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tad · Post by **tad** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:28 am

Silencers approved for deer hunting!!

eastern_hunter · Post by **eastern_hunter** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:02 pm

Big [thumbs up] !!!!

Nice to see good sense prevail for a change. Congrats Guys!

ghostdog662 · Post by **ghostdog662** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:56 pm

Finally I can hunt without the muffs on deer....

Any links to where it shows official documents stating that??

fishdude · Post by **fishdude** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:50 pm

That is awesome news. I should get my Titan 338 and Cyclone just in time to hunt this fall.

TiredOldMan · Post by **TiredOldMan** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:36 pm

When the new hunting regs booklet comes out in August it will be in there. The changes don't go into effect until Sept.1 when the new license period starts.

elcapitan1 · Post by **elcapitan1** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:54 pm

Sweet!

J Krammes · Post by **J Krammes** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:29 pm

Deer only, or all game?

gunnyragg · Post by **gunnyragg** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:12 pm

This cannot help but be good news for all of us in the NFA business. As the idea catches hold, it will make shooters less obvious to the anti's, add more places to hunt, and save a lot of hearing.

Now if the FEDs would de-NFA suppressors, wonder what would happen? My guess is that if suppressor use becomes widespread, you will see "Quiet Hunting Only" or "Suppressors Required on This Lease!" signs popping up.

The Law of Unintended Consequences is a bitch. But I am going to take advantage of this opportunuty and ride it far as I can.

doubloon · Post by **doubloon** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:24 pm

gunnyragg wrote:...
Now if the FEDs would de-NFA suppressors, wonder what would happen? ...

I'm not sure even if suppressors were "de-NFA"d it would be a huge windfall. Right now in Texas suppressors are prohibited and your federal papers are defense against prosecution. Besides that, the majority of hunters out there have rifles with skinny tapered barrels and they're probably not interested in replacing the gun just to buy a suppressor.

But it sure is welcome change for those of us who already have threaded barrels and suppressors.

It would be interesting to see something happen in the shotgun market. If somebody could develop an inexpensive and easy to install aftermarket suppression kit for the most popular models they might be able to wring a little cash out of it. Maybe a drop in integral barrel.

J Krammes wrote:Deer only, or all game?

All game animals and game birds.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=86203

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/fe ... ndex.phtml

About half way down the page.

I can't do a strike through font on this lame forum so the modification is that the text in RED below is deleted.

(E)[(D)]It is unlawful to hunt alligators, game animals, or game birds with a fully automatic firearm [or any firearm equipped with a silencer or sound-suppressing device].

Farmallsh · Post by **Farmallsh** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:30 pm

Of coarse........this IS TEXAS BTW

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