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***SMWS6TA*** · 04-26-2012, 12:07 PM

does your state allow BP hunts after bow but prior to shotgun season?

**Zinergy** · 04-26-2012, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by 0rion

rifles aren't allowed here at all for big game.....thankfully so. We have some real morons walking the woods during deer season. If they allowed rifles I would probably stop gun hunting deer altogether. Even with the shotgun I fear for my life walking in and out of the woods unless it's completely dark or completely light. I will not walk in or out in low light conditions.
The last couple of years I've really got into my black powder gun. Took me a few years to get used to it but it's a really fun gun to shoot. It's kinda the same here as far as distance shots.....100 yards is pushing it really in the woods I hunt. Inside 100 yards that black powder gun does fine though.....still pretty accurate at that range and still has plenty of punch.

I like hunting big game with a rifle more than my shotguns. I only use my shotguns for pheasant, ducks and Turkey, trap and sporting clays. I have used my 20 gauge for small game as well. We do have to worry about those IL squatters coming up here and being stupid though. There have been some cases of people being killed or injured from stray bullets but they are extremely few and far between. More people have been injured or killed from someone in there hunting party being careless than stray bullets.

People BP hunt here as well but I do not. Just not my thing, if I want to go old school I will pull out the bow and camo.

**0rion** · 04-26-2012, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by SMWS6TA

does your state allow BP hunts after bow but prior to shotgun season?

no....our main BP season is retarded. It's after gun season and the first week of Jan. It's 3 days long so some years it'll be like tue-wed-thur or something retarded. Not to mention the herd has been thinned and chased already during shotgun and it's balls cold usually. I carry mine during shotgun season usually which is allowed.

**Knight** · 04-26-2012, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by 0rion

no....our main BP season is retarded. It's after gun season and the first week of Jan. It's 3 days long so some years it'll be like tue-wed-thur or something retarded. Not to mention the herd has been thinned and chased already during shotgun and it's balls cold usually. I carry mine during shotgun season usually which is allowed.

4 days. And it starts on a Sat.. At least for the last few years it has. I agree though, it's not the best time for it. I do know quite a few who use them during regular season though.

The other thing I've been trying to understand is why Ohio doesn't allow rifle hunting, as long as they are the same as the pistol rounds. Such as, I use a .44 revolver many times. Why couldn't I use a .44 rifle? I understand not using .22 - 250's and .270's and such, but using a rifle that shoots what is allowed with pistol would make more sense.

**Zinergy** · 04-26-2012, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by Knight

4 days. And it starts on a Sat.. At least for the last few years it has. I agree though, it's not the best time for it. I do know quite a few who use them during regular season though.

The other thing I've been trying to understand is why Ohio doesn't allow rifle hunting, as long as they are the same as the pistol rounds. Such as, I use a .44 revolver many times. Why couldn't I use a .44 rifle? I understand not using .22 - 250's and .270's and such, but using a rifle that shoots what is allowed with pistol would make more sense.

Agree, its the same round so why not.

**0rion** · 04-26-2012, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Knight

4 days. And it starts on a Sat.. At least for the last few years it has. I agree though, it's not the best time for it. I do know quite a few who use them during regular season though.

The other thing I've been trying to understand is why Ohio doesn't allow rifle hunting, as long as they are the same as the pistol rounds. Such as, I use a .44 revolver many times. Why couldn't I use a .44 rifle? I understand not using .22 - 250's and .270's and such, but using a rifle that shoots what is allowed with pistol would make more sense.

I remember in years past it being right in the middle of the week. They have that early season in October but it's only at a few state forests/parks. I'm busy bow hunting then anyhow. Zach is almost old enough to start doing youth hunts so me and him will be out early this year or next with the gun. I gotta get us a 2 man ladder stand and haul it in there. That's a one trip deal. I'll take it in and hang it and it'll stay there. I'm not wagging a 60+ pound stand in and out every year.
Like I say....I'm glad they don't allow rifle hunting. I know down there where I go on opening day it's like world war 3 all around me. The last thing I want is those guys having rifles. They can't see past the end of the barrel....much less what or who is a ridge over from them. A 12 gauge, or even 20 gauge for that matter, does just fine. I like having to get the deer close to me. Makes it more of a challenge. I've put the time in down there and I have a killer spot when I gun hunt. I found a spot a few years ago that's an escape route for about 3-4 different ridges. If anyone shoots anywhere near me the deer run right to me. The last 3-4 deer I've shot there have been between 20-40 yards out.

**wileyCoyote** · 04-26-2012, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by dethinboots

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www.dtic.mil/ndia/2008Intl/Roberts.pdf