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Note: Indiana State law was changed in 2014 regarding the use of suppressors while hunting. Please refer to current regulations on this subject.
The Mods
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I have set back and watched several threads about what you can and can't do with a suppressor as it pertains to hunting certain species in Indaina and for the most part I have held my tongue.
Because as most of you know, I am the kind of person that if you ask me, "What does ATF think about...." I respond with "Ask ATF...".
However, because I am asked this question so much I decided to take it apon myself to find out. So I got ahold of my friend Mike Crider, Director of the Law Enforcement Division of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. I explained to him what I wanted to know and asked him one question. "Can an individual, for any reason, use a suppressor to take a wild animal in Indiana while hunting?" I went on to explain to him that this question incuded varmints, depredation permits, non-game animals, moles, chipmunks...you name it. I also told him about all the bad information I felt there was floating around on Al Gore's internet.
After taking some time to do some research on the subject and looking at it from a couple different angles he got back with me today via a phone call and the answer is....... NO.
Take it for what you want, challenge it in court if you feel the need, but this is the answer you will always get from me from now on. In his response he quoted directly from the law that the only people who are exempt from this are the ones directly names in the statute.
Ind. Code § 14-22-6-11 : Indiana Code - Section 14-22-6-11: Silencers prohibited
(a) This section does not apply to an employee of the department or an employee of a federal wildlife management agency who:
(1) is acting in the performance of the employee's duties; and
(2) has received the express written consent of the director for the employee's action.
(b) A person may not:
(1) use or possess an apparatus designed for use with or on a firearm commonly called a silencer; or
(2) use or possess a device used as a silencer;
in Indiana while in the act of hunting.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.13-2007, SEC.2.
IC 14-8-2
Chapter 2. Definitions
IC 14-8-2-39
"Chase"
Sec. 39. "Chase", for purposes of IC 14-22, means following wildlife without the intent to take.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.
IC 14-8-2-128
"Hunt"
Sec. 128. "Hunt", for purposes of IC 14-22, means to take a wild animal except by trapping.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.
IC 14-8-2-278
"Take"
Sec. 278. "Take" has the following meaning:
(1) For purposes of IC 14-22, except as provided in subdivision (2):
(A) to kill, shoot, spear, gig, catch, trap, harm, harass, or pursue a wild animal; or
(B) to attempt to engage in such conduct.
(2) For purposes of IC 14-22-34, the meaning set forth in IC 14-22-34-5.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.
The Mods
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I have set back and watched several threads about what you can and can't do with a suppressor as it pertains to hunting certain species in Indaina and for the most part I have held my tongue.
Because as most of you know, I am the kind of person that if you ask me, "What does ATF think about...." I respond with "Ask ATF...".
However, because I am asked this question so much I decided to take it apon myself to find out. So I got ahold of my friend Mike Crider, Director of the Law Enforcement Division of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. I explained to him what I wanted to know and asked him one question. "Can an individual, for any reason, use a suppressor to take a wild animal in Indiana while hunting?" I went on to explain to him that this question incuded varmints, depredation permits, non-game animals, moles, chipmunks...you name it. I also told him about all the bad information I felt there was floating around on Al Gore's internet.
After taking some time to do some research on the subject and looking at it from a couple different angles he got back with me today via a phone call and the answer is....... NO.
Take it for what you want, challenge it in court if you feel the need, but this is the answer you will always get from me from now on. In his response he quoted directly from the law that the only people who are exempt from this are the ones directly names in the statute.
Ind. Code § 14-22-6-11 : Indiana Code - Section 14-22-6-11: Silencers prohibited
(a) This section does not apply to an employee of the department or an employee of a federal wildlife management agency who:
(1) is acting in the performance of the employee's duties; and
(2) has received the express written consent of the director for the employee's action.
(b) A person may not:
(1) use or possess an apparatus designed for use with or on a firearm commonly called a silencer; or
(2) use or possess a device used as a silencer;
in Indiana while in the act of hunting.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.13-2007, SEC.2.
IC 14-8-2
Chapter 2. Definitions
IC 14-8-2-39
"Chase"
Sec. 39. "Chase", for purposes of IC 14-22, means following wildlife without the intent to take.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.
IC 14-8-2-128
"Hunt"
Sec. 128. "Hunt", for purposes of IC 14-22, means to take a wild animal except by trapping.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.
IC 14-8-2-278
"Take"
Sec. 278. "Take" has the following meaning:
(1) For purposes of IC 14-22, except as provided in subdivision (2):
(A) to kill, shoot, spear, gig, catch, trap, harm, harass, or pursue a wild animal; or
(B) to attempt to engage in such conduct.
(2) For purposes of IC 14-22-34, the meaning set forth in IC 14-22-34-5.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.
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