Is It Legal to Shoot a Pellet Gun From a Car?

January 3, 2019

Question: Is it legal to shoot a pellet gun out of a car in California? It would be in a hunting/pest removal situation. (Barry)

Answer: No. CCR Title 14, section 251 (a) states: No person shall pursue, drive, herd or take any bird or mammal from any type of motor-driven air or land vehicles, motorboat, airboat, sailboat or snowmobile. A related statute can be found in FGC, section 2006, which prohibits shooting a loaded long gun from a vehicle, but refers only to shotguns and rifles, not pellet guns. There are exceptions to this for mobility impaired disabled persons with proper signed documents from a physician.

If you are hunting, you must abide by the required legal methods of take for the animal you are hunting.