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Where are semi autos illegal for hunting?
30 November 2002, 06:48
Orion 1Where are semi autos illegal for hunting?
Besides Pennsylvania? I know some states have magazine capacity limits for semis (KS is not one of them).
I just want to know which states prevent their use for big game hunting.
30 November 2002, 13:31
Orion 1This isn't a trick question. Please just state which states you know do or don't allow them. I don't intend this to start some huge "ethics" flame war.
30 November 2002, 16:10
waxmanWisconsin and Michigan both allow them.
30 November 2002, 16:15
<Doc in Texas>Texas,has no limit on cap.of a mag and you can use a Semi-Auto. my youngist use a AR15 to hunt deer with.
Doc in Texas
30 November 2002, 17:37
Orion 1Thanks, guys. Keep it coming. I'd like to hear from at least one person from each of the 49 other states (I don't think we'll hear from Hawaii on this).
I could do the research myself, but that means I'd have to wade through 48 other big game hunting regs. Thanks for bearing with me.
30 November 2002, 17:39
Orion 1quote:
Originally posted by Doc in Texas:
Texas,has no limit on cap.of a mag and you can use a Semi-Auto. my youngist use a AR15 to hunt deer with.
Doc in Texas
Cool. Kansas is same, except .243 is the smallest legal deer caliber.
30 November 2002, 18:02
Brian MKalifornia has no rule on semi-autos,but has a cap of 5 rounds in the mag for all semi-autos for big game.
We also have no minimum for rifles,other that it has to be centerfire.Handguns must have at least a 4 inch barrel and be of 32 caliber or larger and centerfire.
30 November 2002, 20:33
HenryC470West Virginia allows hunting with semiautos.
H. C.
30 November 2002, 22:07
Still CrawfishSimi-autos ok in North Carolina, no mag restrictions but caliber restrictions for big game of .243+
01 December 2002, 01:02
waxmanI read recently where it was estimated that 35% of the deer hunters in Wisconsin use semi-auto rifles .
01 December 2002, 02:11
D HumbargerNo problem using semi autos in Arkansas or Louisiana.
01 December 2002, 02:30
Rich ElliottSemi- auto's are legal for deer hunting in Illinois but they have to have a three shot capacity and have to be shotguns
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Rich Elliott
01 December 2002, 03:33
<mikeh416Rigby>Maine allows semi's for big game hunting. Interestingly enough, although PA. doesn't allow them, they do allow semi automatic shotguns for small game. Go figure.
01 December 2002, 05:42
Curtis_LemayNY has no caliber restriction (except you can't use a rimfore, of course) no restriction that i'm aware of on the use of a semi-auto but i do belive they want a 4-5 round mag capacity.
[ 11-30-2002, 20:42: Message edited by: Curtis_Lemay ]01 December 2002, 07:30
GatehouseThey are legal in BC. Shotguns must be restricted to three shells for hunting birds. Rifles can have 5 rounds in magazine, +1 in chamber.
01 December 2002, 11:57
JoeZJoe, I've used a Beretta 390 for deer in Illinois but I'm sure Lowell would disapprove, not a ''gentleman's'' choice.
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<Desert Rat>Arizona allows hunting with semi-autos, but does have a 5 round magazine capacity limit.
I believe that Australia does not allow hunting with semi-autos, except possibly for pistols.
Come to think of it, I don't think the magazine capacity limit applies to pistols in Arizona.
02 December 2002, 03:42
<Dan in Wa>Semi's are ok in Washington State.
Used to see more Remington auto's than about anything else even on the east side of the state.
03 December 2002, 08:48
Grizzly AlbertAlabama Regulations Digest allows centerfire rifles with mushrooming bullets. I can see no other restrictions.
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03 December 2002, 09:00
Bill MSemi-auto OK in MO, magazine capacity max 10+1, any centerfire rifle/handgun single-projectile cartridge using expanding-type bullets.
http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/hunt/deer/deertuk/firearmsdeer.htm (See "Methods")
Bill
[ 12-03-2002, 00:03: Message edited by: Bill M ]03 December 2002, 09:30
QuietHunterColorado allows semi's. 24 Caliber or bigger. 5 round magazine max.