70-4-103 - Fox hunting Training of hunting dogs Penalty.
70-4-103. Fox hunting Training of hunting dogs Penalty.
(a) (1) Foxes may be chased with dogs the entire year, except during such periods as may be fixed by the wildlife resources commission for the protection of the species.
(2) It is unlawful to take or kill foxes in Washington County.
(3) Any person who hunts and kills a fox in a manner other than as permitted by this subsection (a) commits a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) Fox hounds, rabbit dogs and bird dogs may be trained the entire year, except during such periods as may be fixed by the commission for the protection of the species, but any person accompanying the dogs or training them shall not possess any firearm, bow and arrow, or any other such device, except during the regular open season.
[Acts 1951, ch. 115, § 31; 1953, ch. 145, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1953, ch. 198 (Williams, § 5178.60); Acts 1957, ch. 382, § 2; 1974, ch. 481, § 21; 1978, ch. 792, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 51-403; Acts 1985, ch. 331, § 1; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]