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Do you need a permit to kill with a BB Gun if you have a hunting license?

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I have a Migratory Bird permit but don’t have a gun to shoot them with other than a BB Gun. I live in Georgia so there is a required primitive weapons permit for some things but is a BB Gun one? Can I just use it to kill them?

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This would be your best source for Georgia hunting information

Federal regulations prevent the taking of migratory birds with a rifle or pistol, etc

Even the most powerful “BB” guns are not powerful enough to humanely take anything much larger than a bullfrog or small bird.

If you are interested in airgun hunting

Powerful air rifles

>I will bet you didn’t know an air rifle could do that .

History of airguns

Read about the air rifle Lewis & Clark took with them on their journey.

You could hunt small game with this air rifle.
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The Ruger Air Hawk($110) is a brand new air rifle and I’m hoping it will live up to the Ruger reputation for quality. If it lives up to the specs and expectations(mine) it will be the best value air rifle in it’s price range.
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Good luck

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check with a local wildlife officer & see what you will need, to allow you to hunt with your BB gun, as well as what you can hunt with it.

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jamespatrickmckee
July 8th, 2010 at 11:19 pm

it illegal to hunt anything with a bb gun (unless you are just killing mice or something). because they arent powerful, its considered unethical and thats why its illegal (they dont want animals suffering). the only legal means for migratory game birds are shotguns (maybe a .22 or something for picking them out of trees, but thats considered unethical too), and in some cases falconry is ok.

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im not quite sure but i have taken down many animals with bb guns got a dozen dove one day with a bb gun. mmm tasty

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