Bought a new air rifle and I'm looking for somewhere to shoot it in South Jersey. Given that woodchucks can be hunted year round with .22 rim fire, what is the issue, if any, with me hunting woodchuck with a .177 caliber pellet rifle? Any ideas or comments are welcome!

Not yet. Maybe in 2014.

 

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Not yet. Maybe in 2014.

 

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^^^ This. It's not legal to hunt with air rifles in NJ yet.

Ok then on to my next point. If not hunting, legal to discharge in w remote wooded area at a target?

Bought a new air rifle and I'm looking for somewhere to shoot it in South Jersey. Given that woodchucks can be hunted year round with .22 rim fire, what is the issue, if any, with me hunting woodchuck with a .177 caliber pellet rifle? Any ideas or comments are welcome!

 

Even if legal, I think a .177 air rifle is woefully underpowered for woodchucks.

Even if legal, I think a .177 air rifle is woefully underpowered for woodchucks.

 

Woefully anemic except under the most controlled of environments. A "controlled environment" would be defined as a sniper's hide from the bathroom window to the tomato garden 30' below.

Ok then on to my next point. If not hunting, legal to discharge in w remote wooded area at a target?

An airgun is considered the same as a firearm. Don't shoot it anywhere you wouldn't shoot a firearm. Although I'd ask, if an airgun goes off in a basement and no one is there to hear it, did it go off?

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Woefully underpowered for woodchucks but not for targets in a woodchucks native environment!!!

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