Does anyone hunt deer with a assualt rifle?

[wadu1]

I have taken game with a 03 Springfield, 03A3, .303 British. M1 Garand and a M1A (M-14 look alike) tectonically they are assault rifles. So how does my .58 Three Band Enfield or my .58 Zouave fit they were both assault rifles at the time. 

[Huntbear]

If I buy an M1 Abrams battle tank should I call it a "modern sporting vehicle" if all I use it for is off roading and mudding? Or will it still be a tank?

No, it's a modern battlefield tank.  If you buy some plate and weld it up to a bull dozer, you can call it a military style tractor.  The AR rifles have different internals than the battlefield rifles.  They are designed to be semi-automatic and look/feel like military rifles...not provide extreme force multiplication and engage in modern battle.
If I take a ruger 10/22 and accessorize it to be tacticool, is it now an assault rifle...is it any deadlier?

Well said.  No where on my AR can I switch it to FULL AUTO or to shoot 3+ round bursts.. I have to pull and release the trigger on every shot.  Just like if I was shooting a Rem. 740, a Win. 100, or a BAR... # of rounds I carry in a magazine does nothing to qualify it as an Assault Rifle of any kind.

[jjdavis2222]

I dont get what everyone's hang up is? He's looking for a fun gun that he can use for deer hunting and can go shoot for fun after hunting season. Assault rifle or tactical rifle? What ever you want to call them. He's not asking for a debate.

[6.8mmARHunter]

Here's mine.

It's a 6.8mm SPC II. It fires a 0.277" 115grain Spitzer Boat Tail projectile (same diameter as a 270 Winchester, and I think the 270 has killed a few deer) at ~2500 fps. It's more that adequate for deer size animals.

It doubles as a home defense weapon as well as defense against Zombies, Sasquatch, Illegal Farmers (think pot growing operation), Crack heads etc...

It's fun for off season target shooting as well.

If someone doesn't like the way it looks (because it's so evil looking), then they don't have to look at it.


Sam

[runamuk]

I dont get what everyone's hang up is? He's looking for a fun gun that he can use for deer hunting and can go shoot for fun after hunting season. Assault rifle or tactical rifle? What ever you want to call them. He's not asking for a debate.

because feeding into the anti's agenda by calling it an assault rifle simply feeds into the banning of this fun tool  no one has said they are not fun and great to hunt with just that the name he used is really a name created by the very people who want to make these guns illegal based only on how they look why should we not educate when we can? or is ignorance a better option

[bobcat]

What would have been a better term for him to use? It seems that by using the term "assault rifle" everyone knew what he was talking about.

[biggfish]

I'm sure somebody is going to chime in and tell you they aren't assault rifles but "modern sporting rifles" or some crap. However, they are most definitely assault rifles because I guarantee the idea and design behind every single one of those rifles was for a military/defense type application.

If you want to get right down to it all rifles were designed for military/defense applications we just adapted them for civilian usage. 

[PolarBear]

I had a couple of H&K 91's in .308 that I hunted deer with.  They were awesome guns to shoot.  I did, however get a ration of baloney from a certain WDFW in Ferry County about hunting with it.  He stopped me at least 6 times in a week's period.  I finally asked if he wanted to shoot it, he did and liked it.  That was my sniper model with the long, heavy barrel.  What a tack driver.  If memory serves me right I shot a deer, 3 years in a row with it.

[turkeyfeather]

What would have been a better term for him to use? It seems that by using the term "assault rifle" everyone knew what he was talking about.

I have always referred to it as an "AR" style rifle. The term assault rifle referres to how the rifle is used not how it looks.

[actionshooter]

What would have been a better term for him to use? It seems that by using the term "assault rifle" everyone knew what he was talking about.

AR15, black guns, black rifle, Colt sporter, or named any of several models and everyone would have known what he was talking about.

 Assault rifle is not an accurate description of an AR15 and if I belonged to the ACLU and owned an AR15, it would be offensive.

[dscubame]

I have assault rifles but would feel odd deer or elk hunting with them and they are heavy.  However  I would and have hunted coyotes with assault rifles and did not feel awkward.

[JoeE]

Call it whatever makes you feel better. My AR 15 is for people so I'll call it an assault rifle. My T/C and Tikka are my hunting rifles so I'll call those my hunting rifles.

[Bob33]

In 2007 Jim Zumbo made the following comments. As I recall it didn't turn out very well for him.

"I must be living in a vacuum. The guides on our hunt tell me that the use of AR and AK rifles have a rapidly growing following among hunters, especially prairie dog hunters. I had no clue. Only once in my life have I ever seen anyone using one of these firearms. I call them "assault" rifles, which may upset some people. Excuse me, maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I see no place for these weapons among our hunting fraternity. I'll go so far as to call them "terrorist" rifles. They tell me that some companies are producing assault rifles that are "tackdrivers." Sorry, folks, in my humble opinion, these things have no place in hunting. We don't need to be lumped into the group of people who terrorize the world with them, which is an obvious concern. I've always been comfortable with the statement that hunters don't use assault rifles. We've always been proud of our "sporting firearms." This really has me concerned. As hunters, we don't need the image of walking around the woods carrying one of these weapons. To most of the public, an assault rifle is a terrifying thing. Let's divorce ourselves from them. I say game departments should ban them from the praries."

[runamuk]

What would have been a better term for him to use? It seems that by using the term "assault rifle" everyone knew what he was talking about.

AR15, black guns, black rifle, Colt sporter, or named any of several models and everyone would have known what he was talking about.

 Assault rifle is not an accurate description of an AR15 and if I belonged to the ACLU and owned an AR15, it would be offensive.

yup...

In 2007 Jim Zumbo made the following comments. As I recall it didn't turn out very well for him.

"I must be living in a vacuum. The guides on our hunt tell me that the use of AR and AK rifles have a rapidly growing following among hunters, especially prairie dog hunters. I had no clue. Only once in my life have I ever seen anyone using one of these firearms. I call them "assault" rifles, which may upset some people. Excuse me, maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I see no place for these weapons among our hunting fraternity. I'll go so far as to call them "terrorist" rifles. They tell me that some companies are producing assault rifles that are "tackdrivers." Sorry, folks, in my humble opinion, these things have no place in hunting. We don't need to be lumped into the group of people who terrorize the world with them, which is an obvious concern. I've always been comfortable with the statement that hunters don't use assault rifles. We've always been proud of our "sporting firearms." This really has me concerned. As hunters, we don't need the image of walking around the woods carrying one of these weapons. To most of the public, an assault rifle is a terrifying thing. Let's divorce ourselves from them. I say game departments should ban them from the praries."

bingo....this is why it matters but that is ok we can all be happy when we have only a few guns to choose from, and no more lead oh yes and background checks for private sales...

[ICEMAN]

looking to buy a new rifle for deer hunting but also want to use it outside of the season for fun shooting (assualt rifle).  does anyone have any info or ideas? 

Usually members are a bit uneasey to aswer up to a question like this from a new member with only one post....