What This Story Is About
- Neighbors in East Nashville’s Rosebank area discovered trail cameras and bait piles in woods near their homes after a man received a property owner’s permission to hunt deer there without notifying other residents.
Why It Matters
- The discovery has raised safety concerns among residents, including families with children who play and walk through the wooded area near an elementary school.
- Some residents are calling for new rules restricting how close hunting can take place to homes.
For Context
- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency prohibits hunting within 100 yards of homes on public land but allows hunting up to the property line on private land.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – People in the Rosebank area of East Nashville are looking for answers after finding trail cameras and piles of corn used as bait in woods near their homes, between Barclay Drive and Eastland Avenue.
Neighbors said a man received permission from a property owner to hunt deer on a small patch of land near Shelby Park, but residents in the area were not given any warning.
Neighbors raise safety concerns
Josie Chaney said she was shocked and scared to learn hunting was taking place so close to homes. Her backyard is less than 50 yards from the wooded area.
“It was incredibly shocking and concerning,” Chaney said. “It just makes you scared, especially as a mom of two young kids and living in a residential neighborhood that is so close to a beautiful park.”…