[Old Teufel Hunden]

As a lifetime NRA member, I am all about the second amendment. However, this is not a second amendment issue. I am not in favor of semi auto hunting. Mainly because it’s already dangerous enough out there with some of these yahoos. Give them semi autos and it really ups the danger level because there are a lot of stupid people out there.

Also, IMO it’s not sporting....

[JParris]

As a Lifetime NRA member:

“...Shall not be infringed...”, even for stupid people......

[Axenolith]

I’m sure you’ll still be limited to 3 or 5 in the magazine like everywhere else.

[freedomfiter2]

I agree. If you need something faster than a pump, you need to learn how to shoot. It’s a bit of moot point since the pa game commission has virtually wiped out the rural deer herd.

[riverrunner]

Like this happening in all the other 49 states that allow semi autos for hunting.

Or all the semi auto shoguns allowed for bird hunting.

Stop projecting ones own problems on others.

[ConservaTexan]

Tell that to the 14 year old girl that shot her first buck with my .30-06 semi-auto last weekend. I chose that for her because she was worried about the kick of a higher caliber round(the action chambering the next round lessens shoulder impact). She shot it, loved it, and then dropped a 10 point where he stood with 1 shot. I guess you’d say she cheated.

[M-cubed]

Also, IMO it’s not sporting....<<

You are welcome to use your bare hands or a whittled stick if u so desire...or perhaps limit yourself to only 1 bullet per season....lots of ways u can make yourself “feel” like a sportsman...but please don't limit my choices......

[Mr. Douglas]

Meh. I suppose you’re against fishing with dynamite too. ;-)

[smokingfrog]

When you’re trying to get rid of the wild hogs tearing up your land, it doesn’t matter if it’s “sporting” or not.

[JamesP81]

Also, IMO it’s not sporting....

It depends on what you are hunting. If I'm hunting wild pigs I might want a semi auto, seeing how they sometimes hunt you back. Further, a lightweight AR chambered in 6.8 is very versatile. It's sufficient for most hunting needs short of thick skinned game. Performance wise it's similar to 30-30. Also, my experience is that a middling level AR is a better rifle than an entry level bolt action. Entry level bolt guns tend to have poorly fitted stocks, poor ergos, and varying barrel quality. Accuracy is usually mediocre and inconsistent. ARs side step the stock issues by not having a stock and the barrels tend to be more consistent.

While a middling level AR won't be a precision rifle it should consistently shoot 1.25 to 1.5 moa without many flyers. This is better consistency than I've gotten out of cheap bolt guns without any accurizing work.

For someone who is not going to work their hunting rifles over, I think a 6.8 AR is a better overall hunting weapon for most. For those that can do things like bed stocks and other accurizing work, you can get more out of a bolt gun. Basically if your idea of a hunting rifle is a cheap throw away gun like the Remington 770, you're better served by a 6.8 AR because the AR will last. The 770 won't.

[Bodega]

I agree with you on all your points. My family has been hunting deer for generations. Semi automatics are not sporting. And they are dangerous as most people have not taken the Hunter Safety course the NRA used to provide.

My late husband, a Brit and from South Africa, was shocked by the shooting the first day of hunting season. He wrote to the local paper in Kwa Zulu Natal and told them all about it. “Hundreds of men and women and children in the woods, shooting from dawn to dusk. Sounds like a war.”

I, too, live in PA and we hunker down to big main roads and post no trespassing signs...if you don’t post, anyone can walk across your land. No one can shoot within 500 feet of the town boundry...good grief, that little law must have been put together in the 1700’s. Totally useless now to protect town’s people.

However, we desperately need the 2nd Amendment and I approve of hunting if people eat what they kill and to cull herds.

[American in Israel]

I chose a semi auto to hunt caribou in alaska. Have you ever seen how fast a bear charges?

[JimRed]

Also, IMO it’s not sporting....

The idea is to get a clean kill or to follow up on a wounded animal quickly. A second shot with a simple trigger pull is faster than operating the bolt and may well be the difference between a humane finish and hours of tracking a hurting beast.