mwood1985
Senior Member
what does everyone consider minimum? Hunting buddy and I have shot pigs from treestands with a Glock 9mm while hunting and its done fine. Never tried it on a deer in say the same range you would use bow.
No, it says .22 caliber centerfire or larger now. The way the rules are written, you can hunt with a .22 hornet or a .25 auto. I would hope most ethical hunters have better sense than using something so small though. Our game laws leave up to us hunters to do the right thing. I like it that way.Doesn't the law say 38 or bigger
Ditto.10 mm in an autoloader.
357 mag with a heavy bullet, 158 grain, and a 6 inch barrel.
But a 41 mag and 210 grain bullet would be better.
No, it says .22 caliber centerfire or larger now. The way the rules are written, you can hunt with a .22 hornet or a .25 auto. I would hope most ethical hunters have better sense than using something so small though. Our game laws leave up to us hunters to do the right thing. I like it that way.
Rosewood
This^No, it says .22 caliber centerfire or larger now. The way the rules are written, you can hunt with a .22 hornet or a .25 auto. I would hope most ethical hunters have better sense than using something so small though. Our game laws leave up to us hunters to do the right thing. I like it that way.
Rosewood
Our law states that caliber must be 23 caliber or larger which makes eligibility start at 6mm or .243 ...
(unless you know of a 23 caliber cartridge)
The bore has less influence on a bullet's lethalness than it's energy does.
I'd prefer to use a foot/pound factor for setting an ethical standard of hunting big game.
Our State's game laws only requires that pistols to generate 350 foot/pounds of energy.
I'd feel more confident with quite a bit more energy than that.
This would do. 6x45
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But this would be better. 444 Marlin
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