Does YOUR state allow air gunning for dove?
Does YOUR state allow air gunning for dove?
11-02-2021, 09:57 AM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
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It is illegal under federal law to hunt doves with single projectile ammunition. I believe you know that! It seems you are just bound and determined to start a controversy.
Last edited by Oldtimr; 11-02-2021 at 10:07 AM.
11-02-2021, 07:36 PM
#4
Fork Horn
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Join Date: May 2021
Location: Lawton, OK
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No, this thread is not about me. I'm trying to assess how far America (and various state game laws makers) have advanced in acceptance of the air gun as a serious tool for recreatonal hunting. Game law makers have widely accepted archery equipment and just about everything else under the sun for killing game. An arrow scares me a lot more than a BB or pellet whizzing through the air.
I will pose another question here though. Does anybody here believe an air gun, even one with subsonic velocities, is more dangerous, ballistically speaking, in any way, shape or form than a powder shotgun for hunting dove or other fowl on public or private lands?
Air guns seem to be frowned upon by some lawmakers as skateboards are frowned upon by older people.
In short, I see the air gun as the final frontier for American hunting weaponry on dry land.
I will pose another question here though. Does anybody here believe an air gun, even one with subsonic velocities, is more dangerous, ballistically speaking, in any way, shape or form than a powder shotgun for hunting dove or other fowl on public or private lands?
Air guns seem to be frowned upon by some lawmakers as skateboards are frowned upon by older people.
In short, I see the air gun as the final frontier for American hunting weaponry on dry land.
Last edited by AlongCameJones; 11-02-2021 at 07:43 PM.
11-03-2021, 05:19 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Germany/Calif.
Posts: 2,664
No, this thread is not about me. I'm trying to assess how far America (and various state game laws makers) have advanced in acceptance of the air gun as a serious tool for recreatonal hunting. Game law makers have widely accepted archery equipment and just about everything else under the sun for killing game. An arrow scares me a lot more than a BB or pellet whizzing through the air.
I will pose another question here though. Does anybody here believe an air gun, even one with subsonic velocities, is more dangerous, ballistically speaking, in any way, shape or form than a powder shotgun for hunting dove or other fowl on public or private lands?
Air guns seem to be frowned upon by some lawmakers as skateboards are frowned upon by older people.
In short, I see the air gun as the final frontier for American hunting weaponry on dry land.
I will pose another question here though. Does anybody here believe an air gun, even one with subsonic velocities, is more dangerous, ballistically speaking, in any way, shape or form than a powder shotgun for hunting dove or other fowl on public or private lands?
Air guns seem to be frowned upon by some lawmakers as skateboards are frowned upon by older people.
In short, I see the air gun as the final frontier for American hunting weaponry on dry land.
11-03-2021, 07:14 AM
#6
Fork Horn
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Join Date: May 2021
Location: Lawton, OK
Posts: 121
I have found at least one video of air gunning Eurasian collared doves in ARIZONA (MY NATIVE STATE) on a priavte farm. It could mean that the ECD is not a protected species in AZ and/or the air gun is lawful for that puropse in that state at least on private property. I believe Texas has also caught on with air rifles. Many elected officials don't know a moderator from a Gamo Swarm when it comes to compressed-air-powered recreational weaponry, I presume. There has to be a large enough public demand for air gunning for game and a loud enough cry for their acceptance, maybe. Many game laws are driven by emotion rather than practicality and sound conservation science.
Last edited by AlongCameJones; 11-03-2021 at 07:17 AM.
11-15-2021, 05:36 AM
#9
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I think faseh67 answered the question honestly and with a bit of humor. It is legal in his state and Eurasian Collared doves are classified as crop pests in his country. FWIW, it is legal to hunt Eurasian Collared doves in CA also. US law classifies Eurasian Collared doves as an invasive species and leaves it up to states to regulate it. The OP asked about "any" species of dove and not just mourning doves which fall under different regulations. Pennsylvania may handle Eurasian Collared doves differently but that is Penn's prerogative. But your above answer was about federal law and not Penn law.
11-15-2021, 06:10 PM
#10
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,227
You can shoot the Eurasian Collared Doves here in TX with anything you want and you can do it all year long. They are classified as an invasive species. But you don't want to get caught shooting white winged or mourning doves with an air rifle/pistol here. So the answer, at least for TX, is maybe.
