mainehunt

AR's are legal here in Maine as long as your magazine is fixed so it will hold a maximum of 5 cartridges.

rybohunter

Doesn't matter if you own the land or that you are on private land. You would be breaking so many laws, they'd nail you big time, as you should be for breaking that many laws.

Paul L Mohr

Same in michigan. You can use a semi auto in any centerfire caliber as long as it doesn't hold more than 6 shells maximum. I would hunt with an AR type weapon, or an AK for that matter if it was all I had. The weapons themselves are very good rifles and having been in the military I am comfortable with them. I wouldn't want to go out there with a 30 round clip or something though.

The reason you can't do what you want is for one deer are a special permit animal. So you need to buy a tag and follow the rules and seasons. It has more to do with wild life control than infringing upon your rights. If you had to poach a deer in order to survive most states would cut you some slack on it. However if you are out of state hunting without a permit with an assualt rifle not legal in that state you will be screwed for sure.

Also, you my own the land, but you do not own the game on it unless they are fenced in and you put them there. I believe free ranging wild game are owned by the state, not the property owner. Some of the perks of owning land are you don't need a small game or fishing permit, but you still need to follow the game laws for that species.You can also shoot higher bag limits in some cases if you can prove property or crop damage.

However in this case, you do not actually own the property. You just know the people that do.

I do agree with you to a point, if you own your land you should be able to do what you want with it as long it's not endangering anyone else. However we don't live in those times anymore.

Paul

zekeskar

The thing is, even though the deer happen to be on that land at that time, the don't belong to the land owner. They belong to all the people of the state. They just happen to be at that place at that time - they aren't there permanently, if you can follow me. Same way with, say, ducks. They might be flying through your land, but you don't own them. Therefore you have to follow the laws and regs governing hunting of them

That's why, as another example, migratory waterfowl are governed not only by local regs. but also federal regs and international treaties. They are passing through and if any locals could do whatever they wanted, the other owners of the ducks - in other states and countries - would not be able to utilize the resource.

Good luck hunting and have fun. Safety first.... accurate, careful shooting second.

mauser06

nope......cant use it in PA for anything but target practice.......and only time you can use a centerfire rifle in PA for deer is during our 2 week buck and doe season...first monday after thanksgiving........no sundays....only allowed does if you have tags for that WMU...you must have a valid hunting liscense and buck tag....and bucks must be 3pts to a side....but some areas are 4pts to a side.........id say you need to enroll in PAs HTE program.......hunter-trapper education.......you may not even beable to get a liscense without it......i know we need proff of it to get our first liscense......and it is good in many other states as proff......good luck.........id stay out of the woods until i knew all the laws and had the proper knowledge and gear.....just because its private land doesnt mean you can play war and mow down deer in bow season with an ar15!

Kybuckhunter

It's guys like this (and they are more common than you think) that give hunters a bad name. If you don't know what your doing please educate yourself before just grabbing a gun a heading to the woods. Know the law. Be proficient with your weapon. Know how to hunt safely. Get permission from landowners. Respect other hunters. Just because someone is old enough to hunt doesn't mean they should be in the woods. Learn what your doing then go hunting.

Deerslayer_37

Take a Hunter's Safety class first. secondly, the barrel probably isn't long enough for hunting with. I don't believe in using a .223 for deer. I don't care if you place the shot correctly, if something goes wrong, you're screwed. if that bullet hits the shoulder bone, chances are it will shatter and create a big mess for you. I can hit a pop can at 300 yards with my .22-250(no kidding either, ranged it out on the rangefinder, hit it 5 of 6 times), but i would never think of using that thing on deer.

slayer

Rebel Hog

Best Advice!