What are the DUMBEST hunting regs in your state?

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A reply I made in another thread gave me an Idea for a fun hunting related topic.

What State or local hunting regulations do you have that you feel get dumber and dumber every time you go over them? The ones that when you read em you do a facepalm and think what retarded egghead came up with this stupidity.

For Arkansas we have the following

Coyote may be taken with archery equipment, firearms no larger than .30 caliber or shotguns with shot no larger than T shot. Coyotes may be taken during any open deer, bear or squirrel season with hunting equipment legal for that season.
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Essentially what's being said is you can shoot yotes with a 30-378wby magnum but a 35 rem, 9mm, 357 or 44 ECT carbine or handgun is illegal. WHY?????????

Unfortunately this rule is also what applies to legal methods for hogs*

The really dumb part is it used to read "under 30 cal" but was changed due to excluding too many people, which makes you wonder whey the *&^^ they just didn't do away with that line all together





*on federal owned WMA's only rimfires are legal for yotes and hogs when deer season isn't in
 
In Kansas, we can handgun deer hunt with a 32-20, 38-40, or 44-40 WCF using wimpy cowboy action loads.

But not with a .44 Special Keith handloads, 45 ACP, 40 S&W, .357 SIG, or 10mm.

Its all based on case length, not power or performance on game.

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I'm now in Florida but I was born and raised in Pa. I always shake my head when I remember Pa. moving turkey into big game. I thought that was the stupidest thing and my theory was proved the very first day of turkey season when I watched a guy smack a turkey with a .270...

If all you're interested in is drumsticks, I guess it's a great idea.
 
in s.d. the worst hunting reg is the age limits for youth hunters. admittedly they have taken (very) small steps to correct this by permitting mentored 10 year olds to hunt (does only for deer and antelope), but there are entirely too many restrictions on youth hunting.

the stupidest thing s.d. gf&p ever did was allow the mountain lions to breed and prosper. s.d. is too small and too populated to support mountain lions without there being routine nuisance and problems.
 
In Colorado, there is an elk that is totally prohibited from killing. No tag is sold to hunt it. You can hunt and take all cow elk, any age, size, etc. and the cow tag lets you take a bull calf that has spikes less than 5" long. Once the spikes are 5" and longer, you cannot take that bull until he has a minimum of 4 points on one of his antlers. So for just a few years there, those young bulls are off limits.

It's not that big of a deal, but in a state that has an epidemically overpopulation of this animal, you'd think the bull tag/cow tag line would just sit at the 5" spike mark, rather than have a gap between 5" spikes and 4 points. It also makes it a bit difficult to know if the bull you're looking at has a legitimate fourth point. A legitimate antler point is 1" longer than the width of it's base. If you can determine that at 100+ yards, you can put that meat in your freezer. If you can't, no elk meat for you.

I've known of at least one hunter who had a cow tag, killed a bull calf, come to find out his spikes exceed 5", so he calls the game warden to come clean and honest, the carcass is seized and the hunter is fined for an illegal kill. Even if he had been carrying an either sex tag, the kill would have been illegal.
 
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Also, the requirement to wear florescent orange applies to the tool you are hunting with, not the season you are hunting in. If you are hunting with a bow, during a firearm season, you can crawl around in the bushes, dressed in full camouflage, bugling in rifle hunters to your position. I would think they would mandate orange to all hunters who are in the field during a firearm season, so as to protect the hunters from being shot.

Just a little nit that I've picked, that's all.
 
Long ago growing up in Alabama ... there was only one law (my dad's). Don't miss because he only gave me three shells!
 
I don't get putting the Muzzleloader season after the Rifle season in CT.

ML season as a means to challenge a hunter before the Rifle season, when the deer are less spooky makes sense to me....especially when there's overpopulation....but when the leaves are down and the pressure has been up, odds decrease a lot.

I also don't get modern BP guns in the Muzzeloader season; the whole point (i thought) was to challenge the hunter, which is accomplished with a flintlock or historic arm. Modern electric ignition/in-line BP rifles by design strive to take away that delineation.

Also, during rifle season, 6mm is specified as the minimum. So legally speaking, I'm legal with a 9mm CX4, but not with a .223 Ranch Rifle...although the lethality award should go to the .223, IMHO.
 
I watched a guy smack a turkey with a .270...

If all you're interested in is drumsticks, I guess it's a great idea.
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In Texas, rifle for turkey has been legal during the fall season for years. We shoot them in the drumsticks and save the breast.

For many years, in many counties, spike bucks were off limits. After realizing that inferior genes were being procreated, spikes were made legal and anything with forked antlers had to be a minimum of 13 inches wide.

It's very difficult to judge when you have one thats right on the bubble. And TPW don't mind fining you one bit, for being an eighth of an inch off in the wrong direction.
 
Black bears cannot be taken alive.
They define "TAKEN" as being KILLED. :uhoh:

Figure that one out!
 
To continue the VA thread, no hunting on Sundays UNLESS you have a pest permit. Then you can shoot deer year round on your land night or day. This is a really good reason to plant azaleas and a garden.(deer candy)
 
We can hunt deer with any straight walled center fire caliber that's .357 or larger, and has a barrel that is at least 5" long. We're just not permitted to have a butt stock on it.
 
Same as the O.P. in Kentucky on the coyote shot size, but not caliber-restricted. I can blast coyotes with my .450 Bushmaster or a .50 BMG but not with buckshot. (No shot larger than "T".)
 
In AZ we can't shoot lions with shotguns shooting shot. It is legal, however, to use any centerfire pistol caliber. So, if I'm predator calling with my shotgun and a lion shows up I cant shoot it, but I could pull out my LCP and shoot it. Now I doubt that anyone would try to hunt a lion with a .380, .32 or even legally a .25 ACP, but it's ridiculous that he could.

Coyote may be taken with archery equipment, firearms no larger than .30 caliber or shotguns with shot no larger than T shot
Speaking of "t" shot what the heck is it? I've only ever seen it referenced in hunting regs
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T shot is somewhere between BB and #4 buck, usually specifically made for predator hunting. Hevi-Shot Dead Coyote loads are T shot. That law is ridiculous, #4 buck arguably works the best for predators! Not to mention the larger than .30 caliber stipulation...:p
 
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