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Commission broadens allowable muzzleloader projectiles; regulation approved unanimously
Summary
The commission approved a change to big‑game equipment rules to allow modern non‑lead projectiles in muzzleloading firearms while retaining lead projectiles as legal.
The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks commission voted 7–0 to amend regulations governing legal equipment and taking methods for big game, clarifying that modern non‑lead projectiles (for example conical or copper‑based bullets) are legal in muzzleloading firearms while lead projectiles remain permitted.
Wildlife Division Director Jake George told commissioners the change is a targeted clarification: the existing regulation’s language referring to “lead” projectiles unintentionally excluded many modern, non‑lead options now available to hunters. “The currently proposed change to this regulation broadens the types of projectiles that may be used in muzzleloading firearms,” George said, adding that the department tracked and adjusted the term “lead” in the rule text to allow alternative materials.
George said the revision arose from equipment changes in the hunting market and from the department’s periodic review of legal taking methods. Commissioners offered no public questions on the change and, after the department noted there were no public comments on that specific regulation, recorded a roll‑call vote.
The regulation was adopted by roll call vote, 7–0. The change clarifies permissible projectiles for hunters using muzzleloaders but does not ban lead projectiles.
