Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1660-01-14-.14 - HUNTING AND MISCELLANEOUS USES OF PUBLIC HUNTING AREAS
(1) Permits (on public hunting areas where
required, as per agreement)
(a) Before any
person may hunt on a public Hunting Area he must possess a valid and
appropriate hunt permit purchased from a Public Hunting Area permit agent. This
permit must be available for inspection while on the area.
(b) A public hunting area permit is subject
to cancellation if the permittee violates any of the rules and regulations of
the area.
(2) Safety
Rules
(a) No hunt participant shall be in
possession of any alcoholic beverage, narcotic drug barbiturate, or marijuana
while hunting within the Public Hunting Area. No person may be under the
influence of these substances while hunting on a Public Hunting Area.
(b) Hunting is specifically prohibited inside
safety zones on all public hunting areas.
(3) Miscellaneous
(a) All motorized vehicles must be muffler
equipped to suppress noise and be spark arrestor equipped to prevent fires.
Operation of motorized vehicles is confined to roads not designated as closed
and driving off road into woods fields, strip mines, foot trails and utility
rights-of-way is prohibited. Enduros, rallies, and/or motocross competition is
prohibited on all agency-owned wildlife management areas.
(b) Vehicles shall not be parked in any
manner which will block or deny access to any road or trail.
(c) The use of wire, nails or other metal
materials is prohibited in the building or attaching of climbing devices or
hunting stands on or in trees. Hunting is prohibited from any stand attached to
a tree with these materials. Portable climbing devices and stands that do not
injure trees are excepted from this rule.
(d) No person shall deface, damage, destroy
or remove any equipment, structure, sign, trees, plants, dirt or gravel from
any Public Hunting Area without proper authorization.
(e) No garbage, refuse, litter or sewage
shall be left or deposited on a Public Hunting Area.
(f) The use of buckshot for hunting and/or
taking of deer and turkey is specifically prohibited.
(g) The use of ATVs (4 wheelers, 3 wheelers,
dirt bikes, etc.) or any unlicensed motorized vehicle is prohibited on the
Weyerhaeuser Public Hunting Area.
(h) Open fires are prohibited on all public
hunting areas.
(i) Other
miscellaneous uses of public hunting areas shall be in accordance with posted
notices and/or as indicated on the hunt permit.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 70-1-206 and 70-2-225.
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