Traveling with suppressors?

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OK, so yes I could Google this, but I thought the info here would be more reliable. I am driving to Texas, from Wisconsin, to visit my son, and to possibly do some hog hunting on a friend's ranch. I was thinking of taking a suppressor, to be used on either a LR-308, or a 6.8 SPC. Any issues with the transport, or use of a suppressor, for hogs in the great state of Texas? I do have to go through Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma to get there. Any issues through those states?

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Actually every state you listed suppressors are legal but regardless we are protected under federal law while traveling as long as suppressors are legal at our final destination. I don't recommend stopping by Illinois for several days and hanging out on the way but to stop by a motel and sleeping overnight while in route is okay.
 
According to Texas P&W, it looks like I am GTG:

http://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/hunting/general-regulations/means-and-methods - Silencers may be used to take any wildlife resource; however, all federal, state and local laws continue to apply.

I don't plan on traveling through the People's Republik of Illinoids. So I should be good to travel, and even be OK, if the Tundra decides it needs to visit a Toyota dealership for repair...Been a rock solid truck, so odds are we won't have to visit a dealership. But it sounds like I don't even have that concern.

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I hope you take a few of our pigs home with you! (Or leave me here, just kill em)
It was just a few years ago that TPWD started allowing us to hunt with our cans. Now I cant imagine shooting without one. As I'm sure you've found in your research, the only things required to hunt pigs in TX is a hunting license and the landowners permission. No season or limits😃
Best of luck, hope u get a few like this!
 
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