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Spear Hunting Legal States 2023
State | Spear Hunting Legality | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Legal | Legal in most cases |
| Alaska | Illegal | |
| Arizona | Illegal | |
| Arkansas | Illegal | |
| California | Illegal | |
| Colorado | Illegal | |
| Connecticut | Illegal | |
| Delaware | Illegal | |
| District of Columbia | Illegal | |
| Florida | Illegal | |
| Georgia | Illegal | |
| Hawaii | Legal | Hawaii allows spear hunting for wild pigs, wild goats, and wild sheep. |
| Idaho | Illegal | |
| Illinois | Illegal | |
| Indiana | Illegal | |
| Iowa | Illegal | |
| Kansas | Illegal | |
| Kentucky | Illegal | |
| Louisiana | Illegal | |
| Maine | Illegal | |
| Maryland | Illegal | |
| Massachusetts | Illegal | |
| Michigan | Illegal | |
| Minnesota | Illegal | |
| Mississippi | Illegal | |
| Missouri | Illegal | |
| Montana | Illegal | |
| Nebraska | Legal | Nebraska permits spear hunting for antelope, deer, elk, mountain sheep or turkey, although a spear cannot contain poison or a "stupefying chemical" or have an explosive tip. |
| Nevada | Illegal | |
| New Hampshire | Illegal | |
| New Jersey | Illegal | |
| New Mexico | Illegal | |
| New York | Illegal | |
| North Carolina | Illegal | |
| North Dakota | Illegal | |
| Ohio | Illegal | |
| Oklahoma | Legal | Allowed for frog hunting and other specific small game |
| Oregon | Illegal | |
| Pennsylvania | Illegal | |
| Rhode Island | Illegal | |
| South Carolina | Illegal | |
| South Dakota | Illegal | |
| Tennessee | Illegal | |
| Texas | Illegal | |
| Utah | Illegal | |
| Vermont | Illegal | |
| Virginia | Illegal | |
| Washington | Illegal | |
| West Virginia | Illegal | |
| Wisconsin | Illegal | |
| Wyoming | Illegal |
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