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RIFLES IN INDIANA #43882
10/23/2005 06:18 PM
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Ok, after the last time we did this there is some thought that the "POLL" was pulled by someone other than the one who posted it........ SO, Ill post the question and let it run just to prove a point if nothing else....

SO with that in mind should straight wall rifles be allowed for deer hunting in Indiana


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gotta be more out therewith an opinion than that.... Im not asking for this thread to degenerate like the last one...... Just asking for your vote and to show that no one here pulled the poll the last time it was offered up........... Yea I got a point to prove.


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Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43885
10/24/2005 06:22 PM
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I VOTED! eek laugh


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OK, I'll help you prove your point.


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10/25/2005 08:04 AM
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Yes I'm for it!!!

Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43888
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60 to 40 in favor today.


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Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43889
10/27/2005 09:54 AM
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I would like to hear some reasons that people are for or against it. I wouldn't want a big argument over the matter or anything but just honest opinions to help people become more educated on this topic.
The reason I ask this is because before I really didn't see the difference why some was for and some against x-bow hunting but after reading some very good opinions about it, I was able to form my own educated opinion. There may be some really good reasons that rifles shouldn't be allowed in Indiana that most are over looking. I am not saying that I am for or against it but I would like to hear everyone’s thoughts on it so I can better decide what I think.
Please post your thoughts and opinions and try respect everyone for theirs.


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Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43890
10/27/2005 10:56 AM
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I WOULD LIKE TO think rifles should be allowed on a limited basis. Due to the fact that much of the state is fairly crowded (and flat) I'd hope for common sense rules. Some areas may not be suitable at all due to high population density.

I am not sure it's NEEDED in most areas of the state. I have shot several deer - and it didn't require a rifle because the ranges are not long. I would be afraid of slobs taking risky shots and wounding animals too - I realize that that probably happens in rifle states, not sure the makes it ok though.

Finally, the REALITY of several opening day mornings and hearing 3 or 4 idiots shooting their shotguns 30 45 minutes prior to legal shooting shows me that I can't trust a lot of people with a rifle. NOTE - Of course that doesn't apply to members of this forum. I expect we're all a bit better than that! smile

However, we unfortunately all end up getting penalized. Since I am big on "rights" and freedom I would support it if I ever got a chance. HOWEVER, I sure as heck would NOT be in the Deer woods on opening weekend because I'd fear for my life!

Do I sound like I have mixed feelings? I do!
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Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43891
10/27/2005 11:33 AM
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Harley,the area that I rifle hunt in Kentucky each year is very similar to the area that I hunt in Indiana. Hills, hollers, thick timber, open timber, rolling pastures, and ag crops. There are a good number of hunters in our group & good numbers that hunt the bordering properties. Since 1986 there have been no near miss incidents to report. I think that most people that rifle hunt realize the lethal range of their weapon & act accordingly when afield. I also think that many shotgun hunters do not realize the lethal range of slugs, and get a little sloppy @ times.

Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43892
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my biggest prob with it is i dont trust lot of the people with slug guns let alone a rifle. but then again i use rifle chamberd handguns.

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I don't think they are needed here, but if they were legal I would be buying a bigger gun locker.

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10/30/2005 05:21 AM
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Not going to happen this year guys. The sponsor of the proposal did not show up at the last meeting of the summer study group and the administrative rules package for this year does not include this. The Director it appears has the authority to make this happen without going to the legislature but must do it through an administrative rules change. Maybe next year if there is enough support.

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I'm all for it. I've hunted for several years in a rifle hunting state(TN, 5 miles north of AL, 3 miles east of I-65). I hear a lot fewer shots on any day than during firearms season in Indiana. I believe its because some people shoot rifles like rifles (pick a shot and make it) and shotguns like shotguns (shoot and if it doesn't fall shoot again). I know there are highly accurate shotgun setups (I watched one shooter hitting 1 gallon milk jugs at 200 yards with 12 gage slugs). However his rig was a high dollar unit using ammo that cost a couple of bucks a round. I believe a 44 mag or 45 colt rifle would be a much better youth choice than 410 slugs.

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Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43897
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Hey Folks! I'm new here and am from Wisconsin. For all the time I have spent in Indiana, I have yet to hunt there, the only reaason being lack of opportunity and nothing else. With that stated, I am in a major quandry as to the restrictions that your state places on firearms that can be used. Smoke poles and smooth bores over a decade back were indeed much safer in an area where you may run into homes just the other side of the trees behind that deer thats 75 to 100 yds away, but today, forget it. Now I'm not bragging But I have taken and fired 5 Brenneke slugs out of my 24 inch rifled bore 870 into a connecting hole in the kill zone of a printed whitetail target at 250 yds using peep sights. The range master didnt believe it so he tried and did the same using the same ammo as I. And there are more powerful choices to be made. NOW PLEASE UNDERSTAND, I DONT BRING THIS UP TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. You see here in WI.we have zones and counties that are restricted just like your state is for the reason of saftey of the human population. Our shooting accidents tend to be mostly concentrated in the areas where it is shotgun and no rifle. This is not to say that is the cause, rather, these areas tend to be closer to metro areas and have excessive derpopulations and as such are overloaded with hunters. So it is a situation that the DNR created. and has nothing to do with the actual firearms themselves. We could sit down and research the pros and cons and keep going forever. What I wonder though is how much of the disdain for rifles is the result of tradition? Before anyone reacts lets take a look at what tradition has done for us. Look to the flag, the meaning it has, how many of you have ever been presented with the flag that dressed the casket of a spouse, parent sibling or offspring? What about the family traditions that we all carry on at holiday or birthdays, anniversaries and the like?
Seems to me that Traditionsare a lot more important than that old guy in "fiddler on the roof" sung about. Give it some thought. If your answer why you want it to stay the way it is, Is because it's the way you were taught, could the real reason be because thats the way YOUR father taught you and HIS father taught him and... you know THIS is an answer that deserves a massive amount of respect, if it is the true answer.

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Chief, I think you make a valid point.


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I personaally would love to use my 30-06 in indiana. But because it is illeagal I bought a .45 inline muzzeloader that will give me great accuaracy at 250 yards. I hunt just outside of Orland in my family owned fields were most of the deer we kill are out at 150-250 yards. So, I guess what I am saying is what is the difference. With the technology in todays muzzleloaders and shotguns you can still reach out and touch them at the 250 yard range.

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Ok,,,I'll bite.. laugh :rolleyes: Fishon,,,what inline .45 or shotgun are you shooting that gives you these fantastic groups at 250 yards? What load are you using? Bullet?? Powder?? AND would you agree to the straight walled cartridge rifles' use in Indiana?? Could I use my 45/70?? Do ya think you could get 250 yard accuracy with it?


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Now I'm not bragging But I have taken and fired 5 Brenneke slugs out of my 24 inch rifled bore 870 into a connecting hole in the kill zone of a printed whitetail target at 250 yds using peep sights.
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laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh Ditto Jack... wink


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Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43903
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DID SOMEONE STEAL MY AVATAR!???????????/lol..... DUDE Ill pay the top dollar in the land for that lead thrower and I have thrown a TON of lead.... 250 ? aint happin my friend......


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Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43904
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Guys lets keep it nice...

Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43905
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LOL...... we are bein nice Dawn........ I couldn’t type what I was really thinking.lol

250 yards with an 870 Rem and Peep sites......is Fantasy Island. (Look boss de plane! De Plane!)

I shoot Peep sites and they are as deadly as any scope provided your eyes are still in good shape. It's the distance I am having a problem with here as I use to shoot matches at those kind of distances with precision rifles and I KNOW how hard it is to get good groups out that far and with an 870 and slugs Sabots, whatever.... just don’t buy it... Somebody needs to invest in a good range finder.........

NOW BACK TO THE SUBJECT AT HAND!!!!! THIS THREAD HAS BEEN UP FOR SEVERAL DAYS! I was told by some that the ORGINAL poll was pulled because the outcome was not to the liking of "good ol boys" that run the site. EVEN THOGUH that poll was in favor of RIFLES as well. Doesn’t make sense does it. Well time for the TRUTH to come out. The only one that PULLED that poll was the poster himself..... Why do I bring all this up? WELL as I originally stated, just to prove a point that just because we don’t all agree, all are entitled to their opinions!
The original RAMROD that started this whole thing went about it the wrong way and then stated the ABSURD opinion that this site was anti-gun!! That didn't set well with me. It's all in how you go about things folks. If you want to get something done use your head, you can't win people over to your side by beating them over the head endlessly with an issue and then turn to insults and accusations when they don’t agree with you...........

Gundude carefully steps off his much worn out soapbox.............


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Weedhopper, in answer to your question my .45 is a thompson center black diamond XR. I use powerbelt aero tips in 195g and 150g of pyrodex pellets. I have a 10 power simmons scope. The gun shoots great that far out with the 195's but if I go heavyer the groups seem to open up a bit. My group also all have H-R 12 gauge shotguns that we use the winchestor platnum tips with great accuracy out to 150yrds. You just have to sight them in for that range and also practise at 50yards to know were you will hit. The slug will be a lot higher at 50. The accuracy we get is from alot of time at the range, shooting all year long.

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What kind of groups are you getting?? Haven't tried the platinum tips out of my 20ga. Ultra yet. The Lightfields are working pretty good right at the moment. I may have to give some a try this summer.


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Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43908
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Tough question. I have a 30 30 lever I'd like to use. But, I'd hate to think about guys with semi-auto .30-06s and 7mms blasting away like they do with the slug guns. At least it's hilly where I hunt. Some of those guys are nuts. I hear shooting well before daylight and rapid fire you can't believe.

Maybe we should take a step back, not forward. The woods would be a quieter if not safer place with single shot slug guns, real muzzleloaders, and real pistols.


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Ok,,,I'll bite again. What's a "real muzzleloader"??


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As some one who's been shot at with slugs while goose hunting in the middle of a disked corn field... I'm glad that guy did not have more shells.

I'm against rifles for deer.


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A "real muzzleloader" is one that doesn't make everyone say "If we can use on of those, why can't we use a rifle?" The same thing applies to "real pistols".

I'm not a traditional elitest. I hunt with a modern scoped inline ml. I don't want to quit, but as long as they are allowed, this debate will never end. You just cannot justify not allowing certain rifles as long as these modern MLs and stockless rifles are allowed.

If we stepped backward, I could live with it. I've taken deer with patched balls and .44 slugs shot from a revolver. I can do it again. I say go one way or the other.


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I totally agree with ya Passthru.. wink


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"250 yards with an 870 Rem and Peep sites......is Fantasy Island."

Agree with that gundude. I'm not even sure a six-inch group would be realistic with that set up at 250 yards.


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250 yards. Thats a par 4, I think.

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In reality rifles are allowed in indiana, according to the regs, rifles can be used for coyotes and if you look at what you can use for a squirrel there is no restrictions on that at all. Its hunters that make things unsafe not the caliber or gauge. Any guy blasting away with a shotgun can be just as dangerous as one with a rifle. I do agree though that like WI if rifles were allowed for "deer hunting" that some counties could be left only with shotguns and ml's.


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In reality rifles are allowed in indiana, according to the regs, rifles can be used for coyotes and if you look at what you can use for a squirrel there is no restrictions on that at all.
Yep, you are sure right about that, and the LAST TIME I EVER HUNTED ATTERBURY was the day they assigned some dimwitt wanting to hunt squirrels with his 30/30 to the same area I was going to be bow hunting deer.


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I'm 100% in favor of making rifles chambered for straight wall pistol cartridges legal in Indiana. I don't see why that would be anymore dangerous or of any bigger advantage over fully rifled shotguns shooting sabots, or handguns chambered in all sorts of high powered rifle cartridges, or even these new wonder muzzle loaders that are accurate out to over 200 yards.
So whats the big deal about calling a spade a spade and letting us use our lever action pistol caliber rifles? I use my Marlin 1894 in .44 magnum all the time when calling coyotes from a tree stand. It is a natural tree stand rifle with its short carbine size, and handles great. You talk about safety? In my 40 years of hunting I'd never had a close call until this fall in bow season of all things!! As I was walking through a standing corn field on the way to my ladder stand to bow hunt, I heard a shot fired about 200 yards to my right. I then heard a bullet come wizzing by, missing me by only a few yards. It sounded like it had ricochead off of something. After hearing a second shot, I quickly got out of the field and made it to my stand tree just as a third shot was fired and a round flew into the woodline I was in and struck a tree fifty yards away. The time between shots was just long enough to reload a muzzleloader so between shots I circled out of the impact area and returned to my car. I then drove to where a guy was set up on an old RR right of way, that borders our property, sighting in his muzzleloader. After a brief discussion with the shooter, and some quick pointer on shooting into a safe backstop, he left and I returned to my stand. Dead is dead. It doesn't matter if you're hit with a pistol bullet or a muzzleloaded slug. It's not the weapon, it's the guy pulling the trigger we need to watch. Indiana needs to get with the program..

Hunt safe y'all..Coyote 6974

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Needed? maybe not,i think there are some who want more options in a weapon,to 'play' with and use instead of just them sitting in a gun rack. And why not,look at what you can put in a TC contender,i hunt with a S&W 44 mag,whats a few more inches of barrel,i wont try shots any farther,would anyone? slugs would just be hitting dirt.
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Originally posted by grappledad:
I don't think they are needed here, but if they were legal I would be buying a bigger gun locker.

Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43919
02/05/2006 08:02 AM
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There is no way I wanna see Indiana allow rifles in the deer woods.
My reason is a simple one.There are enough idiots out there that cant hit & recover a deer they shoot at 50 yards let alone 300.
Or better yet.Goto your local Wal-mart around 9 pm the night before season opener.It's a joke.There are numerous guys buying slug guns,scopes,mounts,& slugs.You know that 99.9% of them are slapping that new scope on there new gun & heading out at day break.Never putting a single slug through it before.Now lets just give that same stupid SOB a centerfire rifle.

But then again if Indiana would require everyone to take a hunter safety class & a shooting skills test. MAYBE !


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Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43920
02/05/2006 01:24 PM
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Originally posted by BIGBUCKS:


But then again if Indiana would require everyone to take a hunter safety class & a shooting skills test. MAYBE !
WOW!!!!!!!....... Back up the truck there BIGBUCKS and think for a minute........ Now what I am gonna say has nothing to do with pro/anti- rifles in Indiana.......

Having said that you need to think about this "shooting skill test? WHO is going to set the standard? Are you willing to let the GOVERNMENT the power to say yes or no to your ability to use a firearm? Thnik about it. WHAT IF we have an ANTI-gun administration in power. They can't pass legistlation to ban ownership of firearms or to ban hunting but they DO have the power to make the tests nearly impossible for ANYONE to pass. THUS achieving thier end goal..... Does this sound like a long shot? TRUST me it's not..........

By the way the idiots you see at wallmart the night before the opener are in EVERY STATE!... So your argument base on that doesnt pan out. You'll find the same fools in every state. I know because I have seen it.


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Re: RIFLES IN INDIANA #43921
02/06/2006 06:04 AM
02/06/2006 06:04 AM
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Central Kentucky
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Quote
Originally posted by BIGBUCKS:
There is no way I wanna see Indiana allow rifles in the deer woods.
My reason is a simple one.There are enough idiots out there that cant hit & recover a deer they shoot at 50 yards let alone 300.
Or better yet.Goto your local Wal-mart around 9 pm the night before season opener.It's a joke.There are numerous guys buying slug guns,scopes,mounts,& slugs.You know that 99.9% of them are slapping that new scope on there new gun & heading out at day break.Never putting a single slug through it before.Now lets just give that same stupid SOB a centerfire rifle.

But then again if Indiana would require everyone to take a hunter safety class & a shooting skills test. MAYBE !
As the laws regarding rifles in Indiana, one can't use a long gun when hunting with cartridges like .308 or .270, for hunting Deer. However if one owns, a single shot pistol, like a Savage Striker or other brands of boltaction pistols, they are legal to use here in Indiana. You may use any rifle to hunt Squirrels, Woodchucks, or Coyotes.


David
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