In my opinion there's absolutely no reason for someone to own an AK or carry a revolver for self defense. Thankfully, our firearms and hunting laws are not supposed to be based purely on someone's opinion about what someone else should own or use.
WHAT OTHER REASON DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO HUNT WITH AN AR THAT IS DESIGNED FOR DEFENSIVE PURPOSES AND TO HOLD HIGH CAPACITIES OF AMMO. I KNOW GUYS WHO LOVE A SEMI AUTO JUST FOR THE LET ME SHOOT AT RUNNING DEER OR MULTIPLE AT ONCE. I DONT HUNT WITH THEM ANYMORE.
Just to clarify a few things for those reading this who are not from Ohio. Deer drives are completely legal here. Shooting more than one deer before tagging the one before is illegal, although of course, not using an AR does not prevent it from happening regularly. AR pistols are completely legal in any caliber that is straight wall and .357" or larger, no minimum cartridge length. This would include calibers like .50 Beowulf, .45 ACP, 10 MM Auto and .450 Bushmaster. There is no magazine capacity limit for pistols. You can fill it to the brim. In rifle form, however, we are limited to a specific list of calibers, which has been listed here several times already. So, we can use a lever action chambered in 45-70, but not a single shot chambered in 30-30. We can use an AR15 rifle chambered in .45 ACP but not one chambered in 10 MM, but if it's a pistol 10 MM is fine. We can use a .44 Mag semi auto rifle but not a .357 SIG semi auto pistol. We could use a 9x18 Makarov in a pistol if someone made one with a 5 inch barrel.
I BEG TO DIFFER ON THE LOAD UP THE HANDGUN AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. I KNOW A PISTOL HUNTER AND HE WAS TOLD BY A GW NO MORE THAN 3 ROUNDS. OHIO DID AWAY WITH THE PLUGS BECAUSE YOU CANT PLUG A LEVERGUN SO THEY JUST SCRATCHED THE IDEA. NO WHERE IN THE BOOK WHICH IS THE ONLY LEGAL THING THEY GIVE US ACCESS TO DOES IT SAY HANDGUNS ARE ALLOWED TO BE LOADED WITH 6 ROUNDS.
IMO, you don't need a lever action for deer hunting. Why do you need to shoot a deer multiple times? Are you shooting at running deer? Are you shooting more than one before you tag the first? I use a single shot and it works just fine.
I HAVE A SINGLE SHOT 45-70 AND 44MAG AND SEVERAL ML. I DIDNT IMPLY HE "NEEDED" A LEVER GUN BUT SEEING HOW HE WANTS AN AR PLATFORM I FIGURED HE WOULD LIKE MORE AMMO
I DONT SHOOT AT RUNNING DEER ONLY MORONS DO THAT! THIS PUTS EVERYONE IN THE WOODS SAFETY IN JEOPORDY AND ALSO 99% OF THE TIME THE DEER RUNS OFF AND DIES BECAUSE THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO TRACK OR WONT. FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE!
I'm not aware of 30 round magazines being available for any of the AR cartridges that are legal in pistol form for deer here. Did I miss something?