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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Hunting, Pest Control, Varminting » AG season    View previous topic :: View next topic  AG season   Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:46 pm LMR Member Joined: 29 Mar 2010 Posts: 37 Do air guns have their own hunting season in most states?   Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:23 am Lipoly Veteran Member Joined: 06 Dec 2009 Posts: 241 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA To my knowledge seasons are the same for firearms and airguns...you just have to make sure it is legal to take the game w/an air rifle. _________________ Philip RWS 350 .22 w/Leapers 4-16x50 Crossman 1377   Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 2:58 pm jlwilliams Veteran Member Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 264 Location: Jacksonville, NC USA Here in CT, they are allowed during firearm seasons. The restrictions are different from firearms (allowable bore diameter and such). Chect your state's environmental departmen't web sight or better still the hunting/fishing regulation booklet that they all put out each year. Some states define 'firearm' in a way that includes airguns, others do not (federal laws do not). You may be subject to all the shooting restrictions you can imagine, or you may have a different, more apropriate set of rules for airgunning. Pointis, you HAVE TO chect with your state and local laws. General 'rule of thumb' info can leave you hanging.   Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:14 am Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA All the above is correct. Here in Minnesota, airguns are not legal for hunting, unless it is for pest elimination on your own property. If you miss that rabbit that's tearing up your garden, and he hops across the road - then you have to wait for the season and use a powder burner to get him. LMR, in which state or province are you located? Maybe we can steer you in the right direction. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:27 am LMR Member Joined: 29 Mar 2010 Posts: 37 Connecticut What I would be looking at is a few turkeys. _________________ I couldn't figure out why the ball was getting bigger, then it hit me.   Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:27 pm jlwilliams Veteran Member Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 264 Location: Jacksonville, NC USA LMR wrote: Connecticut What I would be looking at is a few turkeys. Do you have a copy of this year's (or last year's) hunting regulations 'abstract' booklet? That will have the regs for what types of weapons can be used during which seasons. IIRC, they specificaly mentioned air guns in last year's booklet. I'd think that turkeys would be a good game to go after with the right airgun. Something like a Marauder. Noggin shot on a gobbler would do the job without wasting meat. Turkeys can be hard to get close to, but if you are close enough you won't need a big bore like you would for whitetails, coyote or hogs. (Thankfully, we don't have hogs here in CT....yet.)   Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:23 pm mojo rising Member Joined: 20 Apr 2010 Posts: 29 i know this sounds stupid but could reg .177/.22 air guns take down turkeys? sh!t im having a hard enuff time dropping pigeons with 1 shot?? _________________ ''...hw97k the best airgun there is, when you absolutely positively have to kill every mothertrucker in the room. accept no exceptions"   Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:43 pm Jaxom Senior Member Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 927 Like any style of hunting, there's many variables that must be concidered. Such as gun being used, caliber, range, ammo, conditions, ect. But the most important varible one should concider is one's own skill with said gun. You need to be completely honest with your self. Do you really feel comfortable that you can make said shot at such and such animal at such range, using X brand rifle, loaded with Z brand ammo. _________________ .22 2300kt Crosman Custom   Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 7:09 am jlwilliams Veteran Member Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 264 Location: Jacksonville, NC USA If I was close enough to be sure I had the head shot, I'd shoot a turkey with a 22 pellet. In general, I like the 22 better than the 177 for killing animals and I shoot my airguns at a series of targets to judge penetration with a given gun/ammo combo. I'd use my Marauder with Crosman premium pellets or better without hesitation. How are you hitting the pigeons, and with what?   Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 11:51 am LMR Member Joined: 29 Mar 2010 Posts: 37 jlwilliams wrote: LMR wrote: Connecticut What I would be looking at is a few turkeys. Do you have a copy of this year's (or last year's) hunting regulations 'abstract' booklet? That will have the regs for what types of weapons can be used during which seasons. IIRC, they specificaly mentioned air guns in last year's booklet. I'd think that turkeys would be a good game to go after with the right airgun. Something like a Marauder. Noggin shot on a gobbler would do the job without wasting meat. Turkeys can be hard to get close to, but if you are close enough you won't need a big bore like you would for whitetails, coyote or hogs. (Thankfully, we don't have hogs here in CT....yet.) I do not have a copy of any hunting regulations for Ct. I haven't shot a rifle in decades nor have I ever gone hunting. Due to my past, I have given up the right to possess firearms. Airguns gives me the opportunity to enjoy the sport and the capability to provide food for my family should the occasion arise. _________________ I couldn't figure out why the ball was getting bigger, then it hit me.   Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 4:57 pm jlwilliams Veteran Member Joined: 02 Oct 2009 Posts: 264 Location: Jacksonville, NC USA OK. The hunting regulations books are handed out free wherever licenses are sold. Unfortunately, they are well distributed in the fall, but licenses expire on the calendar year, so spring hunting season rules are a little tricky. If they changed from one year to the next, a well meaning hunter may or may not know it. It doesn't sound like you are planning a hunt this year, so that isn't a problem. Just keep your eyes peeled in the fall and you can pick one up free at WalMart or wherever. It's a good idea to get your hunting license lined up, even if you aren't planning on hunting anytime soon. Once you have the card from taking the hunter's safety class, all you need to do is go and pay for the license and you are all set. The safety card doesn't expire and it takes a little time to get. If you want to hunt down the line, getting the safety class could hang you up for a season. Having it behind you takes that out of your way. If you get a regular firearms hunting license, that covers airguns. If you want to go archery, there is a separate class you have to take. The archery hunter's safety card covers you for a 'regular' hunting license, but not the other way around. I hope that helps. Your best bet if you need to know more is to look for the hunting regulations booklet (or call DEP and ask them to send you a copy) or better still, look around and find out where in your area you can sign up for a hunter's safety class. The sooner you have that taken care of, the better.   Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:57 pm LMR Member Joined: 29 Mar 2010 Posts: 37 Thank you _________________ I couldn't figure out why the ball was getting bigger, then it hit me.   Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 10:40 am Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA The CT hunting manual is available online: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2700&q=452546&depNav_GID=1633 CT firearm safety classes are listed here: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2222&q=320790&depNav_GID=1633#Firearms CT also allows "home study" - you take the class at home and do the field day/written exam with an instructor: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2700&q=323358&depNav_GID=1633 _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego! 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