Idaho Muzzy Regulation Change Proposal

[ElDiablo]

@sabotloader brought this up on another forum.

Idaho is considering slightly relaxing the regs on muzzy bullets.

Ethan (I Love Muzzleloading) wrote a great article on the issue on Oct.

https://www.ilovemuzzleloading.com/...le-change-metal-jacketed-muzzleloader-bullets

 

[muzzyhans]

@sabotloader brought this up on another forum.

Idaho is considering slightly relaxing the regs on muzzy bullets.

Ethan (I Love Muzzleloading) wrote a great article on the issue on Oct.

https://www.ilovemuzzleloading.com/...le-change-metal-jacketed-muzzleloader-bullets

I saw that. The PNW is super restrictive on muzzleloading. You can do heroin in the streets, but those darn troublemaking muzzleloader hunters need a boot on their neck!

 

[michiganmuzzy]

I was going to make a comment about combining the two(heroin & MLs) but i don't want to offend any heroin users.

 

[FredB]

IDF&G emailed this out a couple months ago, I guess to all Idaho license holders. The window for input has past, but it wouldn't hurt to write them anyway. I wrote and told them I didn't think it too hard to find lead bullets, but the ones available over the counter sucked. I bought my lead conicals online. If they really wanted to improve the regulations, I would like to be able to use a .45 cal on elk. If they thought a .45 prb wouldn't provide a clean and ethical kill, they could always make a minimum grain requirement, as opposed to a caliber requirement. It seems that hunters routinely harvest elk with .45 conicals, in the neighborhood of 460 grains, in other states.
I'm personally okay with all the other restrictions. Just my pair of round copper discs.

 

[idahoron]

We unfortunately lost this battle. There were a vocal group of whiners that claimed lead bullets only crippled game without killing it.
I wrote letters and sent pictures. But the vocal whiners won. I warned them that this would result in less opportunity. But they couldn't see that possibility happening. Next they will say scopes are mandatory for whats best for the animals.
As other states with higher animal population are scaling back technology. Idaho is pushing forward. This will sell more muzzleloader hunting permits. It's all about the mighty $$$

 

[idahoron]

As low as the deer population is now, we are also battling CWD. The state will probably reduce deer population substantially to reduce the risk of CWD.
Hell they put poison in our river and killed every sturgeon in a 6 mile stretch because of quagga mussels.

 

[ElDiablo]

Since I don’t hunt in Idaho (yet) and really don’t know much about the situation there, I don’t really have an opinion on this.

 

[biggamehunter78]

If they really wanted to improve the regulations, I would like to be able to use a .45 cal on elk. If they thought a .45 prb wouldn't provide a clean and ethical kill, they could always make a minimum grain requirement, as opposed to a caliber requirement. It seems that hunters routinely harvest elk with .45 conicals, in the neighborhood of 460 grains, in other states.

I got filleted for this suggestion on the Utah ML changes thread. Glad to see I’m getting trolled. This is what all these game and fish/DWR organizations need to figure out, what they want these hunts to be. I do find it strange that ID seems to be heading in the opposite direction of UT and NM.