Main Hunting Gun

[CCook]

What percentage of guys shooting airguns use them as their main form of hunting weapon?
I hunt ducks and geese with shotgun, pretty much everything else is some form of airgun.

 

[MOhunter]

I've started using all my AGs as main hunting guns. Except for Turkey (shotgun) and deer, which I haven't hunted in a while. But coyotes, squirrels ,etc all get pellet lead at my place. Just quieter, cheaper and just as efficient. and even though I live in the country, I still don't have to worry about a 22lr or anything that might go long distance

 

[6gun]

What percentage of guys shooting airguns use them as their main form of hunting weapon?
I hunt ducks and geese with shotgun, pretty much everything else is some form of airgun.

I do now, not out of necessity. I've got a powder burner for every feasible hunt I could go on and I use none of them anymore. I've always had a passion for varmint hunting and predator hunting, and upland game. There's some upland game it is not a legal method of take for in my state so not those, but i use an air rifle for everything else because firearms cannot be suppressed in my state and my firearms aren't nearly as consistent or precise as my air rifles(which also evade the lead hunting ban, you know which state now) . The air rifle isn't just a tool, it's part of the joy of the hunt. I can only say that about a couple shotguns and rimfires.

 

[Struckat]

Air for pests, powder for meat.

 

[gendoc]

pests and a few deer & hogs with air, but i do hunt with a smokeless muzzleloader from time to time.......

 

[CCook]

Air for pests, powder for meat.

Where’s your pest/meat line?

 

[Struckat]

Deer, turkey and upland birds all powder. Rodents of all size, air.

 

[Cam Armstrong]

I'm patiently waiting for ohio to legalize airguns for deer hunting.

 

[Bladebum]

Depends what I'm hunting and conditions. All small game and pests i use an airgun. Wing shooting fowl and big game all powder burners. The beauty of airgun hunting is the ability to do it often and in places a firearm isn't feasible or allowed, same reason I hunt archery.