I took a 90 lb sow with my xl1100 22 so i know air guns are capable of cleanly harvesting squirrels
Quote from: howie1968 on January 12, 2013, 07:57:31 PMI took a 90 lb sow with my xl1100 22 so i know air guns are capable of cleanly harvesting squirrelsI don't want to hunt squirrels. I want to get a big bore air rifle and hunt hogs.
I was one of the men rsponsible in getting the draw weight reduction in texas, along wih tink nathan owner of tinks 69 Although i didnt agree with no draw weight minimum i fought for 35 lbs as when i guide elk in Colorado that is colorados minimum, and ive seen many elk killed with bows under 40 lbs. One way we did this was many docmentations of my daughter killing many hogs with bows less then 35 lbs. You have to have the same approach with the wildlife commision show them that an air rifle with a certain minimum is capable of cleanly harvesting squirrels and such. I took a 90 lb sow with my xl1100 22 so i know air guns are capable of cleanly harvesting squirrels
Write a nice formal letter and educate them about airguns. Also let them know that many other states allow airgun hunting for small game. You can tell them New York state passed a new law in 2010 allowing the harvest of any small game animal with an airgun that is legal to take with rimfire, as long as the airgun has a minimum muzzle velocity of 600fps. The most effective way would probably be a petition online with a couple of thousand signatures from Texans to get legislators to propose more liberal airgun hunting laws. Good luck! Harry
Not sure what you are saying. All forums have people like what you are taking about. I don't really care if people like me or not. I come to forums seeking information, not friendship. if a make a friend, great! If someone does not like me and rejects me, it's their loss. They might have learned something if they would have listened.Anyway. How does this sound for a petition to the TPWD."Currently the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has blanket rule that prohibits the use of any air gun to hunt game animals in the State of Texas. The term "Air Gun" covers everything from a $15 dollar Daisy BB gun to $2,000 dollar Quackenbush LA .457 air rifle. We feel that this law is wrong because it treats all air guns as equal and it is unfair to air gunners who have invested hundreds and even thousands of dollars in high powered air rifles that are capable of taking game as large as a two thousand pound bison. We believe that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department should alter the law to allow air guns to be used to hunt game animals in Texas and provide minimum standards for which air gins can be used for different sizes of animals."
Quote from: jungleexplorer on January 20, 2013, 05:29:41 PMNot sure what you are saying. All forums have people like what you are taking about. I don't really care if people like me or not. I come to forums seeking information, not friendship. if a make a friend, great! If someone does not like me and rejects me, it's their loss. They might have learned something if they would have listened.Anyway. How does this sound for a petition to the TPWD."Currently the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has blanket rule that prohibits the use of any air gun to hunt game animals in the State of Texas. The term "Air Gun" covers everything from a $15 dollar Daisy BB gun to $2,000 dollar Quackenbush LA .457 air rifle. We feel that this law is wrong because it treats all air guns as equal and it is unfair to air gunners who have invested hundreds and even thousands of dollars in high powered air rifles that are capable of taking game as large as a two thousand pound bison. We believe that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department should alter the law to allow air guns to be used to hunt game animals in Texas and provide minimum standards for which air gins can be used for different sizes of animals."That's a good start, but I wouldn't overstate things on the big end. I don't know if we want to argue that people should be able to hunt bison with air rifles. But we could point out that many other states allow them, and even better, provide some arguments that other states used to do just that. I'd start with Missouri. They are the most progressive state in the Union when it comes to the outdoors and fish and wildlife management.John