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Originally posted by Snyper:
Those aren't legal here as a primary weapon, but ARE legal as a means to dispatch an animal wounded with a legal weapon.
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This is an argument we hear every year from dad's of students in Hunter Safety. They even argue with the Warden that comes and speaks to the class. It may be legal in your state, but it is not legal here. You must dispatch the animal with a weapon legal for the season and the game you are hunting. One needs to be sure of the game laws where they are hunting. Here, you cannot dispatch an animal wounded during legal hunting hours with a firearm legal to use during legal hunting hours after legal hunting hours. IOW, if you are trailing a deer legally hit with your bow, and it is after legal hunting hours, you best leave you bow back at the truck. Shooting the animal again after legal hunting hours while maybe humane, is illegal. If you can't get close enough to cut it's throat, you need to wait till morning. Here, while it may be humane to dispatch a deer hit by a car with your glovebox gun, if you do not have permission from a some sort of LEO before doing so, you are in violation and can be fined. Sometimes doing the right thing or what you think is appropriate, is not always legal.