Big Game Hunting Magazine Capacity Restrictions

[CS1983]

Dumbass fires 20 shots into a herd of elk hoping to hit one.

One can do that same thing with a lever action or bolt, or even 6 quick shots from a semi-auto.

[Irving]

One can do that same thing with a lever action or bolt, or even 6 quick shots from a semi-auto.

Do you hunt?

[CS1983]

Do you hunt?

Yes, though I haven't done big game in a while.

[drift_g35]

I got checked this year. Was carrying my 308 semi. had a 20 round mag with 4 rounds (didnt know it was 5). He asked me to drop my mag and empty it. Saw there were only 4 rounds and said thanks and good luck.

[CS1983]

I got checked this year. Was carrying my 308 semi. had a 20 round mag with 4 rounds (didnt know it was 5). He asked me to drop my mag and empty it. Saw there were only 4 rounds and said thanks and good luck.

Fascinating. So they really do abide by their wording, then.

[ThunderSquirrel]

Depends on the officer. My Cousin was checked last year. Officer had him drop the mag and clear the weapon. He then emptied and reloaded it, and tried like a SOB to get that 6th round in the mag.

[Gunner]

I just spend the $20 and buy a mag to dedicate to hold 5 rounds. I enjoy hunting and wouldn't want to ruin my right to hunt by something stupid as that

[CS1983]

I just spend the $20 and buy a mag to dedicate to hold 5 rounds. I enjoy hunting and wouldn't want to ruin my right to hunt by something stupid as that

It's akin to arresting someone for having a car which *can* go over 20mph in a school zone, even if they *did not* go over 20mph in a school zone, when the regulation put out by DOW clearly does not ban *potential* but *actual* capacity over a certain number of rounds.

“With big game hunting, we have had since the mid-’70s a provision in our big game regulations that did not allow for the use of any magazine that would hold over six rounds,” Hampton said. “So in terms of big game regulations, the new law on magazine limits does not affect big game hunting at all. If someone has used a legal big game firearm from the mid-’70s up to now, that rifle will still be legal. Even before the new law, the magazine had to be limited.

http://www.denverpost.com/2013/03/23...s-in-colorado/

But the wording in the regulations don't say that, do they Mr. Hampton? No, no they don't.

[Irving]

Yes, though I haven't done big game in a while.

So then you know how many dimbass hunters there are out there.

[CS1983]

So then you know how many dimbass hunters there are out there.

And your point is?

If they do something dumb, then punish them. But it's asinine to limit the potential for a magazine because someone might do something as dumb as fire into an entire herd of elk -- it's akin to the folks who think bolt action rifles are fine but semi-autos are somehow bad; yet, a bolt action in the right hands is devastating. Why not limit it to 2 rounds? What sort of poaching is someone doing where they need 6 insane, flashback addled spray and pray rounds!?

If we are going to limit someone from doing something completely benign because of dumbassery, then we need to ban hunting all together, and guns too.