FLTENNHUNTER1
Well-Known Member
If I own land that has many acres of hardwoods with the intent of select cutting it in the future and selling the lumber, would it qualify as tree farming? Are tree farms considered agriculture?
TCA 70-2-204. Hunting and fishing on farm land - License exemption to owner, tenants and their spouses and children - (a) The owners and tenants of farmlands, and their spouse and children, have the right to engage in the sport of hunting and fishing, subject to all the provisions of all laws or regulations concerning wildlife, upon such lands and waters thereon of which they or their spouses or parents are the bona fide owners or tenants with the permission of the landowners, during the season when it is lawful to do so, without procuring a hunting and sport fishing license. Tenants and their spouses and their dependent children must be bona fide residents of the state and must actually reside on the land. Owners and their spouses and children must be bona fide residents of the state. Land may qualify as farmland onlh if it is owned by no more than one (1) individual or a family; provided, that if land is owned jointly or in common by persons who are first cousins related by blood, then such cousins and their children may hunt small game and fish on such land under the provisions of this subsection. "Family" means any combination of kinship within the third degree, including any spouse who has an interest in the property. "Tenant" means an individual who receives compensation such as free rent or money for acting either in the place of or at the direction of the landowner in tending ot the requirements needed to care for the farmland. The primary purpose of the tenancy shall be agricultural in nature
TCA 70-2-204. Hunting and fishing on farm land - License exemption to owner, tenants and their spouses and children - (a) The owners and tenants of farmlands, and their spouse and children, have the right to engage in the sport of hunting and fishing, subject to all the provisions of all laws or regulations concerning wildlife, upon such lands and waters thereon of which they or their spouses or parents are the bona fide owners or tenants with the permission of the landowners, during the season when it is lawful to do so, without procuring a hunting and sport fishing license. Tenants and their spouses and their dependent children must be bona fide residents of the state and must actually reside on the land. Owners and their spouses and children must be bona fide residents of the state. Land may qualify as farmland onlh if it is owned by no more than one (1) individual or a family; provided, that if land is owned jointly or in common by persons who are first cousins related by blood, then such cousins and their children may hunt small game and fish on such land under the provisions of this subsection. "Family" means any combination of kinship within the third degree, including any spouse who has an interest in the property. "Tenant" means an individual who receives compensation such as free rent or money for acting either in the place of or at the direction of the landowner in tending ot the requirements needed to care for the farmland. The primary purpose of the tenancy shall be agricultural in nature
