the southern half of MN is slug only because of population desity and terrain. its mostly flat land with open fields, but more "heavily" populated. a rifle that can reach over a mile if held high is said to be too dangerous. So we get to use shotgun slugs which drop fast after 200 yds.
Okay, I see where that would be a concern.
In Nebraska, it's illegal to shoot off a firearm (when hunting) less than 200 yards of an inhabited dwelling, which I guess is why the cats have always been safe, never mistaken for wildlife, as that appears to be about the most they wander away from here.
I have to trust people with firearms, and that trust has never been violated in my whole life.
2 more rules that will confuse you Franksolich. we can also use a muzzleloader WITH a scope during the Slug season. But during the muzzleloader season we cant use a scope.
This "muzzleloader" thing is entirely new to me. It's probably been on the books for years and decades, but I never paid attention to it. Every September, the county sheriff brings out to me a bunch of books about Nebraska hunting laws with the year's updates, and man, it's a lot of reading.
I suppose he assumes, like many people do, that detailed reading is an adequate compensation for not hearing, but that's not, really, true.
A crossbow is considered a FIREARM and only allowed in the firearm season, UNLESS you can prove a disabilty to the DNR, then they can give you a permit to shoot a crossbow during Bow season. You can also get a handicap permit from the DNR to shoot out of your vehicle.
I dunno if a crossbow's considered a firearm in Nebraska, but there's special rules about it.
The "handicap permit" for shooting from one's motor vehicle is available in Nebraska too, but I've never in my life seen anyone shooting from the road, from inside a car or truck.
It seems to me that if one's so disabled one has to do that, one's just going to say "screw it," and not bother hunting at all.
The guy who tried to teach me how to use a pistol (and we later mutually decided I'm more of a 1-3/8" S/K adjustable wrench wielder, than a shooter)--he's a big gun dealer in the big city, probably the biggest one in northeastern Nebraska--is horribly disfigured by crippling arthritis and--get this--"legally" blind, but he goes out every autumn with everybody else, doing things the same ways they do. He fishes too.