Nevada - NO rifle scopes allowed for hunting??
I just read that only open or peep sights are allowed for centerfire hunting of big game in the state of Nevada.
Why?
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That can't be true.
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Here are the Nevada hunting regs:
Weapons Regulations | eRegulations
Legal Weapon Types for Hunting Big Game Species Archery Muzzleloading Rifles Centerfire Firearms Shotguns* Rimfires Crossbow Antelope ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Bear ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Bighorn Sheep ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Elk ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mountain Goat ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mountain Lion ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mule Deer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ * Includes muzzleloading shotguns. ... Read More→I don't see it.
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To even hunt in Nevada one would need a scope. It's not like a wooded area where you could stalk and get within 100 yds.
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Here's the link to the Nevada Big Game Guide .... scroll down to "Sights" it says:
Only open sights or peep sights are permitted; scopes prohibited. A sight that is operated or powered by a battery, electronics or a radioactive isotope such as tritium is prohibited.
Weapons Regulations | eRegulations
Legal Weapon Types for Hunting Big Game Species Archery Muzzleloading Rifles Centerfire Firearms Shotguns* Rimfires Crossbow Antelope ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Bear ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Bighorn Sheep ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Elk ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mountain Goat ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mountain Lion ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Mule Deer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ * Includes muzzleloading shotguns. ... Read More→0 -
That's during a muzzle loader only hunt, and even then there is a variance for disable shooters.
Heads up, guys, if you're making a big game hunt with a smokepole in Nevada, plan on using open sights.
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Muzzle-loading Rifle and Musket
(Refer to NACs 503.142 & 503.145)
During a “Muzzle-loader-Only” Hunt:
Caliber
Firearm must have a single barrel of .45 caliber or larger.
Ignition
Wheel-lock, matchlock, or flintlock ignition system, or percussion ignition system that uses a primer or percussion cap; (in-lines are permitted.)
Legal Projectile
Lead ball, lead bullet, semi-jacketed bullet or a metal alloy bullet that expands. A saboted round may be used.
Sights
Only open sights or peep sights are permitted; scopes prohibited. A sight that is operated or powered by a battery, electronics or a radioactive isotope such as tritium is prohibited.
FOR muzzle loaders only.
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That is for muzzleloaders.
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I just have to ask...............why would a scope on a modern muzzle loading rile be prohibited?
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Who knows but the powers that be. Why get a clean kill when you have a better chance to wound an animal, makes no sense...to me.
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Muzzleloading season was created as a "primitive weapons" season. Powers that be want to keep it primitive.
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Our M/L season here in Oregon is traditional also. No scopes, only open sights, and fiber optic sights only became legal a few years ago. Heck, you can't even wear modern clothing, it's buckskin, and coonskin caps only......
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Grasshopper: 31516718301595/comments/31516711925531
Who knows but the powers that be. Why get a clean kill when you have a better chance to wound an animal, makes no sense...to me.
Yep, some law makers do not even hunt, but cannot call them tree huggers in Nevada, no trees.
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I love PA traditional flintlock season.
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toad67: 31516718301595/comments/31516726698779
Our M/L season here in Oregon is traditional also. No scopes, only open sights, and fiber optic sights only became legal a few years ago. Heck, you can't even wear modern clothing, it's buckskin, and coonskin caps only......
Can you even buy a blaze orange buckskin jacket with fringes . . . or do you have to make that by hand in your cabin before you can apply for a hunting license?
Is it acceptable to drive your vehicle . . . or do you have to ride a horse?
I mean . . . you know . . . cuz . . . rules . . . and stuff.
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no one forces anyone to hunt traditional/primitive season which traditionally is ,as it was when these arms were the norm for hunting.🤔
you need to use modern day accessories on your muzzle loader , hunt with it during the regular gun season, "problem" solved.😁
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Iowa doesn't have a primitive weapons season. It has an early and a late muzzleloader season.
And inline muzzleloader technology predates your fancy flintlocks.
Harrumph...
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