Proposed legalized night hunting for coyotes

[Alleycat72]

Tennessee is on a path to legalize coyote hunting at night. There is a comment period going on at the moment.  If you want to hunt coyotes at night or have problems with coyotes and want someone to take them off your land, please send the email. It's been suggested that:

Shotgun only. 

Rimfire only. 

Required IR becon on hunters.

Seasons that do not coincide with deer or turkey season. 

The game wardens are not enthusiastic about this rule change and feel like they'll be called nightly because of gunfire at night. I've hunted coyotes in several states and they don't seem to have a huge problem with this. Other concerns are misidentification of targets and hitting things beyond your target. Again, there's easy ways to avoid this at night.

I suggested 6mm and below. A requirement for suppressors would be okay with me. I have been told that suppressors will never be required however.

Everyone gets a vote even if you hate the idea. 

 

https://www.tn.gov/twra/news/2022/5/3/twra-requests-public-input-on-proposed-2023---2023-24-hunting-regulations.html#:~:text=Public comments will be considered,.huntingcomments%40tn.gov

 

[rugerla1]

Thanks for posting this, email sent. 
 

[rugerla1]

@Luke E.