Shotgun States
 

I am from Illinois, and everybody probaly knows they do not allow rifles during any deer season. I am planning on going to college this semester and becoming a conservation officer when I get the oppurtunity. Only thing is, Illinois hardly ever hires, and I can't just sit and wait. I do not want to move a state that allows rifle hunting. What other states only allow shotguns during the season ?

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new york, but if your in the Adirondacks or the southern portion you are allowed to use rifle also. i got a A.S.S in environmental conservation at finger lakes community college here in new york. loved every second of it but couldn't find a job so i work at a hospital now but still spend most of my time in the woods. good luck with your degree and hope you bag a slob this year.


THE FOOT

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what do you have against rifle hunting?

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i wouldnt base you decision on where to move on whether they allow rifle hunting.

sshhh, i dont need to hear that kind of talk!! im just going into natural resources at Morrisville State. They have some great internship connections, and i will have a leg up having a computer information systems degree as well, so there is some hope for me.

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Rifle hunting I just never enjoyed. I've been in rifle hunting in Missouri 4 times, and killed a deer each time. The feeling is not the same as getting a deer close up with a bow or shotgun and taking it. I'm not saying I'm against rifle hunting, but myself, I will never do it over shotgun or bow hunting.

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Delaware and New Jersey are both Shotgon only. Delaware is a great little state with some real nice deer, plus awesome fishing and waterfowl hunting. New Jersey is..... well, its New Jersey.

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i hunt close quarters deer with a rifle...i havent killed one or had a shot at one out of todays shotgun range...most 25-50yds......im kinda kinda going to school for the same thing.....bt my school is one of 2 in the nation that offer a 4yr degree with a national park ranger training program...so my major is park and resource managment with a focus on law and the park ranger training...iplan to become a national parkranger....but with the degree and classes gameor fish commissioner ect is another option...i kinda want to start off as a park ranger.....and when i retire become agame warden.......who knows.....i gota make it throughfirst lol.........

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Michigan, Ohio and I think Indiana are all shotgun states. And some states like michigan are both shotgun and rifle depending on where you are located in the state.

Paul

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You do have the choiceof using a shotgun even in a state that allows rifles. Sounds like a not too well thought out reason to pick a place to live.

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Indiana is shotgun only, no rifles.

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thats alright, but i think most states that allow rifle hunting allow shotgun too. nobody would force you to use a rifle if you didnt want to.

like steve said, it doesnt sound like a good reason to pick a place to live

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Ohio is shotgun. They hire pretty regular too from what i am told. Plenty of new parks and stuff going in all over so they need the rangers.

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Iowa is a shotgun or muzzleloader state.

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I gotta ditto on it being a very strange (OK I won't say goofy) reason for choosing a state. As was said, there's nothing to prevent you from using a shotgun (or bow for that matter) during a rifle season. I know a lot of guys in Minnesota, for instance, who never hunt with a rifle even though it's allowed.

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Yeah, again, kind of weird decision making here. You don't like rifle hunting, so therefore you won't work in a state that allows it?? Hmmm.

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MASSACHUSETTS! Thats me man
Bow season of about 50 days, like 12 days shotgun, and 15 muzzleloader.

Jim

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Ohio, only shotguns and muzzle loaders and hand guns. Are gun season is one week long. We have early muzzle loader, Early youth deer gun season, then deer season, then muzzle loader season. And bow season during all of that. www.ohiodnr.com thats the department of natural resources here.

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Michigan is 1/2 shotgun only...

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Come to Bama and you can throw a spear at them........

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Md is split half shotgun, half rifle.

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Indiana doesn't allow rifle hunting either.

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I understand that some states will let you hunt with a shotgun or a rifle, but it is still not the same. Just for example, Illinois has some of the strictest rules in the country, but we still produce monster after monster. And states like texas are different...with it's wide open ranges. But there is nothing like sitting in the Illinois woods. Cmon people from Illinois, get behing me!!

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If your hoping to be a field warden it shouldn't matter for your own personal preference of what you like to hunt with. You wont have time to hunt anyway , for gun deer season especially. I don't know about most states but around here any warden will tell you ; if you love to hunt and fish alot a field warden is the last job you'll want.
I don't mean to rain on your parade but it's the plain truth. That was my first dream job I pursuedas a youth until I found out the reallity behind it. With gov't cut backs going onin most statesI'd guess that there are experienced wardens out there right now looking for work , I know there are in Wisconsin.