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Committee endorses allowing air rifles for big‑game hunting, leaves technical standards to Fish and Game rulemaking
Summary
A proposed change to permit certain air rifles for hunting advanced from committee after sponsors described range testing; Fish and Game and the bill sponsor said the department should set muzzle‑energy or performance thresholds in rule rather than by fixed caliber numbers in statute.
A sponsor introduced House Bill 2211 to allow the regulated use of high‑powered air rifles for hunting certain big game and to give the Fish and Game Department authority to set equipment standards in rule. The sponsor told the committee his study group tested rifles at a ballistics range and recommended a performance‑based standard measured in foot‑pounds at the muzzle rather than a simple caliber threshold.
"The amount of foot pounds generated at the muzzle is the determining factor, and that is to be set in rules depending on the game being hunted by Fish and Game," the sponsor told the…
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