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Old 05-17-2013, 10:17 PM
Travis C. Travis C. is offline
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Originally Posted by tkwalker View Post
State Law ... It is illegel to kill Any Snake in the State of Tennessee (Eco System Stuff)... Now with that said ... While on this subject ... I was talking to a TWRA Wildlife Officer a few years ago about poisonous snakes in a life threating situation ... He said this was kind of a Gray area ... Bottom line ... it is just illegel ... But He hadn't heard of any one being prosecuted ...

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I believe you have some wiggle room in killing a snake if it is going to harm your livestock or in your home to where you feel threatened. Outside in the woods or at a lake you could very well end up with a fine.

Bottom line it's illegal like tk said.

Last edited by Travis C.; 05-17-2013 at 10:19 PM.
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