Hendersonville, TN Animal Ordinances: Coyote Management (2026)
Key Facts
- Committee
- 7 members, 4-year terms
- Method
- USDA-certified sharpshooting cull
- Approval needed
- Board of Mayor and Aldermen
- Budget cap
- $3,000 for aerial survey
Summary
Hendersonville has no coyote ordinance, but runs a Deer Monitoring and Control Committee that oversees an official cull. USDA-certified sharpshooters remove deer after a herd survey, funded only if the Board approves.
The City's Public Works Department, with assistance from the City's Police Department and the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency, shall implement a deer control program with USDA-certified deer management personnel to remove deer through sharpshooting techniques designed to maximize safety, humaneness, discretion, and efficiency. Prior to implementation of the cull, there shall be a survey conducted of the herd, and a target number shall be set for removal. There shall be a second survey of the herd after the culling.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 4).
Full Breakdown
Hendersonville has no coyote-specific ordinance; its urban-wildlife-management program targets the City's deer herd instead. Title 10, Chapter 5 creates a Deer Monitoring and Control Committee (seven members, four-year terms) overseeing a herd-control program. Under § 10-503, Public Works, with Police and Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency assistance, uses USDA-certified personnel and sharpshooting to remove deer after a pre-cull survey and target-number determination, followed by a post-cull survey. No cull proceeds unless the Board of Mayor and Aldermen deems it necessary and appropriates funding, capped at $3,000 for the aerial survey (§ 10-505).
Violations & Fines
This is a City-run program, not a citizen prohibition: no cull may occur without Board of Mayor and Aldermen approval and appropriated funding before Public Works and TWRA-coordinated sharpshooters proceed.
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