I recently had the idea that it would be fun to hunt deer with old anique weapons such as Trapdoor Springfields and Sharps rifles or replicas that fired blackpowder cartridges. However current DNR regulations wont allow this even tho the weapons wouldnt provide any advantage over modern weapons already allowed specifically if limited to iron sights and cartridges loaded with blackpowder.
I sent the DNR an email with my suggestions so if anyone else has the same interests as I do maybe send them an email as well and who knows maybe this is something that could be considered.
I think knocking down a deer with a Sharps rifle would be pretty fun.
Before people say that they saw the movie Quigley Down Under and he shot a water pale at a 1000 yards so that makes them dangerous or more powerful. Just remember that while possible it was still a movie and secondly that most people in Indiana would be hard pressed to find a 200+ yard shot let alone posses the skill to do so with a vintage weapon using irons.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmFmOJ-q-Y[/ame]
I sent the DNR an email with my suggestions so if anyone else has the same interests as I do maybe send them an email as well and who knows maybe this is something that could be considered.
I think knocking down a deer with a Sharps rifle would be pretty fun.
Before people say that they saw the movie Quigley Down Under and he shot a water pale at a 1000 yards so that makes them dangerous or more powerful. Just remember that while possible it was still a movie and secondly that most people in Indiana would be hard pressed to find a 200+ yard shot let alone posses the skill to do so with a vintage weapon using irons.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmFmOJ-q-Y[/ame]