Is there a law...

[bulldog ducker]

I have a side arm in the woods with me at all times. I didnt before I was held at gun point by a meth head that crossed our property line and thought he was on his own property. Caca got real real fast that afternoon

[blackhawk0718]

i stopped bow hunting cause i suck at it
but i would carry for mister No-shoulder
I had to put one down in that almost same situation
Ill take the ticket. Its ethical.

[Seymore]

We have found 2 meth labs on my club. One was found by me. Took me a minute to figure out just what it was. Just glad I didn't walk into it with somebody there. I've often wondered what would have happened it there was somebody there. Conservation officer told us that type of stuff in on the rise and to keep and eye out. Meth heads like to cook the stuff where it can't be smelled because evidently it makes a pretty distinictive smell. In the middle of a big deer lease makes a great spot for them.

[donia]

^^ my boss had a neighbor (in tiny town in east ms) cooking and said it smelled like burning styrofoam a few times at night, just before they got busted.

[Buckwabit]

got a crackhead on my camera a couple of weeks ago. Will be carrying. Plain and simple. Write the ticket if you need to.

Just remember I passed the background check and I ain't the criminal.

Amen!!!!

[bpinson1]

got a crackhead on my camera a couple of weeks ago. Will be carrying. Plain and simple. Write the ticket if you need to.

Just remember I passed the background check and I ain't the criminal.

Amen!!!!

+1

[john roach]

i dont bow hunt (yet), but would have to agree with most of the guys on here,carry,explain later,who knows what or who is in the woods with you now days,hogs,wild dogs,coyotes, now crack heads,i carry a buckmark 22lr with me even in gun season,times are different,hopefully you get a game warden that didnt get up that day with his wife eatin that a?$ up when he got up,LOL

[BLOOD DOG]

Definetly not legal. I know many people that carry sidearms during bow season for hogs, I know that is not legal either but can't really blame them.

Are you saying its not legal to carry a sidearm while bowhunting? Please explain. I think there are much stronger pieces of paper that say I can over some BS game law.

[teul2]

Are you saying its not legal to carry a sidearm while bowhunting? Please explain. I think there are much stronger pieces of paper that say I can over some BS game law.

Look at it from the game warden's point of view. He walks up to you in a stand. You have a bow, and a firearm. Weather it be a 22 rifle, 45cal 1911, a 308, or a 9mm. You could kill a deer with any of those given proper shot placement. How can you prove that you were not planning on shooting a deer with the firearm, then sticking an arrow through the hole to make it look like a bow kill?


That said, most of the time deer hunting I have my Glock on me in the woods for hogs.

[farmerc83]

Are you saying its not legal to carry a sidearm while bowhunting? Please explain. I think there are much stronger pieces of paper that say I can over some BS game law.

Look at it from the game warden's point of view. He walks up to you in a stand. You have a bow, and a firearm. Weather it be a 22 rifle, 45cal 1911, a 308, or a 9mm. You could kill a deer with any of those given proper shot placement. How can you prove that you were not planning on shooting a deer with the firearm, then sticking an arrow through the hole to make it look like a bow kill?

Not arguing with you directly, Joel, but I think it's the premise of this argument that most hunters disagree with. Why does a GW get to assume I'm going to do the wrong thing before I even do it? HP doesn't give tickets just cause they know my truck will go faster than the speed limit. Local PD doesn't issue DUI's to everyone with a set of keys as they walk out of the bar. Many of us have things in our homes that could be used to do something destructive or cook some sort of drug, but none of us worry SWAT coming to bust down the door to get our batteries and Claritin-D.

When the premise of the argument is applied to other issues like concealed carry and high cap magazines most of us yell SLIPPERY SLOPE. Funny thing is, with proper permits, some of these same posters can legally carry a locked and loaded 45cal 1911 into ChuckyCheese for a 5 yo's birthday party, but can't carry when sitting in a tree "by themselves".

[Roach]

I'll take this argument a step further.
I know of a citation that was issued to a duck hunter during teal season that had an old buckshot (shell) in his hunting bucket. Since it was "lead" he got a ticket. Now on the GW defense, there were other hunters in this group that were over the limit of teal and they were writing citations for everything.
Point to remember...IT'S THE LAW. As it is, we must obey it, or pay the fine.
PS: I was not in this hunting party!

[Seymore]

I think it all has to do with something called "Prima Facie" evidence. Kind of the same thing as riding around spot lighting, on private land now since you can't do it from public road, and have a rifle in the truck. It's prima facie evidence that you are shooting deer whether you have or not.

I think the handgun thing needs changing as far as bowhunting. The woods ain't what they used to be.

[Take 'em]

I think it all has to do with something called "Prima Facie" evidence. Kind of the same thing as riding around spot lighting, on private land now since you can't do it from public road, and have a rifle in the truck. It's prima facie evidence that you are shooting deer whether you have or not.

I think the handgun thing needs changing as far as bowhunting. The woods ain't what they used to be.

+1. I carry for purpose of where I hunt bc I never know who might be at my truck when I walk back to it after an afternoon hunt. Park right off the road inside our gate but that appears to not stop people from coming on our property. Will be glad to pay a ticket for protecting my life