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Committee approves bill removing rifle-caliber length restrictions for deer hunting on public lands
Summary
Senate Bill 280, which removes caliber-length restrictions for rifle hunting deer on state and public lands while retaining a minimum projectile-diameter limit of .223 inches, passed the House Committee on Natural Resources by unanimous voice/roll vote.
Senator Baldwin presented Senate Bill 280 to the House Committee on Natural Resources, saying the bill “simply removes the length restrictions on rifle calibers for hunting deer on state lands or public lands” while retaining a minimum caliber/diameter of .223 inches (sometimes referenced as 2.23 or 5.56). Baldwin said the current law allowed a range of other uses…
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