Local raccoon information

Raccoon control in Tennessee

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Raccoons in Tennessee: what to know

Around Tennessee

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see raccoons, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Raccoons in Tennessee: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which raccoons actually live in Tennessee, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

Illegal (TCA 70-4-401, 70-4-412)

Transporting live wildlife

Trapped raccoons cannot be moved and released elsewhere.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

About 690,000 and 634,000

ORV baits, Dalton and Abingdon projects touching TN, 2025

East Tennessee is inside the raccoon-rabies containment zone.

USDA APHIS Wildlife Services

Raccoon species recorded in Tennessee

Raccoon (Procyon lotor) — Present in all 48 contiguous states; furbearer/game animal in most, with seasons, but nuisance take is generally allowed on one's own property.

Rules that apply in Tennessee

TWRA Wildlife Damage Control

For context, nationally

29% — Share of U.S. rabid animals that are raccoons. CDC
10% — Raccoons that expose people or pets and turn out rabid (within endemic range). CDC

Sources: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency; USDA APHIS Wildlife Services; CDC; Pest Notes: Raccoons. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Bartlett

Humid Subtropical · suburban setting

Raccoon control in Tennessee

Raccoons in Tennessee: what to know

Around Tennessee

What to note

A useful next step

Raccoons in Tennessee: what the public record shows

Raccoon species recorded in Tennessee

Rules that apply in Tennessee

For context, nationally

Explore Tennessee cities

Bartlett

Brentwood

Chattanooga

Clarksville

Cleveland

Collierville

Franklin

Hendersonville

Jackson

Johnson City

Kingsport

Knoxville

Memphis

Murfreesboro

Nashville

Smyrna

Germantown

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