Carrying a pellet pistol while hunting?

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Hi guys, just got my hunting licence and while doing my course my instructor said its a good idea to carry a pellet pistol with you while hunting?

Im assuming this would be used for hunting small game or something or making sure the animal is dead?

can someone explain this? Also I would assume the pistol has to be under 700fps or then it would be restricted which would mean you would need an ATC no?
 
Yes i carry one during deer season as thats when you sit the most and grouse tend to walk by at very close distance.
(Ontario)
Good for other small game like squirels, rabbits and such, but not a large game weapon.
Pistol are not much good other than that.
Pellet pistols must be under 5oo fps or they will be considered restricted,
and that = no no.
 
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Sorry I couldnt remember if it was 500 or 700, and in Ontario it is legal then, although your suggesting there isnt much use for it.
 
I hunt squirel/grouse w/ my pellet gun(s) all the time. In ontario it is under 500fps and u dont need anything to have it with you, just a hunting license and small game tag. Cheap ones from CTS or Slave-Mart, are fine for hunting with
 
Thanks for all the info guys, probably going to pick up one from canadian tire for about 150 one that runs on co2.
 
CO2 pressure drops quite quickly as the temperature goes down. This causes the performance to drop off markedly. If you keep the CO2 gun warm, no big deal, but that pretty much means keeping it in a shoulder holster inside your jacket, or in an inside pocket. Either way, a PITA to get at and use.

Compressed air guns and spring powered guns do not suffer the loss of power in the cold. They have other disadvantages, though. Spring powered air pistols are heavier, harder to ####, and have a generally lower power level (to make them easier to carry and ####) while compressed air pistols need multiple pumps to bring them up to full power.

A good compressed air pistol to use to compare, would be the Crosman 1322/2289, in comparison to the crosman 2240 CO2 pistol. For a spring powered pistol, do a Google search for info on the BSA Scorpion and see how it weighs...

Provincial Hunting Regs dictate whether an air pistol is worth bothering with as extra luggage on a hunting trip. Read your regs!

Cheers
Trev
 
under 500 fps and pellet pistol? i am not sure, but i think it is against provincial law in Ontario to hunt with a pistol (if that is even considered a pistol). does anyone know?
 
In Ontario firearms include rifles, shotguns, air or pellet guns, bows and crossbows. You may use semi-sutomatic or repeating firearms for hunting in Ontario, but not handguns or fully atuomatic firearms. Air and pellet pistols with a muzzle velocity less than 500 feet per second may be used for hunting in Ontario. Page 21 of Summary.
 
I've wacked dozens of grouse with one over the years...Almost silent death.
.177 pointed pellets pass right through.
.22 pellets generally stay in the head.

As far as I understand you can kill non migratory birds with a single projectile?
 
Legal to use in Manitoba ONLY if you're not hunting big game or migratory birds. If you're carring a centerfire rifle, you cannot carry a pellet gun because that makes you 'deer hunting.' Stupid rule.
 
Since I deer hunt in a group, and 95% of the time my job is to make noise and get deer going, I just shoot them with whatever gun I have in my hand. It also serves the double purpose of getting deer moving out of really thick swamps.
 
For those of you that do use them while hunting, would you recommend going with a CO2 or pump? Also, assuming that you are on foot, what style of holster do you use?
 
I use the crossman 1322 pump version.
1 to 10 pumps.
Very accurate and very powerfull.
I usually store it in my shoulder carry bag,
(camoflage European carry-all, not a purse (Sienfeld ep)
or use a basic Uncle Mikes holster for it.
 
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