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Nevada: Please Attend NDOW’s September Meeting to Voice Opposition to the Proposed Hunting Caliber Size Restrictions!

The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners released their meeting notice for Saturday, September 24.  At this meeting the Board of Wildlife Commissioners plans to discuss the proposed hunting caliber size restrictions.  One of the proposed regulations would make it unlawful to hunt big game animals with a centerfire rifle using a .50 caliber cartridge or a centerfire cartridge with a case length of more than 3 inches.  The proposed regulation is unfounded and will only serve to arbitrarily limit the rights of law-abiding gun owners and hunters.  Many cartridges used for big game hunting exceed the arbitrarily selected .50 caliber and 3 inch case length restriction, such as the .470NE, .500NE, .50 BMG, .577NE and the 505 Gibbs.

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The commissioners state that the purpose of the proposed regulation is “to adapt to technological advances and limit long range shooting in the spirit of fair chase and ethical hunting practice, limit the waste of edible game meat, and clarify muzzleloader powder restrictions.”  Paired with science, certain hunting regulations are an integral part of wildlife management and conservation.  However, the proposed regulations will not accomplish the purported goals laid out by the commissioners because they are not based on sound science but instead on a misguided, anti-gun agenda.

For example, the commissioners claim they would like to “limit the waste of edible game meat” by banning .50 caliber ammunition for centerfire rifles; however, common hunting rounds such as .308 often use features such as softtips or hollow points causing the round to expand to a wound channel similar to that of .50 caliber.  This is simply an arbitrary proposed ban not based on sound science or wildlife management.  

If you are available, please consider attending the meeting to voice your strong opposition to these proposed restrictions.  To submit comment on the proposed regulations you must attend the meeting, or submit written comments to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) by Monday, September 19, 2016.  Both the meeting address and NDOW address can be found below.

Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners Meeting:
University of Nevada, Cooperative Extension
8050 Paradise Road
Classrooms A & D
Las Vegas, NV 89123
September 24, 2016; 8:30am

Nevada Department of Wildlife
Attn: Director’s Office
6980 Sierra Center Parkway
Suite 120
Reno, NV 89511

I could not tell by the article.

Does this mean that a 270 Win would be banned because the cartridge is over 3" (3.2") in length?

Thanks

Pretty sure the 3" length is only for calibers .50 and larger

I've thought about it.

Hope this won't screw me with the .338 lm

I read it again...and again...

Maybe they mean a case length of 3" instead of a COAL of 3"...?

I don't know anyone personally that hunts with a .50 BMG.

I don't know why the County Commissioners would care about the amount of meat wasted by a hunter when it's a form of population control they get paid to do nothing about.  Seriously other than the sentence "you can hunt with a 50 caliber rifle" what does it matter what someone uses to kill a sheep on top of a mountain with?  I wouldn't ever think to hunt with one simply because of the weight, I don't own one, and the amount of skill it takes to get proficient with one.

Besides there are plenty of hunters that shoot an animal and lose it OR get a bad shot, realize it isn't what they want and leave it to die and it becomes coyote food.  At least a 50 cal would kill the thing probably 99% of the time regardless of where you hit it.

Its a slippery slope... the Californicated Libtards are en-mass and occupying Clark County  ....all the more reason to vote against them this election cycle..... just phone your reps and tell them that anyone who votes to pass this excrement will be removed from office, and if they are
in  an appointed position, fax, email or phone  the RINO's to remind them of the second amendment..... Tell them to remember Colorado State and their recall elections.....   No quarter, No Exceptions!

This is referring to the case length itself as I read it.  Not the overall length of the cartridge.  Correct me if I'm wrong.

I get this feeling that this somehow started a while ago when some jackass posted his deer picture that he shot with a .338 Lupau (sp?) and literally destroyed it.  There was a thread on here about it.  It was talked about outside of this thread in the hunting circle.

There should be NO restrictions when it comes to caliber choice.  The NDOW should NEVER be allowed to make that choice for us.

Choosing the right caliber is a PERSONAL responsibility and if you need NDOW or any government agency to do it for you, then you are what's wrong with everything.

Would I hunt in Nevada with a 50 BMG?  Nope!  Why?  Because there's no way I can make it up a small hill lugging that heavy rifle.  I'd be puking and passing out after that climb.  Should it be restricted?  FUCK NO!


Oh and VOTE NO on Question 1 !!!

Next will be a "common sense" ban on hunting with lead bullets.

"Comprehensive Common Sense Gun Safety Measures."

And 90%, 92%, 95%, 98% of NRA members support them.

The giy that bagged a muley with a 338 and posted pics of the wrecked front quarter really had nothing to do with the cartridge used. It was a simple matter of the bullet impacting the scapula before exiting and the bone blowing out. It would have looked like that with just about any common hunting caliber.

If anything i could see this piece of regulation as getting a foot in the door towards a ban on 50 cal, you can't use it for hunting so why would anyone need it...