(With apologies to the late L. Sprague deCamp)
I have been reading the 2007 hunters guide for Indiana and, unless I'm missing something it looks like the only non-muzzleloader firearm allowed for deer hunting is a shotgun loaded with solid slugs. When I was growing up in Ohio my stepfather did a lot of hunting and Ohio had the same firearm restriction.
My question is, why? What is the rationale for not permitting rifles or buckshot (after all, the very name, "buckshot," kind of suggests deer hunting).
For squirrel "any equipment and ammunition" is allowed (although I would probably recommend leaving the Barret .50 at home). The bit on rabbit doesn't say. For frogs, only a .22 with shot shells (probably wouldn't want to use more anyway). And so on.
Most of the restrictions that I see make sense, but I don't see the sense behind that restriction for deer.
I have been reading the 2007 hunters guide for Indiana and, unless I'm missing something it looks like the only non-muzzleloader firearm allowed for deer hunting is a shotgun loaded with solid slugs. When I was growing up in Ohio my stepfather did a lot of hunting and Ohio had the same firearm restriction.
My question is, why? What is the rationale for not permitting rifles or buckshot (after all, the very name, "buckshot," kind of suggests deer hunting).
For squirrel "any equipment and ammunition" is allowed (although I would probably recommend leaving the Barret .50 at home). The bit on rabbit doesn't say. For frogs, only a .22 with shot shells (probably wouldn't want to use more anyway). And so on.
Most of the restrictions that I see make sense, but I don't see the sense behind that restriction for deer.