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Reporting Unethical/Illegal Hunting Posts
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freakshow10mm
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In fact, a 9mm in Wisconsin is always illegal. The DNR has designated just what a "power factor" is for a pistol, and also the barrel length. I don't mean to speak in generalities, but this means you are limited to magnum firearms with barrels of more than five inches and turn-bolt pistols of rifle calibers.
This is absolutely 100% incorrect information. A 9mm in WI is LEGAL.
Handguns:
• To be legal for deer, handguns must use center-fire cartridges of .22 caliber or
larger and have a 5½ inch minimum barrel, measured from the iring pin to the
muzzle with the action closed.
• You may not possess a concealed handgun.
• Muzzleloading handguns, see “Muzzleloaders,” above.
• It is illegal to hunt with a handgun if under age 18
Now where does it say 9mm is illegal or there is any power factor involved?
The deer and black bear minimums are 5.5" from firing pin (breechface) to muzzle with action closed. This means that a 4 inch barreled revolver is actually longer than what the industry says. The industry doesn't count the cyclinder in the barrel measurement but the WI DNR says "from the firing pin to the muzzle with the actio closed" which also includes the cylinder.
A Ruger GP100 with industry 4 inch barrel plus the cylinder length is 5.6 inches from muzzle to firing pin with the action closed. This meets the barrel length requirement. Semi autos will have the chamber taken in the measurement so a four inch semi auto is a true four inches. In order for a semi auto to be allowed for hunting it will need at least a 5.5 inch barrel installed, which are available on the aftermarket.
In addition to revolvers that meet the barrel length requirement, don't forget the TC Encore and Contender single shot pistols, the Desert Eagle pistol, the Auto Mag pistols, etc.
The cartridge must be a .22 caliber centerfire or larger. So you can use a .22 Hornet if you want to.
FrontSight
New member
Aren't rats treated harshly in most parts of the world? I mean, every rat needs to squeak up if a lot of the cheese is getting taken away unfairly and blatantly; that's just a given and fair. But as a standard rule, most big rats, the real annoying kind, are not tolerated very well for very long, right?
Art Eatman
Staff in Memoriam
Scrap, I dunno about that. They keep getting re-elected...
Turkeyhead
New member
I figure I'll toss my two cents into the fray here...
If you break a law, you are a criminal. It's as simple as that. How much of a criminal you are depends on the offense. A deer poacher is not, in my mind, as much of a criminal as a bank robber, but the deer poacher is still a criminal. The punishment may be as little as a small fine, whereas the bank robber will almost certainly face jail time.
My point is, stay on the straight and narrow, and things will sort themselves out.
If you break a law, you are a criminal. It's as simple as that. How much of a criminal you are depends on the offense. A deer poacher is not, in my mind, as much of a criminal as a bank robber, but the deer poacher is still a criminal. The punishment may be as little as a small fine, whereas the bank robber will almost certainly face jail time.
My point is, stay on the straight and narrow, and things will sort themselves out.
Let me put it this way. I have a hard enough time when I go hunting legally for deer without having to deal with pochers taking all the game animals away from me in an illegal manner. Hunting laws are there for a reason. We have more whitetail deer in this country then when it was first settled by Eurpeans so the hunting laws must be doing some good and it's for our own good that we follow them.