Guys/Gals,
For those who live in, or hunt in Wisconsin, there is a public hearing on Tuesday 1/9 to discuss the house version of the bill to allow deer and other big game hunting with ‘high powered air rifles’ during the normal hunting seasons in the state. Unfortunately, imho, the definition of what can be used is only that the weapon must be designed to propel a projectile ‘over 1000 fps’ to qualify it for use hunting. I am personally thinking about taking vacation time from work to go request a more robust definition of ‘appropriate weapons’ be made to protect the animals, and image of the hunting community against inappropriate selection of weapons for hunting these game animals. In short, to me it seems like a calamity waiting to happen without better restrictions on the power levels appropriate for hunting big game. I could only imagine it’s just a matter of time before someone buys a Walmart ‘1200 fps, .177 cal airgun’ and heads out to shoot Bambi with it. I don’t want to see that happen, and ruin the opportunity for those who DO OWN appropriate weapons that are up to the task.
Let me know if anyone else is willing to go support the bill with me, and yet urge appropriate restrictions on which weapons should be allowed for hunting.
Here’s the link to the hearing:
http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/raw/cid/1417076
Here’s a link to the bill itself:
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/related/proposals/ab649.pdf
Sean
(Edit: added link to the actual bill at the bottom)
For those who live in, or hunt in Wisconsin, there is a public hearing on Tuesday 1/9 to discuss the house version of the bill to allow deer and other big game hunting with ‘high powered air rifles’ during the normal hunting seasons in the state. Unfortunately, imho, the definition of what can be used is only that the weapon must be designed to propel a projectile ‘over 1000 fps’ to qualify it for use hunting. I am personally thinking about taking vacation time from work to go request a more robust definition of ‘appropriate weapons’ be made to protect the animals, and image of the hunting community against inappropriate selection of weapons for hunting these game animals. In short, to me it seems like a calamity waiting to happen without better restrictions on the power levels appropriate for hunting big game. I could only imagine it’s just a matter of time before someone buys a Walmart ‘1200 fps, .177 cal airgun’ and heads out to shoot Bambi with it. I don’t want to see that happen, and ruin the opportunity for those who DO OWN appropriate weapons that are up to the task.
Let me know if anyone else is willing to go support the bill with me, and yet urge appropriate restrictions on which weapons should be allowed for hunting.
Here’s the link to the hearing:
http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/raw/cid/1417076
Here’s a link to the bill itself:
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/related/proposals/ab649.pdf
Sean
(Edit: added link to the actual bill at the bottom)
