I voted yes. I just don't see a down side to using a suppressor. Yes poachers are going to do it regardless.
I would like them just to protect my hearing. I think deer poachers are going to poach with any means possible whatever the law is. Maybe jack up the charges for poaching with a suppressed weapon. I just like the quiet.
I don't even hunt anymore.[/QUOTE said:Why not?
Why not?
Honestly, I was spoiled as a kid. My dad worked on a 3500 acre ranch that backed up to the Caney River. We had all the hunting and fishing you could ever want. Back then, even the public hunting areas weren't too bad other than deer.
When we lost that and hunting leases became more prevalent, I just lost the drive to do it. I moved into competitive shooting and bought a bass boat, so I have plenty to occupy my time. I still have my lifetime license, I just haven't hunted in about 10 years.
Every once in a while I'll get an itch ot go rabbit, squirell or dove hunting, just not enough to look for a place to go. But if they allowed suppressors, I'd definitely have to go find a place to pop a squirell or two with my suppressed Browning .22.
What would the down side be to allowing this?
What would the advantages be?