SHOCKNAWE
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I believe it has something to do with the round of a handgun not being humane when taking down game? I don't hunt but I thought this was the reason behind it, I could be wrong
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Carry your gun (Hunter vs. Dogs)...
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Mesatchornug
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People elsewhere in the country hunt with handguns. 357 Mag was used for handgun hunting pretty much since its development. Even here in MA, there's a handgun season for black bear.
I'm sure you're right that this is among the historic arguments, but it's not a very complete one.
FalArAk
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If I hunted, there is no way in hell I wouldn't carry a handgun.
More to protect myself from other hunters than 4 legged animals. Like that Vietnamese dude that hunted down and killed like 4 hunters in Wisconsin that told him to get out of their hunting area.
More to protect myself from other hunters than 4 legged animals. Like that Vietnamese dude that hunted down and killed like 4 hunters in Wisconsin that told him to get out of their hunting area.
FalArAk
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Thanks, was totally going off my fading memory on that one
Mesatchornug
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Black Bear - Revolver [...]I didn't think they allowed handguns for hunting in MA. So the handgun isn't a hunting implement. It's a self defense implement![[smile]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/001.gif "Smile [smile]")
Crow - Rifles and handguns.
Rabbit and Hare - Rifles and handguns [...]
Squirrel - Rifles and handguns [...]
Coyote - Rifles and handguns [...]
Fox - Rifles and handguns [...]
Bobcat - Rifles and handguns [...]
Raccoon and Opossum - Rifles and handguns [...]
I had to look it up as I'd heard about this but didn't think it was 6 dead. I thought it was "several" though. My brother who lives in Minnesota told me about it years ago.Thanks, was totally going off my fading memory on that one
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In God We Trust
NES Member
f*** them and their stupid laws. Carry everywhere until they start putting metal detectors at the edge of the woods.
Edit: shit I shouldn’t have given Maura any ideas.
FrankNA
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That dude was trouble waiting to happen and he had a real short fuse. Wandering onto private property that was purchased for the deer hunting season and taking over someone’s stand was not a good idea. Being from Laos, he could not fathom the idea of private property and hunting rights, but he was batshit crazy nonetheless! No one in their right mind would go to Def Con 1 over a hunting stand.
When I moved out here in 2021, the farmer next door to me told me if I didn't own any guns I should get a good handgun (at least). I assured him I was all set. He said "good...you want to carry a pistol all the time, especially if you are out about and on your property as there are sightings of Mountain lions here in this neck of the woods.
He has several pictures of them, one of them dragging a fawn and also one stalking one of his calves. A shot from his 308 scared it off. I have seen cat tracks around here but not sure if it was a large bobcat or a smaller lion. I'm going to install a game camera on the back side of my barn which faces the area I keep seeing tracks.
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Its certainly not FUDD hunters.
Its the fxcking MA Fish and Game laws....... Hunters don't make up the laws, our a**h*** legislature does with the help of our retarded Fish & Wildlife division.
But yes, the thinking is that we can't control ourselves and will shoot game with pistols, also obviously anything to restrict conceal carry they will sign up for.
Mesatchornug
NES Member
I'm not sure that it's "no two implements" so much as "during these times, pistols and rifles are forbidden"
Some excerpts from Page 20 of the 2022 Abstracts - Hunting Prohibitions
Some excerpts from Page 20 of the 2022 Abstracts - Hunting Prohibitions
Catoperat
NES Member
That reg is gone. From the 2023 Abstracts:
"Expanded hunting implement use on pheasant and quail-stocked Wildlife Manage-
ment Areas (WMA) for certain game: Hunters can now use all legal methods to hunt
game other than pheasant and quail on pheasant and quail-stocked WMAs. Previ-
ously, all hunters were restricted on WMAs to shotgun and archery equipment only.
See each species’ page for details. In addition, legal hunting implements for pheasant
and quail on all public and private land statewide are now shotgun and archery only"
Mesatchornug
NES Member
Thanks. I have a print copy, but not at my desk and hadn't downloaded the digital. I'll go do that now.
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So there's still the reg during deer shotgun, but that looks like it.:
Which certainly sounds like "the orange army can't be trusted." I don't personally have the background to guess who started it.
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Coda
NES Member
Not sure about NH, but I know that is the law in MA.
My neighbor was luckier, he was just threatened (actually yelled at) buy the MA EP's, but not ticketed.
Ridiculous..............
Hampden teenagers fined $750 each for riding dirt bikes on their property
Four kids were riding around on one of their parent’s property Monday when environmental police showed up and handed out citations.
www.wwlp.com
Coda
NES Member
Exactly........
But you are legal to ride a registered ATV on any public way "not maintained for conventional vehicles" Not many of those around anymore but there are some up here in the hills.
I know because I went up in front of the Board of Selectmen in my town because I was ticketed (by an out of control MSP) for riding on an unmaintained public way (actually a continuation of the road I live on that has no houses). They backed me and provided me with proof. I went to court and won.
I ride my ATV most every day around here and pass MSP who are patrolling the gates for Springfield Water (Coble Mountain Reservoir) and they just wave at me now.
In God We Trust
NES Member
Think about how stupid it is. The rest of the year you can carry a concealed pistol, but probably get jammed up for carrying a shotgun.
During hunting season, you get to carry the shotgun, but not the pistol now. What is their concern about the pistol? If they could give me any kind of rational answer to that, I would feel better even though I disagree. It just makes absolutely no sense at all even from a libtard point of view.
If it matters, I don’t hunt, but if I did, my carry routine wouldn’t change
Mesatchornug
NES Member
Oh, I completely agree.
