Hunter,
Where did you get this info about LA changing the primitive weapon caliber? Don't see it on the website.
Thanks
Bobby
Rev,
Here you go:
ACT NO. 68
H.B. No. 230
WEAPONS USED DURING PRIMITIVE FIREARMS SEASON
BY REPRESENTATIVES THIBAUT, ARMES, CHANEY, CONNICK, GISCLAIR, GUINN, HARRISON, LAMBERT, LEOPOLD, AND SCHEXNAYDER AND SENATORS LAFLEUR AND RISER
AN ACT to amend and reenact R.S. 56:116(C)(1), relative to weapons used during primitive firearms season; to provide for the minimum caliber of certain rifles used in primitive firearms season; to provide for the authority of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission; and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1. R.S. 56:116(C)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: § 116. Wild birds and wild quadrupeds; special hunting seasons
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C. (1) The commission may establish a special deer season for primitive firearms. The taking of deer in such season shall be limited to persons who are licensed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 56:103(C)(2). The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing such season, including the type and size of weapons used, licenses required, sex of deer to be hunted, and the areas included in the season. In addition to any other weapon restriction the commission may adopt, such rules and regulations shall provide that breech loading rifles with a caliber of .35 or larger may be used during primitive firearms season. The taking of deer during this season shall be limited to still hunting and may be allowed in all or some areas of the state where deer hunting is now or shall in the future be allowed.
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Approved May 11, 2012.
LA LEGIS 68 (2012)
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