Guest Trout Hawk Report post Posted September 1, 2008 I have read the posts earlier and see the regs for small game hunting with the .17 But my concern is the same as fish leclairs I think. If it is illegal to hunt big game with a .17 HMR or a >22 mag why do you need a big game license to hunt small game with the larger rimfires. To me that does not quite make sense Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites