70-4-114 - Destruction of dens or nests Spotlighting Use of spears, explosives, chemicals or other devices unlawful Penalty. - Tennessee Statutes

70-4-114. Destruction of dens or nests Spotlighting Use of spears, explosives, chemicals or other devices unlawful Penalty.

(a)  It is unlawful to disturb, mutilate, or destroy the home, nest, or den of any protected wild animals or birds, to use spears or any like device in the hunting or taking of protected wild animals, to blind with lights, except as provided in § 70-4-113, or to use explosives, chemicals, mechanical devices, or smokers of any kind to drive protected wild animals out of their dens, holes, or houses.

(b)  A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1951, ch. 115, § 38 (Williams, § 5178.67); impl. am. Acts 1974, ch. 481, §§ 6, 7; Acts 1974, ch. 481, § 21; 1982, ch. 738, § 18; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 51-423; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]