Recommendations for Firearms Restrictions and Muzzleloader Requirements
The Division is proposing changes to firearms restrictions to align with state statutes and recommending the lowering of bullet weight requirements for muzzleloaders for deer and pronghorn hunting. Various recommendations include allowing possession of handguns in vehicles while spotlighting and clarifying rules for carrying handguns in the field for archery and muzzleloader hunters. Additionally, suggestions were made to lower bullet weight restrictions for muzzleloaders to .45 caliber and permit the use of laser range finding scopes.
- Firearms Restrictions
- Muzzleloader Requirements
- Hunting Regulations
- Wildlife Conservation
- Archery Equipment
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The Division is recommending changes to firearms restrictions to align with state statute The Division is also recommending lowering the bullet weight requirements for muzzleloaders for deer and pronghorn
We recommend removing the temporary game preserve section from the rule for limited entry big game hunts We recommend allowing the possession of a handgun in a vehicle in accordance with state statute while spotlighting
We recommend allowing archery and muzzleloader hunters to carry a handgun in the field In the field does not include a hunters camp or enclosed vehicle Clarifies that archers and muzzleloaders must use legal archery equipment and legal muzzleloaders to take protected wildlife
We recommend Lowering the bullet weight restrictions for muzzleloaders from .50 caliber to .45 caliber for hunting deer and pronghorn We recommend including language that clarifies that laser range finding scopes are legal
