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Waterfowl Hunting Regulations
The following is intended as a quick reference only. These regulations are intended to be accurate, but that accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Please consult the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's Hunting & Trapping Guide before hunting in Tennessee. If you have a question that isn't answered here, please submit it to us via our Question & Answer section and we will find the answer to your question. Thank you.
HUNTER EDUCATION:
All hunters, resident or nonresident, born on or after January 1, 1969, must possess proof that they have successfully complete a hunter education course to hunt in Tennessee. Hunters under the age of 10 do not have to possess proof of course of completion, but must be accompanied by an adult (age 21 or older) who remains in position to take control of the hunting weapon at all times.
HUNTING ON PRIVATE LAND:
All hunters who are hunting on private land are required to obtain the permission of the landowner before hunting. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency recommends obtaining written permission. TCA 70-4-106 states that if land has been properly posted with signs that include the landowner's name and address plus the wording "hunting by written permission only," and a hunter is hunting the land without written permission, he or she is subject to prosecution.
HUNTING HOURS:
For waterfowl, hunting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
PLUGGED SHOTGUNS:
Shotguns capable of holding more than three shells are prohibited unless plugged with a one-piece filler, incapable of removal without disassembling the gun, so that total capacity does not exceed three shells.
LEGAL SHOT:
All federally-approved nontoxic shot (bismuth-tin steel, tungsten-bronze, tungsten-iron, tungsten-matrix, tungsten-nickel-iron, tungsten-polymer, tungsten-tin-bismuth and tungsten-tin-iron-nickel) are legal for waterfowl hunting. Possession or use of loose shot other than nontoxic shot is prohibited.
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