SB2787 - Tennessee: Game And Fish Laws

Companion Bill HB3080. Game and Fish Laws - Prohibits the taking of deer, bear, wild elk, or wild boar with any shotgun using ammunition loaded with more than one solid ball or rifled slug, or with any rifle using rim-fire cartridges; removes buckshot exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *SB2787 / HB3080 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB2787 / HB3080 Present law authorizes the hunting of deer with double ought (.00) buckshot in Sequatchie County. In addition, it is lawful to use buckshot numbers 1-0 and 00 in all open deer hunts held in Van Buren County. This bill prohibits hunting deer, bear, elk, wild elk, or wild boar with any shotgun using ammunition loaded with more than one solid ball or rifled slug or with any rifle using rim-fire cartridges. ON MARCH 10, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND [...]

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