what states allow hunting with a suppressor?

Hellrazor · Post by **Hellrazor** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:58 pm

Not legal in NC

GS 113-291.1

3101 · Post by **3101** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:00 pm

not legal for game animals in Georgia...

cdmillig · Post by **cdmillig** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:38 pm

GaLEO wrote:not legal for game animals in Georgia...

Since you're a LEO, do you have any inside info on why it's illegal or what would the police do if they caught you with one?

This seems like such a stupid rule because my dad and I get people running out their houses shooting rifles in the air when we shoot at deer (who eat soybeans in our fields) from the road.

3101 · Post by **3101** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:55 pm

ain't me, it's the legislature.....THEY make the stupid rules.....
As far as I interpret it....the ban on cans involves SPORT hunting of GAME animals....
shooting with a crop permit, or non game varmint type critters don't count....

With that being said, UNLESS you are showing your ass, with a group of drunk hunters shining at night, etc....who is gonna know to complain....

cdmillig · Post by **cdmillig** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:33 pm

ArevaloSOCOM wrote:
cyclone72 wrote:moving to Arkansas
+1

Read my mind............I don't hunt but it'd give me a reason to try it......

LOL.

Call up the boys, we're heading out with suppressed full auto G3's to hunt some rabbits and anything else we see!

GoodOlBuzz · Post by **GoodOlBuzz** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:29 pm

GaLEO wrote:ain't me, it's the legislature.....THEY make the stupid rules.....
As far as I interpret it....the ban on cans involves SPORT hunting of GAME animals....
shooting with a crop permit, or non game varmint type critters don't count....

With that being said, UNLESS you are showing your ass, with a group of drunk hunters shining at night, etc....who is gonna know to complain....

Let me put a different spin on this questiopn with a Texas frame of reference. I know, GaLEO, that you are not in Texas, but this question goes to all the board.

Does the prohibition of hunting with a suppressor extend to hunting on your own land? Or does owning your own land give the owner leave to do what he or she wants (Yes, thinking of you, Suppressor Professor

Buzz

3101 · Post by **3101** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:30 pm

In Georgia it doesn't matter where you are hunting, hunting is hunting no matter where you are doing it.....it is illegal here.....

bigbigpig · Post by **bigbigpig** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:16 am

Florida regulations. Notice that it gives the definition of taking wildlife but not the definition of taking game. It would be nice to see a clear ruling on the acceptable use of hunting with silencers. I'm pretty sure it's OK for nuisance animals such as beavers and JPratt knows it's OK for hogs if on you own land.

Legal methods of taking game

Definition of â€œtakingâ€

M4Super90 · Post by **M4Super90** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:14 am

GoodOlBuzz wrote:
GaLEO wrote:ain't me, it's the legislature.....THEY make the stupid rules.....
As far as I interpret it....the ban on cans involves SPORT hunting of GAME animals....
shooting with a crop permit, or non game varmint type critters don't count....

With that being said, UNLESS you are showing your ass, with a group of drunk hunters shining at night, etc....who is gonna know to complain....
Let me put a different spin on this questiopn with a Texas frame of reference. I know, GaLEO, that you are not in Texas, but this question goes to all the board.

Does the prohibition of hunting with a suppressor extend to hunting on your own land? Or does owning your own land give the owner leave to do what he or she wants (Yes, thinking of you, Suppressor Professor

Buzz

As you may know, in Texas, you own the land but game animals are property of the state. You can only shoot them with what the state says is OK. Any non-game animals you can do with what you like, or protected animals that are being destructive can be removed with permission from your local P&W office. The only time I know of being on your own land gives you an advantage is that you don't need a fishing license for private ponds and lakes. Rivers are still state property.

GoodOlBuzz · Post by **GoodOlBuzz** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:14 pm

M4Super90 wrote:
GoodOlBuzz wrote:Does the prohibition of hunting with a suppressor extend to hunting on your own land? Or does owning your own land give the owner leave to do what he or she wants (Yes, thinking of you, Suppressor Professor

Buzz
As you may know, in Texas, you own the land but game animals are property of the state. You can only shoot them with what the state says is OK. Any non-game animals you can do with what you like, or protected animals that are being destructive can be removed with permission from your local P&W office. The only time I know of being on your own land gives you an advantage is that you don't need a fishing license for private ponds and lakes. Rivers are still state property.

No, I didn't know that: thanks, M4Super90!

Rats.

Oh, well. It is as GaLEO says,

GaLEO wrote:ain't me, it's the legislature.....THEY make the stupid rules......

Buzz

lawless · Post by **lawless** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:18 pm

Can anyone confirm the nebraska law?

hairy78 · Post by **hairy78** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:44 pm

kilroymcb wrote:Kentucky allows hunting of all game animals with a silencer.

As long as you use a magazine with the required quantity, and do not use a machine-gun, KY will let you use anything. I tested this in 2007 with a SBR AR15 in .338 Spectre with a SWR Trident. I only carried 5 rnd mags, and never had any trouble. I can't wait until fall squak season, when I use my suppressed 10/22.

RoAus · Post by **RoAus** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:43 pm

You can not hunt with a silencer in the state of Georgia. The word hunt covers all gods creatures (game and nongame) unfortunately

Georgia General Assembly
Â§ 27-3-4 (9) Legal weapons for hunting wildlife generally

jd43 · Post by **jd43** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:42 pm

Put some Red bars on Wyoming

2006 STATE OF WYOMING 06LSO-0164
1 SF0079
SENATE FILE NO. SF0079
Weapons authorized for hunting.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Case and Vasey and
Representative(s) McOmie
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to game and fish; modifying restrictions on
2 the possession of weapons while hunting; authorizing the
3 possession of automatic weapons and silencers while
4 hunting; prohibiting the use of automatic weapons and
5 silencers in the taking of wildlife; repealing the
6 prohibition on carrying firearms while archery hunting; and
7 providing for an effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
10
11 Section 1. W.S. 23-3-112(a) is amended to read:
12
13 23-3-112. Firearms; automatic weapon or silencer
14 prohibited.
15
16 (a) No person shall take into or possess in the game
2006 STATE OF WYOMING 06LSO-0164
2 SF0079
1 fields or forests of any wildlife within the state of
2 Wyoming by the use of any fully automatic weapon or with
3 any firearm equipped with a device designed to silence or
4 muffle the report of any firearm.
5
6 Section 2. W.S. 23-2-104(d) is repealed.
7
8 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2006.
9
10 (END)

withoutremorse42 · Post by **withoutremorse42** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:05 am

Alaska is legal for suppressors, but you cannot duck hunt with mortars. Don't tread on me and my hunting, Fish and Game! asshats.

dmtsc · Post by **dmtsc** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:43 pm

AJE wrote:How about West Virginia? I go deer hunting there but we usually do some squirell hunting as well.

I can't find anything about it one way or the other (which I guess is a good sign).

Perfectly legal, do it all the time.
David

jppd47 · Post by **jppd47** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:37 pm

CT says no hunting with a can

this is dated 1994:

Using a silencer on a firearm while hunting

Fine of $ 10 to $ 200, imprisonment for up to 60 days, or both (CGS Sec. 26-75)

This is dated 2002:

Restrictions on Rifles and Handguns
...It is also illegal:
...7. to use a silencer on any firearm while hunting (CGS Â§ 26-75).

AJE · Post by **AJE** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:44 am

dmtsc wrote:
AJE wrote:How about West Virginia? I go deer hunting there but we usually do some squirell hunting as well.

I can't find anything about it one way or the other (which I guess is a good sign).

Perfectly legal, do it all the time.
David

Good, then I didn't break the law by doing so.

Dakota Rebel · Post by **Dakota Rebel** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:03 pm

ND only prohibits mags holding more than 10 rounds. If you can legally own the suppressed weapon, you can hunt with it. Have your NFA paperwork handy.

PTK · Post by **PTK** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:17 am

Damn, so it's actually legal here in CO to hunt with silenced guns? I am SO going to ruin the p-dog population here, then.

ponderer · Post by **ponderer** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:08 pm

Kansas does not allow suppressors or silencers on weapons for hunting.

szemke · Post by **szemke** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:45 pm

I've searched the Arkansas regs and cant find silencer, supressor, flash, or sound anywhere in the regs. Anyone want to confirm this?

jimmym40a2 · Post by **jimmym40a2** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:04 pm

I'm pretty sure in ARK you can hunt with suppressor and machineguns.(for real)

mizzu · Post by **mizzu** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:08 am

Silencers or Night vision are Illegal in Alabama. There goes my coyote night massacre I was planning

jimmym40a2 · Post by **jimmym40a2** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:18 pm

Keep planning- who would know?

what states allow hunting with a suppressor?

Connecticut

Alabama