regs-and hunter safety ed courses

[wtnhunt]

Kind of curious about the regs in different states in regards to hunter safety and of what states do or do not allow rifle hunting, what type of regs they have in regards to hunter safety. Also if possible can post stats for hunter related/accidental shooting numbers for your state if/when they are out.

Tennessee:

Tennessee allows for rifle hunting with no minimum caliber so long as the rifle is centerfire. The state requires all hunters born after January 1, 1969 to have completed a hunter safety education course. Only exception to that rule are landowners hunting on their own farmland, who need no hunter safety course.

To date, I have heard of one person who was not fatally shot by a hunter on the opening weekend of the gun season in the Memphis area, and have heard of one fatal treestand accident.

[Tominator]

Here's Ohio's:

Allowable Hunting Equipment

Archery Season Longbow: minimum draw weight 40 lbs.

Crossbow: draw weight not less than 75 lbs. The arrow tip shall have a minimum of two cutting edges which may be exposed or unexposed minimum 3/4 inch width. Expandable and mechanical broadheads are legal. Poisoned or explosive arrows are illegal.

Gun Season and Youth Deer Gun Season: 10 gauge or smaller shotgun using one ball or

one rifled slug per barrel (rifled shotgun barrels are permitted when using shotgun slug ammunition); or muzzleloading rifle .38 caliber or larger; or handgun with 5-in. minimum length barrel, using straight-walled cartridges .357 caliber or larger, or longbow, crossbow (draw weight limitations same as for Archery Season). Shotguns cannot be capable of holding more than three shells.

Statewide Muzzleloader Season: Longbow, crossbow (draw weight limitations same as for archery season), muzzleloading rifle .38 caliber or larger, or muzzleloading shotgun of 10 gauge or smaller using one ball per barrel.

Hunters cannot carry more than one firearm while hunting deer. See Concealed Carry information.

[Rhino]

Here it is for Mississippi:

There is no minimum caliber for center fire rifles.

All deer hunters must wear, in full view, a minimum of 500 square inches of solid unbroken continious daylight fluorescent hunter orange during any open firearm season.

All persons born on or after Jan. 1, 1972 must pass a state approved hunter education course before being able to purchase a license. Youth hunters (15 and under) don't have to buy a license. Youth hunters at least 12 years old must pass a hunter education course in order to hunt on their own. Otherwise, they must hunt in the pressence and under the direct supervision of a licensed hunter that's at least 21 years old. All youth hunters under 12 years old must hunt with a licensed hunter at least 21 years old.

During Primitive Weapons seasons licensed hunters may hunt with a muzzleloader of at least .38 caliber or with a single shot, breach loading, rifle cartridge of at least .35 caliber. Breach loading, single shot rifles must have exposed hammers and use metallic cartridges. Cartridges may be loaded with black powder or modern smokeless powder. Youth hunters may hunt with any weapon during Primitive Weapons seasons.

Here's one thing that makes no sense to me...Non-residents are not allowed to kill antlerless deer except on lands he owns or on lands where he leases the hunting or fishing rights. It's bad enough to limit non-residents rights to kill antlerless deer but what the heck does leasing the fishing rights have to do with deer hunting.

[fly]

For IL.

I called a guy offering a hunter safety course and he said he would allow my 7 year old daughter to attend. She's registered for next Friday and Saturday. We are both very excited about it. I had been told by another guy that kids had to be 8 years old to register for his course. The IDNR doesn't mention the age in the regulation book. Glad I called around.

One born after Jan 1st 1980 has to take the safety education course to get a hunting license and subsuquent deer permit.

There is a new non-renewable license called an apprentice license that specifies the hunter (ages 10-16) must hunt with a licensed and responsible hunter. No hunter safety course is needed. However, the youth has to be 10 to get it. I'm planning to take my daughter next year for the youth season so it doesn't help us.

Overall IL has a restrictive firearm season, but the generous bow season makes up for it. The restricitve firearm season is one reason credited towards the number of trophy deer in IL.

Legal Firearms

Shotguns, loaded with slugs only, of not larger than 10 nor smaller than 20 gauge, not capable of firing more than 3 consecutive slugs; or Single or double barreled muzzleloading rifles of at least .45 caliber shooting a single projectile

through a barrel of at least sixteen inches in length; or Centerfire revolvers or centerfire single-shot handguns of .30 caliber or larger with a minimum barrel length of 4 inches.

Seasons:

Firearm Deer (Handgun, Muzzleloader,& Shotgun) Nov. 21-23; Dec. 4-7, 2008

1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset

One deer per firearm permit

Deer (Muzzleloading rifles only) Dec. 12-14, 2008 (also allowed Dec. 4-7) One deer per muzzleloading rifle permit

Special CWD Deer Season Jan. 16-18, 2009 One deer per valid deer permit

Late-Winter Antlerless Deer (Handgun, Muzzleloader, & Shotgun) Jan. 16-18, 2009 One antlerless deer per permit

Deer (Archery in counties with a firearm season and west of Rt. 47 in Kane Co

Oct. 1 - Nov. 20, Nov. 24 - Dec. 3, Dec. 8, 2008 - Jan. 15, 2009

One deer per archery permit

Deer (Archery in Cook, DuPage, Kane east of Route 47 and Lake counties) Oct. 1, 2008 - Jan. 15, 2009

Youth Firearm Deer Season Oct. 11-12, 2008 One deer

Edited December 4, 2008 by fly

[Tink]

NSSF

:DNSSF has all the states reg on one site

National Shooting Sports Foundation go to hunting section Loads of info there

thanks William

BTW Could you help me clean up and organize my signature ?

Thanks OLD TINK

[Tink]

we Bowhunters of Texas got the State to drop the 40# weigh limit that kept women & youth from legally bowhunting in Texas! no limit now More families bowhunting too Tink This young lady has killed a Hog with her bow & 2 does witha .243 Win ona youth hunt this year in Texas

[Bowtech_archer07]

For IL.

I called a guy offering a hunter safety course and he said he would allow my 7 year old daughter to attend. She's registered for next Friday and Saturday. We are both very excited about it. I had been told by another guy that kids had to be 8 years old to register for his course. The IDNR doesn't mention the age in the regulation book. Glad I called around.

One born after Jan 1st 1980 has to take the safety education course to get a hunting license and subsuquent deer permit.

There is a new non-renewable license called an apprentice license that specifies the hunter (ages 10-16) must hunt with a licensed and responsible hunter. No hunter safety course is needed. However, the youth has to be 10 to get it. I'm planning to take my daughter next year for the youth season so it doesn't help us.

Overall IL has a restrictive firearm season, but the generous bow season makes up for it. The restricitve firearm season is one reason credited towards the number of trophy deer in IL.

Legal Firearms

Shotguns, loaded with slugs only, of not larger than 10 nor smaller than 20 gauge, not capable of firing more than 3 consecutive slugs; or Single or double barreled muzzleloading rifles of at least .45 caliber shooting a single projectile

through a barrel of at least sixteen inches in length; or Centerfire revolvers or centerfire single-shot handguns of .30 caliber or larger with a minimum barrel length of 4 inches.

Seasons:

Firearm Deer (Handgun, Muzzleloader,& Shotgun) Nov. 21-23; Dec. 4-7, 2008

1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset

One deer per firearm permit

Deer (Muzzleloading rifles only) Dec. 12-14, 2008 (also allowed Dec. 4-7) One deer per muzzleloading rifle permit

Special CWD Deer Season Jan. 16-18, 2009 One deer per valid deer permit

Late-Winter Antlerless Deer (Handgun, Muzzleloader, & Shotgun) Jan. 16-18, 2009 One antlerless deer per permit

Deer (Archery in counties with a firearm season and west of Rt. 47 in Kane Co

Oct. 1 - Nov. 20, Nov. 24 - Dec. 3, Dec. 8, 2008 - Jan. 15, 2009

One deer per archery permit

Deer (Archery in Cook, DuPage, Kane east of Route 47 and Lake counties) Oct. 1, 2008 - Jan. 15, 2009

Youth Firearm Deer Season Oct. 11-12, 2008 One deer

1 thing I will add is that now any unfilled permits from either shotgun season or muzzleloader season carry over to Late-winter season, but they are automatically antlerless permits. So if you have an either-sex tag left over, it is an antlerless only permit during Late-winter.