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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5853728" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>What you are missing is that TWRA controls hunting regs, not statewide wildlife "feeding" regs (until & unless "killing" comes into the equation).</p><p></p><p>TWRA has generally always been opposed to "feeding" wildlife, period.</p><p></p><p>But, a bird feeder 10 ft from one's house is "feeding" or "baiting" for wildlife viewing, not killing.</p><p></p><p>Non-hunters out-number hunters at least 3 to 1 even in TN.</p><p>It may be 20 to 1 in many democrat-controlled states.</p><p></p><p>Non-hunters control the TN state legislature,</p><p>which has empowered (long ago) TWRA to "regulate" hunting & game laws,</p><p>on both (most) public and private lands.</p><p></p><p>A key tenet of all this is understanding that the wildlife is deemed public property, wherever it freely roams. So even on private property, the wildlife is not "owned" by the property owner. However, wild game may be legally "killed" on any property so long as the shooter abides by the rules, mainly set by TWRA for what is called "hunting".</p><p></p><p>On certain "public" lands or WMAs, TWRA apparently has authority to make a blanket ruling of zero wildlife feeding, but they do not have that authority on private lands, until & unless "killing" that wildlife comes into the equation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5853728, member: 1409"] What you are missing is that TWRA controls hunting regs, not statewide wildlife "feeding" regs (until & unless "killing" comes into the equation). TWRA has generally always been opposed to "feeding" wildlife, period. But, a bird feeder 10 ft from one's house is "feeding" or "baiting" for wildlife viewing, not killing. Non-hunters out-number hunters at least 3 to 1 even in TN. It may be 20 to 1 in many democrat-controlled states. Non-hunters control the TN state legislature, which has empowered (long ago) TWRA to "regulate" hunting & game laws, on both (most) public and private lands. A key tenet of all this is understanding that the wildlife is deemed public property, wherever it freely roams. So even on private property, the wildlife is not "owned" by the property owner. However, wild game may be legally "killed" on any property so long as the shooter abides by the rules, mainly set by TWRA for what is called "hunting". On certain "public" lands or WMAs, TWRA apparently has authority to make a blanket ruling of zero wildlife feeding, but they do not have that authority on private lands, until & unless "killing" that wildlife comes into the equation. [/QUOTE]
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