Is it legal to hunt deer with an air rifle?

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Is it legal to hunt deer with an air rifle?

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Re: Is it legal to hunt deer with an air rifle?

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Not in Ohio, at least not yet..
http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/hunting-tra ... -equipment" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


You can use an airgun to hunt small game, Coyotes, and feral swine in Ohio.

Those big bore air rifles are pretty slick.. I think some of them use regular bullets like you would use for reloading as projectiles.
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Re: Is it legal to hunt deer with an air rifle?

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Interesting.
Deer hunting with a 1911 .45 ACP pistol seems to be legal for deer hunting.

The specs of that Air Force rifle place the muzzle velocity of a .45 cal bullet at 930 fps, which compares favorably with the pistol.
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