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<blockquote data-quote="scn" data-source="post: 5759661" data-attributes="member: 1859"><p>Shotguns are legal in all of the deer, bear, and elk seasons. You just have to use a single projectile.</p><p></p><p>The buckshot issue in TN goes back many decades. Believe it or not, TN at one time had VERY few deer across the whole state. There were some remnant populations in a very few locations. One of the major illegal deer hunting activities in those years keeping those populations low was deer hunting with dogs. And, the weapon/ammo of choice for the illegal doggers was a 12 ga. with buckshot. There were a considerable number of conflicts between the illegal doggers and other hunters. At least one confrontation down in SW TN resulted in a homicide by a dogger.</p><p></p><p>When the state got serious about deer restoration in the mid-late seventies, buckshot was outlawed for any hunting in the state. There were a couple of counties that had Private Acts that allowed it, but, I think those have been done away with.</p><p></p><p>There are also serious safety issues with buckshot. There were numerous hunting fatalities over the years from "brush shots" due to the impression that with buckshot you didn't have to have a precise aiming point. And, with buckshot (00), you are sending 9 .32 cal pellets out in an every growing pattern that are lethal for a long way.</p><p></p><p>I have learned to never say never about what might be done with the wildlife laws and regs, but, I would be VERY surprised to see buckshot made legal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scn, post: 5759661, member: 1859"] Shotguns are legal in all of the deer, bear, and elk seasons. You just have to use a single projectile. The buckshot issue in TN goes back many decades. Believe it or not, TN at one time had VERY few deer across the whole state. There were some remnant populations in a very few locations. One of the major illegal deer hunting activities in those years keeping those populations low was deer hunting with dogs. And, the weapon/ammo of choice for the illegal doggers was a 12 ga. with buckshot. There were a considerable number of conflicts between the illegal doggers and other hunters. At least one confrontation down in SW TN resulted in a homicide by a dogger. When the state got serious about deer restoration in the mid-late seventies, buckshot was outlawed for any hunting in the state. There were a couple of counties that had Private Acts that allowed it, but, I think those have been done away with. There are also serious safety issues with buckshot. There were numerous hunting fatalities over the years from "brush shots" due to the impression that with buckshot you didn't have to have a precise aiming point. And, with buckshot (00), you are sending 9 .32 cal pellets out in an every growing pattern that are lethal for a long way. I have learned to never say never about what might be done with the wildlife laws and regs, but, I would be VERY surprised to see buckshot made legal. [/QUOTE]
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