In Tennessee the Venomous ones are protected too. Several years back a good friend of mine who was working as a Deputy Sheriff killed a rattlesnake on a public beach. Someone took a picture of it & sent it to the local Newspaper. A few days later a TWRA agent showed up at his house. He explained it was on a public beach which was full of young people & got off with a "Warning". He told me under the same circumstances he would do the same thing again BUT he would make certain no one took a picture.

Miller/TN
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