47-year-old Joseph Cunningham hunted a 13-point buck on October 21st, 2023, in Davidson County. Cunningham checked in the deer as a landowner in Giles County but did not qualify for the landowner exemption. Cunningham killed the deer without a valid license and committed a tagging violation by falsifying the county in which the deer was originally harvested. Authorities cited him for the violation, and then he was booked on the citation of illegal taking and possession and destruction of wildlife on July 22nd, 2024.
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Joseph Lee Cunningham was booked on a citation on July 22nd, charged with hunting without a license.
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