Small game licenses during deer season?

[thundersnow]

Maybe some one could clear up a license question for me... what type should a get to be able to hunt small game during deer season with centerfire? Not interested in taking a deer, and probably wouldn't be able to transport it any where after the fact.

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ruger 10 / 22 target and sig 229 .40cal

[ShaunM]

You would have to be a legal big game hunter to use centerfire.

[gregintenn]

If it hasn't changed recently, I do believe it is illegal to take small game with a centerfire rifle or handgun. Check TWRA regs for a difinitive answer.

[ShaunM]

Depends on the small game.

[DaveS]

What type of "small game" are you wanting to hunt? Fox, Coyote, bobcat and a few others are legal with centerfire during the deer gun season. Rabbits and squirrels are still a "no-no"!

[ShaunM]

But if you are hunting bobcats, fox or coyotes with a centerfire then you must be a legal licensed big game hunter and follow all safety rules for that big game season i.e orange vest and hat.

[DaveS]

But if you are hunting bobcats, fox or coyotes with a centerfire then you must be a legal licensed big game hunter and follow all safety rules for that big game season i.e orange vest and hat.

Good point!

[ShaunM]

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - Hunting Equipment & Methods

2011-2012 Small Game Legal Hunting Equipment

[TABLE]

[TR]

[TH]Firearm, hunting device and ammuntion[/TH]

[TH]Migratory Birds[/TH]

[TH=width: 10%]Furbearers⁴ and crow[/TH]

[TH=width: 10%]All other small game[/TH]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Shotguns (including muzzleloading shotguns) using ammunition loaded with Number Four (4) or smaller shot[/TD]

[TD]Yes³[/TD]

[TD]Yes[/TD]

[TD]Yes[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Shotguns (including muzzleloading shotguns) using ammunition loaded with T shot (0.20 inch diameter) or smaller[/TD]

[TD]Yes^3,6[/TD]

[TD]Yes[/TD]

[TD]No[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Shotguns (including muzzleloading shotguns) using ammunition loaded with single solid ball or slugs[/TD]

[TD]No[/TD]

[TD]Yes¹[/TD]

[TD]No[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Rifles and handguns using rimfire ammunition and air rifles[/TD]

[TD]No[/TD]

[TD]Yes[/TD]

[TD]Yes[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Rifles and handguns using centerfire ammunition (full metal jacketed ammunition prohibited)[/TD]

[TD]No[/TD]

[TD]Yes^1,5[/TD]

[TD]No[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Muzzleloading firearms (rifles and handguns) .36 caliber or larger[/TD]

[TD]No[/TD]

[TD]Yes^1,7[/TD]

[TD]Yes^1,7[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Muzzleloading firearms (rifles and handguns) less than .36 caliber[/TD]

[TD]No[/TD]

[TD]Yes⁷[/TD]

[TD]Yes⁷[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Archery equipment (longbows, recurves, compounds, and crossbows)[/TD]

[TD]Yes[/TD]

[TD]Yes[/TD]

[TD]Yes

[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

• #1. If using this equipment while hunting during deer, elk or bear season you must be a legal big game hunter.
  
• #2. Hunting arrows and bolts must be equipped with sharpened broadheads.
  
• #3. Waterfowl may only be hunted with non-toxic shot.
  
• #4. Furbearers are defined as beaver, bobcat, coyote, fox, groundhog, mink, muskrat, nutria, opossum, river otter, raccoon, skunk, and weasel.
  
• #5. It is illegal to use centerfire firearms from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise.
  
• #6. Migratory birds, except waterfowl, may only be hunted with ammunition loaded with Number (4) or smaller shot.
  
• #7. Muzzleloading firearms are defined as those firearms which are incapable of being loaded from the breech.
  

Edited December 8, 2011 by Hunting101

[Guest GunTroll]

And if your lucky with the harvest/kill/whatever do post pics of it in the contest above in the sticky section.

Nothing more to add .