Poll: Do you use a suppressor whilst hunting?

[Captain O]

Wouldn't duck hunting be a great deal of fun with a "muffler"?

 

[Modeler]

I did last month in Alaska, it was great! My buddy and I both took shots at a deer, our other buddy a mile away only heard one shot. Worked as advertised!

 

[70cyclone]

What's the point? The animals aren't going to hear the shot that kills them...... Unless yer not a great shot & miss a few times.....

tinnitus is one point...another is why not? If I can go shooting or hunting and save mine or others ears without checking everyone for hearing protection, I'm going to. I like my electronic muffs but they are cumbersome and the in-ear style are way overpriced from what I have found. At this point I look at a suppressor as just another good accessory like a scope or sling. If they ever pass that law I will have more so I don't have to switch between guns.

 

[Caveman Jim]

tinnitus is one point...another is why not? If I can go shooting or hunting and save mine or others ears without checking everyone for hearing protection, I'm going to. I like my electronic muffs but they are cumbersome and the in-ear style are way overpriced from what I have found. At this point I look at a suppressor as just another good accessory like a scope or sling. If they ever pass that law I will have more so I don't have to switch between guns.

That's your choice and I accept that but I will not submit to paying the GOV to be registered just to exercise my rights. Sorry (nope) just me.

 

[70cyclone]

Agreed on one more government overreach. Unfortunately in this day and age privacy and such is long gone so I figure there are a few things I am willing to 'be on the radar' for.

 

[PDXSparky]

If I hunted, of course I would hunt suppressed. Anything else just seems silly to me.

 

[Bushman]

Anything a .308 works on gets the business end, Harvester 30. Hoping to do duck hunting with the Salvo 12 in a year or two.

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Old school heaters bro.

 

[Quartermaster]

Old school heaters bro.

House was built in 1942. Central heating wasn't an option.

 

[coyote223]

It never seems to work out for me. I've hunted with them, only success has been on ground squirrels though. I really hate taking such an expensive and controlled item into the pouring down rain, which it usually is during deer season.

 

[Bushman]

House was built in 1942. Central heating wasn't an option.

Dang I really wished I had posted that I presumed it was built in the 1940's. Lot's of houses built in that time frame had those.

 

[Bushman]

Those who have hunted suppressed and liked it, never much care for anything else after that.

 

[wired]

I hunt with a mossberg 308 tactical MVP and SIG 762Ti. Does everything I want and you should see the eyes of the other hunters when I pull that thing out.

 

[The Heretic]

I would if I had one, and if I still hunted - mostly with a .22 RF firearm (probably with an integral suppressor), but also maybe with a bullpup rifle in a large game caliber - probably with supersonic ammo though.

 

[HuckleberryFun]

No, but I do enjoy using "whilst" in a sentence whenever I get the chance.

 

[Captain O]

Hunting with a suppressor should be standard and used daily as they are obligatory in England. The quiet would be great and not frightening the game is always a plus.

 

[The Heretic]

Hunting with a suppressor should be standard and used daily as they are obligatory in England. The quiet would be great and not frightening the game is always a plus.

If we ever get the HPA passed and suppressors become non-NFA, then I expect that they will become a lot more popular and maybe even mandatory in some areas for any shooting sport. I could see them being popular at gun ranges.