Cartridge minimums

[The Fish Box]

The Alaska thread has me wondering how many guys have actually gotten busted, or allowed minimum caliber requirements to influence their rifle choice?
I don’t hunt a ton but between myself and the guys I know it comes out to a fair amount of days in the field. No one I know including myself have ever been checked.

 

[B_Reynolds_AK]

I doubt many will incriminate themselves on a public forum, if they didn’t let minimum caliber requirements effect their choice.

I’ve never been checked in Alaska, but I would guess that a place like Colorado or California might be different.

 

[AntelopeEater]

I always follow the law, but of all the times I have had an interaction with a park ranger or game warden, they sometimes check license, they sometimes check if ammo is non-lead (non-toxic shot on wildlife refuges)

But they have never checked the caliber of any of my guns, or the draw weight of my bow when bow-hunting.

 

[hereinaz]

I can’t see any benefit for going below the minimum worth the risk.

 

[Legend]

The Alaska thread has me wondering how many guys have actually gotten busted, or allowed minimum caliber requirements to influence their rifle choice?
I don’t hunt a ton but between myself and the guys I know it comes out to a fair amount of days in the field. No one I know not myself has ever been checked.

How long have you been a game warden? You need to be a little more sly.

 

[LongWayAround]

I’ve never been checked in Alaska, but I would guess that a place like Colorado or California might be different.

One of our local wardens in Colorado asked to see one of my rounds last year.

That was a first, other than having shotgun shells checked for steel/lead.

 

[medvedyt]

every year but not in Alaska while going for bison hunting in winter ... they are checking the caliber as the law here require a caliber .30 minimun ... i ve been checked as well on a river trip and few times on lake while hunting for ducks and making sure i had no access on lead ammo for the shotgun ...

 

[Felix40]

Tickets for hunting with fmj ammo or field points are surprisingly common. I haven’t seen any minimum caliber tickets but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Unless you are being a total fool or doing some special hunt (like bison or mtn goat in a park) it would generally be seen as a total chicken shit ticket.

 

[Timberline001]

While hunting with a 6x45 in Washington I got checked by a game warden. He asked why the brass was stamped .223 and I explained to him what it was and he actually went and got a caliper out of his truck and measured it. Washington law was the only reason I built that gun for my sister or I would have just had her shooting a .223.

 

[roadrunner]

So...it would be okay to break the law because a game warden probably won't check that you're using a caliber that isn't legal?