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I was wondering if fellow Oregonians ever had a run-in or an issue with law enforcement who didnt know its not illegal to hunt with a silencer attached to their firearm? Last spring I asked 2 young Oregon State Police at the Redmond Sportsman show while they man their display table of a crusade against poaching and asked whether it was legal to hunt with silencers? Immediately one of them said "no!, its not legal to hunt with silencers". A few seconds later the other officer said hesitantly " Well, I looked into that issue a few months ago as someone else asked that question and I couldnt find a law against the use of a silencer while hunting, but I'm gonna tell ya I wouldnt recommend it" "Also, silencers are illegal unless you have a federal license, so you better have one of those". They stared at me as though I was an assassin or seeking a loophole to poach their precious managed game/farm animals we all pay so much to hunt. Of course I wasnt laughing in his face, but I wanted to. I felt like schooling those two and show them its a stamp and theres alot more people with cans than they know, but I figured whats the use in taking a chance of pissing them off and taking note of me. Anyway, have you had any problems with LE and your NFA toys?