Hunter/Mason
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I've still got mine. Mine was a silver streak had a 10 pump max. I did find a guy you can ship it to and have it rebuilt. My seals dry rotted. Gonna fix it for my boys to use.
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Can you hunt deer with an air rifle?
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I've still got mine. Mine was a silver streak had a 10 pump max. I did find a guy you can ship it to and have it rebuilt. My seals dry rotted. Gonna fix it for my boys to use.
satchmo
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No, not yet, but it does have to be a fire arm and South Carolina has a min center fire calebers something air guns don't have. The only legal free range deer hunting with air rifles are Missouri(first) and Alabama. It's a growing hobby, and would be my only interest in shooting a deer with a gun. I have a great property in Missouri I can surly get at least one deer with an air gun, and I am seriously thinking about it next season. Most states won't even allow air rifles for small game, much less deer. I imagine it will grow in popularity. In the 17-1800s they were used to hunt , shoot people, etc. today people think 177 cal or bbs. These guns have been around for a long ,long time.
You can legally deer hunt with a .22 LR in both NC and SC. No minimum caliber restrictions.
satchmo
Moderator
Air rifles are still not legal unless otherwise stated . Both states have black powder, firearms and archery. No air guns.
Scrapy
Banned
I think you are right.,or I been wrong a long time. I have got several deer between the eyes squirrel hunting over the years. In fact, I thought the size about centerfires applied to coon hunting so you couldn't be (prima facia?) suspected of night hunting.
T-N-T
Senior Member
That guy said he put his cross hairs behind the shoulder. Then he shoots the ram in the front of the shoulder on a quartering towards shot. 
Jack Flynn
Senior Member
Quackenbush airguns. I've had a couple. About 2 full power shots per full air cylinder. Depends on the caliber actually. Not speed demons but you don't need speed to kill an animal. Dennis is a great guy and always has a very large waiting list.
http://www.quackenbushairguns.com/
http://www.quackenbushairguns.com/
Scrapy
Banned
Unless otherwise stated. Does that mean you can't kill a deer with a knife to the throat unless it's stated?
Fishin & Hunting
Senior Member
Still have mine too, those things have the power of rimfire 22
GT-40 GUY
Gone But Not Forgotten
Scrapy
Banned
Is a knife listed?
Scrappy, In GA it is illegal to kill a deer using a knife to the throat, a tire iron to the head or any other weapon that is not listed as being legal to hunt with. But just like trespass, it happens all the time. In either case sometimes the purpose is innocent and some times it is not, but it is always against the law.
Scrapy
Banned
So you allow your State to dictate what caliber of gun you shoot and how many grams of powder. Will they dictate the exclusive Brand name of said firearms next year. Unless otherwise stated of course.
satchmo
Moderator
I know you are being sarcastic, but knife hunting is not a method of deer hunting, so it is not stated in the rules and regs. You must be thinking about hunting with dogs and hogs with knives. This thread is about air guns and them being legal, you are very far off topic.
Scrapy
Banned
OK. you are the moderater. Nobody finishes off a deer with an otherwise unstated knife that WAS shot with an otherwise stated firearm which is not an air rifle in GA. I got it. I'm going back to the Billy threads. Don't really know how I wandered onto a topic I have no interest in.
GT-40 GUY
Gone But Not Forgotten
How about a spear or that other thingy I can't pronounce or spell.
gt40
gt40
I had one of those, too... it was a great pellet gun. I liked using the cylindrical pellets rather than the hour-glass shaped ones. Shot that thing so much that eventually the rear site fell off somewhere and I lost it. I could still hit 16oz coke bottles at 80 yards with it.
Tenpin
Senior Member
It's great that you all still have them. I may have to check my parents house, but ours burnt down in 83 so I don't think it survived.
When I said 8 pumps max - that meant "max that our little arms could muster" LOL
When I said 8 pumps max - that meant "max that our little arms could muster" LOL
satchmo
Moderator
Air rifle ammo
The idea for a lot of people getting into air gun hunting is the idea of our 20,25, 177 and 22 cal pellets. This is a good idea of what the ammo is like for big bore ammo. It takes some serious convincing to allow a whole state to allow air rifle hunting. But I imagine it will be as common as crossbows are for archery hunting. I think the first year you could use compounds in Ga was 1979 or 80. Now look at us. Some states allow spear hunting deer, air rifles, poision arrows I guess they still allow that in Mississippi but I don't care. Air rifles have been around for a very long time ,and in our day and age when you say air rifle not many people think past a BB gun.
The idea for a lot of people getting into air gun hunting is the idea of our 20,25, 177 and 22 cal pellets. This is a good idea of what the ammo is like for big bore ammo. It takes some serious convincing to allow a whole state to allow air rifle hunting. But I imagine it will be as common as crossbows are for archery hunting. I think the first year you could use compounds in Ga was 1979 or 80. Now look at us. Some states allow spear hunting deer, air rifles, poision arrows I guess they still allow that in Mississippi but I don't care. Air rifles have been around for a very long time ,and in our day and age when you say air rifle not many people think past a BB gun.
