Topped with a Bushnell “Trophy” red-dot sight, it is a very compact and accurate piece, and is very handy for close encounters with whitetails in heavy cover. 44 Magnum and purchased a Mag-Na-Port customized barrel for my single-shot T/C Contender Carbine.
The three most popular Limited Firearms Zone deer calibers today are the. This would suddenly completely change the face of deer hunting in southern Michigan overnight and I was euphoric as well as were a whole lot of deer hunters! This would open the door by allowing very accurate, effective and compact rifles for deer hunting. 35 caliber or larger firing specific sized (minimum 1.16-inch case length, and maximum 1.80-inch case length) straight wall ammunition. Yep, folks, I’ve tried it all, and have enjoyed the adventures in trying something new for deer hunting! Then, in 2014, southern Michigan’s “Shotgun Zone” became the “Limited Firearms Zone” which allowed rifles. Rifled shotgun barrels (and rifled choke tubes) became legal, as well as a wide array of sabot ammunition to be used which created outstanding accuracy at some impressive ranges. The modern inline muzzleloader came into being and became quite popular because it offered great accuracy and a bit more “reach” in the deer woods. 35 caliber or larger, firing a straight wall cartridge, were allowed, as well as conical (and sabot) bullets and black powder substitutes for muzzleloaders. The 1980’s and 1990’s saw some dramatic changes occur when handguns. However, state officials determined this changed a shotgun into a rifle, and it was not allowed. 22 rimfire rifles were banned for deer hunting in southern Michigan, and during that timeframe a rifled tube was developed for attaching to the muzzle of a shotgun barrel to increase accuracy. I can remember when muzzleloading rifles, using black powder and a patched round ball. During my tenure as a southern Michigan deer hunter, I have seen a number of changes, actually an evolution, if you will, in regard to firearms and ammunition. Eventually, shotguns firing “slugs” became legal, as well as. The first deer season in southern Michigan occurred in 1948, and I was told by a participant of it that only shotguns firing buckshot were allowed.
If you wanted to go deer hunting in Michigan, you had to “go up north”. I have hunted in other states, but if a state’s deer season interferes with Michigan’s November 15 th, it is a definite no show for me.Īt one time, deer were so scant in southern Michigan, that deer hunting was closed for a while. There is no question that deer hunting is a distinct passion of mine, especially local, close to my home deer hunting in Michigan’s Thumb area. It was that way when I was a kid, and six decades later, it remains to be the same. It is a day that I have been enjoying for nearly 60 deer seasons, and my annual anticipation is such, that I usually have a sleepless night before the long-awaited opening morning. November 15 th is definitely a very special and popular day for a whole lot of Michigan deer hunters.
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