In most States of the Midwest you can ONLY hunt deer with a shotgun (using slugs, no type of shot), a bow, or a muzzleloading rifle. Why? Because the States are so flat a bullet fired at the eastern state line of Illinois (for example) would drop into the Mississippi River many, many miles away. Maybe that a little exaggerated, but the flatness of these States is the reason for the weapons restrictions. Here in the mountains it's a different story. Oh, yes -- you MUST wear a defines number of square inches of "hunter's orange". Jackrabbits can get awfully big out here in The Wild West.