Not as you defined it. You said the state was being a "nanny" in defining what you could hunt with. I agreed. They are also being a nanny when they define what and when you can hunt. The fact that you agree with the requirement for the latter nannying doesn't change what it is.
So. If someone says that AR's shouldn't be allowed because of the magazine size, I say restructure the argument and ask them if they are arguing for a magazine limit on all rifles to hunt, what that limit should be, and why? Very quickly you will force them to rationalize their position, which most of the time they haven't bothered to even think about, and that you appear to be ready to meet with rational cross points of your own. Is it rational for your fellow hunters to expect you to look for a blood trail on an animal before you start shooting at another that would put you over the limit? I think not. As that requirement is impossible to enforce, magazine limits thus become rational.
Last fall I shot three deer inside of 6 seconds with a bolt action and expended four rounds doing so. I had failed to put down a deer with one of the rounds and had one round left in the magazine to deal with what I surmised might be a wounded deer if it popped out of the immediate cover. As it went, I found no blood trail on that deer.
My point is that in such a situation it becomes rational to want a greater magazine capacity.
As hunting laws are principally a matter of preventing the tragedy of the commons, restrictions will apply. However, the restrictions should be at the very least rational. Many states now allow black powder (single-shot) hunting seasons. You can say these aren't rational, yet it works because far fewer people will hunt these seasons than would with modern rifles. Thus it allows an additional management tool on the population of deer.
I managed to garbel up my last post to you somehow, putting sentences out of place. Sorry for the mess up. Had to run help the wife in the middle of typing. But if you read all the way through, I think you'll understand where I was headed with it.
4 rounds inside of 6 seconds with a bolt? that is some fast shooting!