Posted: 11/15/2005 7:52:46 AM EDT
| It is still illegal to carry a hand gun in addition to the rifle or shotgun during deer gun season? |
Actually as far back as I can remember it has always been legal to carry a handgun(as long as it was not concealed) to hunt with. As long as the barrel length of the handgun meets the minimum length for the game type you are hunting it's legal. You could carry a .22lr pistol while deer hunting as long as you intent is to hunt small game with it. ErikM98 had a lice Q&A thread about a bunch of hunting stuff and I can't find it anywhere now. I'll keep digging and repost the info here for ya. |
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I actually don't know if you can simply carry a handgun, without using it to hunt, while hunting with a rifle or shotgun, that doesn't meet the barrel length requirements. I'm going to assume that you can't, but I'd be interested to know otherwise. I do know that you can hunt with a handgun in shotgun only areas. |
I pulled that directly from this years deer hunting regulations pamphlet. If you can find something in print or on the DNR website that says 4" for centerfire, I'd love to see it. Bagging a deer with my USP .45 would be sweet. 
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dnr.wi.gov/org/es/enforcement/faq_hunt_instructor.htm Last Revised: Wednesday October 26 2005
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I had a thread about a bunch of questions i had sent to the DNR but the thread seems to be gone so i will copy and past it here again. If anyone wants a copy of the email PM me your e-mail address and i will send it to you. In order to more effectively answer your questions, I will type them next to your original questions in blue, see below. I am looking for clafification on a few issues. In the following questions I am refering to small game mammals and not game birds. I was always under the impression that you could only use a rimfire firearm for small game hunting. Reading your regulations online I see no mention of anything saying or implying this. It is not illegal to use a centerfire rifle for Small Game hunting those species that you may use a rifle for. From what I read it appears as though I may use any caliber centerfire cartrige I choose for small game; providing that the grounds I am hunting on are not specified shotgun only (such as Bong) or during the deer season in shotgun only deer zone. Outside of a deer gun season you may possess and use a centerfire rifle for hunting small game anywhere the discharge of firearms is not prohibited and you have permission to hunt during the open season for that species. The prohibition on possession of a rifle only pertains to the deer gun season and to state parks which offer small game hunting. In state parks that offer small game hunting only shotguns may be used. Would it be legal to be in posession of a centirefire firearm larger than .22 caliber durring gun deer season while hunting small game in a gun deer zone though I am not hunting deer nor have a deer tag? You may, so long as you are not in possession of the rifle in a shotgun only area. In shotgun only counties, during a deer gun season, you may not possess a rifle larger than a .22 caliber centerfire rifle, regardless of what you intend to hunt. Along the lines of the previous question would it be legal to carry a pistol with a barrel length of more than 4" but less than 5" while I am deer hunting with a rifle in a gun deer zone for the purpose of small game hunting? The pistol would not be used to hunt deer. This would be legal I am also looking for clarification on the issue of small game hunting with a pistol. The laws state that for small game the pistol must have a barrel of at least 4" measured from muzzle to bolt face. I also see no mention of a restriction of centerfire use on this. So I would assume it would be legal to hunt small game with a centerfire pistol except durring deer season in a shotgun deer zone? It is legal to hunt small game with a centerfire handgun chambered for a .22 cartridge or larger, statewide throughout the open season for that small game species, regardless if the deer gun season is open or not as handguns are not prohibited in shotgun only counties. And finaly, is it legal to hunt with more than one firearm such as a long gun and a pistol on ones self at the same time? This is legal provided you have the proper licenses to hunt with each firearm, all the firearms are legal for that unit/area, and you are not in violation of any local ordinances for either firearm. Thank you very much for your time and I would greatly appreciate a response. |
| I have to add the pistol I was carring was a .357 wih a six inch,so he didn't even question it.My shotgun was a Mossberg bolt action slug gun.more like a rifle.Why did I carry both,At 50yrds I was a dead shot with the pistol.Wanted to take one if it came in close enough. |
Since you don't know what folks intentions or reasons for wanting to take a pistol with are, and there are many reasons to take a pistol with, why don't you just fuck off and leave the thread alone if you can't contribute in a positive manner. |
For a wheel gun I believe you must have a 5" barrel and the cylinder counts so with a 4" your legal. (I THINK) but I'm pretty sure Length is from muzzle to firing pin so with auto you would need a full 5" barrel in any center file caliber they change it a few years back so you could hunt with a 25 if you had a 5" barrel now that just plain stupid but that's the DNR they tried to make the requirements more easy to comply with. At one time you could not even get the energy they required from all the magnum loads out there. I have carried a 6" model 29 or a 4" 586 for drives a scoped 6" 686 when in tree stands just in case I would get a chance to use it. |
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