Posted: 11/2/2005 2:04:47 PM EDT
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Ok, so...... This may be obvious to many people who KNOW about the hunting laws, but I don't and so that's why I'm here. Just a few questions about Indiana Hunting Laws concerning Firearms. 1.) Is it illegal to hunt (ANY kind of animal) with a 16" or 20" .223 AR15 semi-automatic rifle? 2.) If there ARE certain animals that ARE allowed to be hunted by these firearms, where in Indiana be the best place to hunt them? I just got off work and it's a shitty day, so I don't have as many questions as I thought I would have... But more than likely once I get calmed down from the "pissivity" demention that I'm in, I'll probably have a few more questions in store. Thanks guys. -Covert P.S. I heard that in some place, it's LEGAL to hunt coyotes and such, so that's why I'm asking what IS and what ISN'T legal. Always better safe than sorry. |
| Indiana is such an odd state. You can use an AR15 to shoot a squirrel or coon out of a tree but you can't use it to shoot a deer from a tree stand. That's like PA not allowing semi-automatic firearms for hunting. I never figured out the sense in that. Guess the gun manfacturers don't lobby in Harrisburg. |
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No mag limit, but concealed carry is a no-no when hunting. I guess they think you'll cap a conservation officer or something. No limit on how many guns you take either. go here and read page 5 Reading that, I assume that open carry is legal while hunting, unless it's turkey or deer. I hunt coyotes/foxes with an AR15 and sometimes an 1187. If a raccoon, skunk, or possum wanders out in front of me and is in season, I'll cap them too. 1 coyote pelt in the freezer so far this year. Missed another one this past Saturday. |
Many a whistle pig has fallen to the might of my AR.  Heck, I blasted one during deer season with my XP-100 in .35 Rem. It was not very active that year and he made the mistake of popping out of his hole down near my tree stand. Very messy. See page 13 of the Hunting Guide:"Ground hogs (woodchucks) maybe taken at any time using any equipment." IMHO: if it is a woodchuck...  I have hunted deer with my .44 Mag Desert Eagle and that has an 8 round mag. Only needed one shot that year to get my doe permit filled. |
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AHHHHHhhhhhh awesome, so it IS legal to hunt CERTAIN kinds of animals with an AR... PERFECT! :-D But, you can't carry a pistol while hunting? Hm, sounds pretty weak to me. What if it's not concealed? What if it's in a Thigh-Holster in plain view? I have a Colt 20" HBAR and I'm getting a Bushmaster 16" and I wanna blast shit away with them :-)............... As soon as possible! Thanks for all the info guys! -Covert |
You do a service to humanity! Those killer beasts are the scourge of the wild! You never know when some big buck will go rogue and start killing spree the likes of which we've never known. Better safe than sorry, I say! Do it for the people! Do it for ... the children! |
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My back yard used to have a freakin' colony of the little bastiches. Some of them were enormous ... had to be at least 30 lbs. When they'd stand in the back yard, it looked like that little guy from "Fantasy Island" wearing a gopher suit. Unfortunately I live inside city limits. Plus I don't have a suppressed .22. 
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Well, it's been 15 years, so I guess I can tell you my story now. I once shot a huge groundhog inside city limits with an AR-15, at my previous residence. This huge groundhog lived under this two-story apartment building beside me. I'd see it out almost daily. The tenants in the lower apartment had two preschool girls who played right near where Groundhogula denned. I was concerned that it might get ahold of one of them if it felt threatened, so I took matters into my own hands. One day while everyone was gone, I spied it out the window. It was right next to a huge dirt-filled planter made out of railroad crossties. I knew that the backstop was more than sufficient, so I decided to do the deed. I quietly opened the door leading to my carport, and then stood in the living room with one foot on the coffee table and the other one on the couch, so that I could clear the hood of my car. I touched off a round (which about blew my eardrums out), and Groundhogula dropped like a bag of hammers. I slammed the front door, cleaned my AR-15, and put it away. I waited until dark and retrieved the carcass and disposed of it. It was the largest groundhog that I'd ever laid eyes on. It wouldn't begin to fit in a 5-gallon bucket. 
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First day of pheasant season in Michigan my senior year of high school: I'm walking in tall grass along a railway road bed when I see the grass moving ahead of me. Whatever was in the grass was big and heading right toward me. Finally I sensed the charge of an attack groundhog. Sumbitch was huge! Unpersuaded by the presence of a 6+ ft. tall armed human, the attack groundhog kept coming. When it was just inches from my toes I let the 12 gauge loose and saved my life. Turns out I was standing on its hole. Thank the Lord I was true with my point blank aim because that beast could have worn a 5-gallon bucket for a beanie. 
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