAKES OF TENNESSEE

In Tennessee it is illegal to harm, kill, remove from the wild, or possess native snakes taken from the
wild without the proper permits. Please help the TWRA protect our native snakes.

the only legal way is if your life is in emanate danger or live stock is in emanate danger or in you home, other wise you can be fined arrested, and lose your guns, according to twra. the advice i revived in this matter is just leave them be, if it is a nuisance call twra or animal control. they will capture and relocate them, but you still have the right to defend your self but be ready to prove it if caught.

lol....yeah, right.

[razorback2003]

I used to enjoy going to ponds and creeks to shoot snakes with friends. We would use shotguns, rifles, and handguns. A shotgun loaded with birdshot is a great snake killing gun. Smaller snakes just get blown apart. Like a lot of things in life, I just take care of business and go on and not worry about the technicalities...especially over a poisonous snake.

[Motasyco]

My friend, Ernie, says to just shoot it outside and then drag it's body inside.

[OhShoot]

My friend, Ernie, says to just shoot it outside and then drag it's body inside.

LOL !

- OS