‘Full metal jacket’ bullets up for statewide hunting ban this spring

Using military-style ammunition to hunt big game will no longer be legal in Alaska following action expected this spring by the state Board of Game. At its meeting last November, the Board amended a proposal to ban .223 (“two-twenty-three”) full metal jacket bullets in Southeast Alaska to include the entire state.

Charles Woolsey, KCAW – Sitka

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