Re: rifle capacity for deer hunting?
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:26 pm
Hard to argue with a direct link to the game laws right at the DNR.
It is what it is. Any .22 centerfire or larger is legal big game. For that matter, you could use the .220 swift or a .22 hornet if you wanted to.
It is what it is. Any .22 centerfire or larger is legal big game. For that matter, you could use the .220 swift or a .22 hornet if you wanted to.
Chunkychuck wrote:http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/hunting/2011/full_regs.pdf
LEGAL FIREARMS (Includes handguns) FOR BIG GAME
• It is at least .220 caliber and has center fire ignition;
• It is loaded only with single projectile ammunition;
• The projectile used has a soft point or is an expanding bullet type;*
• The muzzleloader (long gun or handgun) used cannot be loaded at the
breech (muzzleloading revolvers are not legal for taking big game);
• The smooth-bore muzzleloader used is at least .45 caliber and
• The rifled muzzleloader used is at least .40 caliber;
• Muzzleloaders with scopes are legal during the regular firearms deer
seasons, but are not allowed during the muzzleloader season except by
special permit for hunters with a medically certified visual impairment.
Applications are available from the DNR Info Center, see page 125.
Other Restrictions
• No person may discharge a firearm or an arrow from a bow on, over,
across, or within the right-of-way of an improved public highway
(including but not limited to federal, state, county, and township
roadways) at a big game animal or a decoy of a big game animal that
has been set out by a licensed peace officer.
• A person may not use a dog or horse to take big game.
This is all I can find