Hunting With Suppressor in WA

[butcher98951]

my 10 year old daughters shot 12 of there horses

  :yike:Your daughters shot 12 horses I hope they were feral horses....  

The only thing that is sorry is my daughters shot more spilya then you did

[twistiron]

here ya go fellas the response from the wdfw about hunting with a suppressor!

Hi, Forrest.  Here is our answer to your question:

We do not currently have any laws on the books that restrict the use of a suppressor while hunting. So, as long as a person is following the federal regulations associated with possessing a suppressor (registering it and possessing a tax stamp), plus all the regulations pertaining to hunting (using the correct legal barrel length and caliber), he/she is not breaking any written laws.  I do not know if our Wildlife Program plans to change this.  I haven’t heard that they are.

 

 

Lori Preuss, WSBA #33045

WDFW Criminal Justice Liaison &

Administrative Regulations Coordinator

Lori.preuss@dfw.wa.gov

[FALFire]

Exactly what I suspected. No laws, no violations.........YET! 

Thanks for the update 

[whacker1]

Exactly what I suspected. No laws, no violations.........YET! 

Thanks for the update 

Lori always has a way of implying that WDFW has an intention of reviewing every law that is questioned.

[FALFire]

Exactly what I suspected. No laws, no violations.........YET! 

Thanks for the update 

Lori always has a way of implying that WDFW has an intention of reviewing every law that is questioned.

But of course, they have to protect us from ourselves don't they?

[KillBilly]

here ya go fellas the response from the wdfw about hunting with a suppressor!

Hi, Forrest.  Here is our answer to your question:

We do not currently have any laws on the books that restrict the use of a suppressor while hunting. So, as long as a person is following the federal regulations associated with possessing a suppressor (registering it and possessing a tax stamp), plus all the regulations pertaining to hunting (using the correct legal barrel length and caliber), he/she is not breaking any written laws.  I do not know if our Wildlife Program plans to change this.  I haven’t heard that they are.

 

 

Lori Preuss, WSBA #33045

WDFW Criminal Justice Liaison &

Administrative Regulations Coordinator

Lori.preuss@dfw.wa.gov

After so many people on this site said it was legal, you only accept what we told you after "Lori" says so.... but that's okay none of us know *censored* from shinola   

[twistiron]

killbilly, thats not the case at all i had emailed her right after i initially posted it on here at that point no one had said much other then being interested in the results! i had taken your word for it already and strated looking into purchase options when i recived the email. i just posted the email to support the knowledge you all provided, well done and thank you. my appologies if i insulted you, not my intentions.

[FALFire]

here ya go fellas the response from the wdfw about hunting with a suppressor!

Hi, Forrest.  Here is our answer to your question:

We do not currently have any laws on the books that restrict the use of a suppressor while hunting. So, as long as a person is following the federal regulations associated with possessing a suppressor (registering it and possessing a tax stamp), plus all the regulations pertaining to hunting (using the correct legal barrel length and caliber), he/she is not breaking any written laws.  I do not know if our Wildlife Program plans to change this.  I haven’t heard that they are.

 

 

Lori Preuss, WSBA #33045

WDFW Criminal Justice Liaison &

Administrative Regulations Coordinator

Lori.preuss@dfw.wa.gov

After so many people on this site said it was legal, you only accept what we told you after "Lori" says so.... but that's okay none of us know *censored* from shinola   

Are you saying that we should all take the word of another member here on the board because they said it was so?? 

Okay.....I'll call on that one. " Gee Mr. Game Officer the guys on Hunt Wa. website told me it was Okay" 

[GEARHEAD]

Well the more i think about it, if i go thru the process, spend a thousand dollars, get my can and stamp, i will have one maybe two years to use it for hunting yotes, before the state adds "except while hunting" to the legal wording. think i'm going to wait a while to see how this all pans out.

[FALFire]

I'm pretty sure they can add that as a rule right away if they chose to.

[KillBilly]

killbilly, thats not the case at all i had emailed her right after i initially posted it on here at that point no one had said much other then being interested in the results! i had taken your word for it already and strated looking into purchase options when i recived the email. i just posted the email to support the knowledge you all provided, well done and thank you. my appologies if i insulted you, not my intentions.

Not insulted at all, and was not angry. More curious in fact because this happens lots of times on lots of subjects by many people. My apologies if I came across as mad...didn't mean it that way.

[KillBilly]

here ya go fellas the response from the wdfw about hunting with a suppressor!

Hi, Forrest.  Here is our answer to your question:

We do not currently have any laws on the books that restrict the use of a suppressor while hunting. So, as long as a person is following the federal regulations associated with possessing a suppressor (registering it and possessing a tax stamp), plus all the regulations pertaining to hunting (using the correct legal barrel length and caliber), he/she is not breaking any written laws.  I do not know if our Wildlife Program plans to change this.  I haven’t heard that they are.

 

 

Lori Preuss, WSBA #33045

WDFW Criminal Justice Liaison &

Administrative Regulations Coordinator

Lori.preuss@dfw.wa.gov

After so many people on this site said it was legal, you only accept what we told you after "Lori" says so.... but that's okay none of us know *censored* from shinola   

Are you saying that we should all take the word of another member here on the board because they said it was so?? 

Okay.....I'll call on that one. " Gee Mr. Game Officer the guys on Hunt Wa. website told me it was Okay" 

Back at ya ... it was an RCW and the House Bill that amended that RCW that was being quoted as making it legal....not just the word of any member.

[Antlershed]

here ya go fellas the response from the wdfw about hunting with a suppressor!

Hi, Forrest.  Here is our answer to your question:

We do not currently have any laws on the books that restrict the use of a suppressor while hunting. So, as long as a person is following the federal regulations associated with possessing a suppressor (registering it and possessing a tax stamp), plus all the regulations pertaining to hunting (using the correct legal barrel length and caliber), he/she is not breaking any written laws.  I do not know if our Wildlife Program plans to change this.  I haven’t heard that they are.

 

 

Lori Preuss, WSBA #33045

WDFW Criminal Justice Liaison &

Administrative Regulations Coordinator

Lori.preuss@dfw.wa.gov

After so many people on this site said it was legal, you only accept what we told you after "Lori" says so.... but that's okay none of us know *censored* from shinola   

Are you saying that we should all take the word of another member here on the board because they said it was so?? 

Okay.....I'll call on that one. " Gee Mr. Game Officer the guys on Hunt Wa. website told me it was Okay" 

Back at ya ... it was an RCW and the House Bill that amended that RCW that was being quoted as making it legal....not just the word of any member.

But the RCW does not state anything about hunting, so why not take the extra precaution and seek clarification from WDFW? Had he used it for yote hunting, and then had his gun confiscated through some loophole, he probably would have got flamed for not double checking with WDFW first 

[FALFire]

 

[twistiron]

  i would have just said i was killbilly it i had of gotten arrested. LOL if i learned one thing from the military its always worth the double check on the rules