Bow hunting with gun

dalegribble · August 10, 2008, 11:14 AM

I watch Tred Barta on TV. He is kind of a different type of person and fun to watch and his hunting looks realistic to me compared to other TV hunting shows.

I have noticed that in many shows he carrys a pistol, a Glock semi auto I believe. I realize he hunts all over and different places have different laws but I thought carrying a firearm while bow hunting was illegal? Now don't get me wrong if I was hunting with a sharp stick I would want to carry a handgun with me too, seems like a no brainer to me. My question is, are there places you can carry a pistol while bow hunting? Carrying a backup gun would be a big plus for drawing me into the bow hunting world.

I really enjoy Bartas hunting shows but I don't care for his fishing shows much at all.

rantingredneck · August 10, 2008, 11:15 AM

Some places legal some places not. Check your local regs.

Here in NC a sidearm cannot be carried except in the regular firearms season.

FrontSight · August 10, 2008, 11:54 AM

Some of our guides in Colorado carried sidearms while we bowhunted for elk

JAXX · August 10, 2008, 12:34 PM

I believe that here in Wyoming you can carry a gun while bow hunting. I don't consider it much fun hunting with only a "sharp stick" when you may have grizzlies hunting you.

roy reali · August 10, 2008, 02:24 PM

It is a no-no in Nevada and in California.

jmr40 · August 10, 2008, 06:00 PM

During archery season it is illegal here in Georgia, but if you are bow hunting during rifle season, as long as your handgun is legal for hunting it is no problem.

tyrajam · August 10, 2008, 06:22 PM

In Indiana you can carry a handgun during bow season only if you have a personal protection permit. You can't use it for hunting though.

Doyle · August 10, 2008, 08:04 PM

Like others have said - generally it is only illegal only during the archery only season. Tred Barta hunts with his bow even outside the general archery season.

Buzzard · August 10, 2008, 08:23 PM

AZ is ok to carry a side arm while bow hunting.

Gbro · August 10, 2008, 10:21 PM

In Minnesota it is not legal to have a side arm during deer bow season, any other time is OK. All that means is a conservation officer will write a ticket, You then get to challenge the law in court

If one is using the side arm for hunting it needs to be unloaded and cased when transported on motor vehicle.

johnwilliamson062 · August 10, 2008, 10:51 PM

Ohio it is legal, but if you shoot at any animal except in self defense(even to mercy kill after a bad shot or something), you are in trouble.

stevelyn · August 11, 2008, 07:01 AM

Perfectly legal to carry a sidearm while bowhunting in Alaska.

It'd actually be pretty stupid not to.

davlandrum · August 11, 2008, 10:36 AM

Legal in Oregon to carry a sidearm while bowhunting.

Of course it is legal to rifle hunt bear in Oregon during bow season as well, so you tell me how much sense the regs make...

wyobohunter · August 24, 2008, 06:31 PM

I carry my .500 S & W mag.

lon371 · September 1, 2008, 05:06 AM

I thought you were talking about one of these

Airrow’s new rimfire archery barrel installed on the popular Ruger 10/22.

One advantage of a rimfire rifle that uses blanks to launch an arrow is reduced noise. Current noise levels are approximately 1/2 that of the standard .22 caliber ammunition. Many of these rifles are used in areas where deer are heavily over populated to the point that they cause damage to landscape shrubbery, agricultural crops, and multiple life threatening collisions with automobiles. Unlike a bullet, the arrow has a much shorter range and a correspondingly much greater safety factor.

matthew temkin · September 1, 2008, 06:12 PM

Not kosher in NYS.

Greybeard · September 1, 2008, 08:18 PM

Legal in Tejas during bow season only if one has a Concealed Handgun License. The handgun must still remain concealed - unless not doing so is so justified under Chapter 9 of penal code. I pick up quite a few CHL students due to that one ...

rem870hunter · September 5, 2008, 07:28 PM

not legal here, cannot hunt with bow and arrow and a firearm at the same time. you can possess both in your motor vehicle at the same time as long as its unloaded and cased. no handguns though. so say i want to small game/waterfowl hunt in the morning and bow hunt in the afternoon. i can bring my shotgun and my bow with me in my car, unloaded and cased. drive to where i'm hunting, take the shotgun out and hunt. when i'm done unload and case it when i get to the car. take my bow out and hunt deer with that. carry a handgun for PD while bow hunting, would love to but its a no no.

August 10, 2008, 11:14 AM	#1
dalegribble Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2007 Posts: 861	Bow hunting with gun I watch Tred Barta on TV. He is kind of a different type of person and fun to watch and his hunting looks realistic to me compared to other TV hunting shows. I have noticed that in many shows he carrys a pistol, a Glock semi auto I believe. I realize he hunts all over and different places have different laws but I thought carrying a firearm while bow hunting was illegal? Now don't get me wrong if I was hunting with a sharp stick I would want to carry a handgun with me too, seems like a no brainer to me. My question is, are there places you can carry a pistol while bow hunting? Carrying a backup gun would be a big plus for drawing me into the bow hunting world. I really enjoy Bartas hunting shows but I don't care for his fishing shows much at all.

August 10, 2008, 11:54 AM	#3
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	Some of our guides in Colorado carried sidearms while we bowhunted for elk __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

August 10, 2008, 12:34 PM	#4
JAXX Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2007 Location: Northwest Wyoming Posts: 371	I believe that here in Wyoming you can carry a gun while bow hunting. I don't consider it much fun hunting with only a "sharp stick" when you may have grizzlies hunting you. __________________ Lifetime member of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

August 10, 2008, 02:24 PM	#5
roy reali Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2005 Posts: 3,248	Not Here It is a no-no in Nevada and in California.

August 10, 2008, 08:23 PM	#9
Buzzard Senior Member Join Date: July 13, 2005 Location: Kingman AZ Posts: 479	AZ is ok to carry a side arm while bow hunting. __________________ Rick in Kingman AZ , Super Comanche 45LC/410 , ,Armscor .38 4, Marlin 60 & An UGLY 12ga , Savage Axis .223

August 10, 2008, 11:15 AM	#2
rantingredneck Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,728	Some places legal some places not. Check your local regs. Here in NC a sidearm cannot be carried except in the regular firearms season.

August 10, 2008, 06:00 PM	#6
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,805	During archery season it is illegal here in Georgia, but if you are bow hunting during rifle season, as long as your handgun is legal for hunting it is no problem.

August 10, 2008, 06:22 PM	#7
tyrajam Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2007 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 467	In Indiana you can carry a handgun during bow season only if you have a personal protection permit. You can't use it for hunting though.

August 10, 2008, 08:04 PM	#8
Doyle Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2007 Location: Rainbow City, Alabama Posts: 7,167	Like others have said - generally it is only illegal only during the archery only season. Tred Barta hunts with his bow even outside the general archery season.

August 10, 2008, 10:21 PM	#10
Gbro Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,084	In Minnesota it is not legal to have a side arm during deer bow season, any other time is OK. All that means is a conservation officer will write a ticket, You then get to challenge the law in court If one is using the side arm for hunting it needs to be unloaded and cased when transported on motor vehicle. __________________ Gbro CGVS For the message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, But to us who are being saved, It Is The Power Of God. 1Corinthians 1-18

August 10, 2008, 10:51 PM	#11
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	Ohio it is legal, but if you shoot at any animal except in self defense(even to mercy kill after a bad shot or something), you are in trouble.

August 11, 2008, 07:01 AM	#12
stevelyn Senior Member Join Date: May 19, 2004 Location: Fairbanksan in exile to Aleutian Hell Posts: 2,655	Perfectly legal to carry a sidearm while bowhunting in Alaska. It'd actually be pretty stupid not to. __________________ Stop Allowing Our Schools To Be Soft Targets! http://fastersaveslives.org/ East Moose. Wear Wolf.

August 11, 2008, 10:36 AM	#13
davlandrum Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Lane County Oregon Posts: 2,547	Legal in Oregon to carry a sidearm while bowhunting. Of course it is legal to rifle hunt bear in Oregon during bow season as well, so you tell me how much sense the regs make... __________________ U.S Army, Retired Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. -Potter Stewart

August 24, 2008, 06:31 PM	#14
wyobohunter Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2008 Location: Back in Wyoming Posts: 1,125	It's legal in Alaska. I carry my .500 S & W mag.

September 1, 2008, 05:06 AM	#15
lon371 Senior Member Join Date: September 1, 2007 Location: S.Indiana Posts: 252	I thought you were talking about one of these Airrow’s new rimfire archery barrel installed on the popular Ruger 10/22. One advantage of a rimfire rifle that uses blanks to launch an arrow is reduced noise. Current noise levels are approximately 1/2 that of the standard .22 caliber ammunition. Many of these rifles are used in areas where deer are heavily over populated to the point that they cause damage to landscape shrubbery, agricultural crops, and multiple life threatening collisions with automobiles. Unlike a bullet, the arrow has a much shorter range and a correspondingly much greater safety factor.

September 1, 2008, 06:12 PM	#16
matthew temkin Junior member Join Date: June 7, 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 363	Not kosher in NYS.

September 1, 2008, 08:18 PM	#17
Greybeard Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2002 Location: Denton County Texas Posts: 686	Legal in Tejas during bow season only if one has a Concealed Handgun License. The handgun must still remain concealed - unless not doing so is so justified under Chapter 9 of penal code. I pick up quite a few CHL students due to that one ... __________________ www.dentoncountysports.com A Private Palace for Pistol Proficiency

September 5, 2008, 07:28 PM	#18
rem870hunter Senior Member Join Date: October 12, 2007 Location: N.J. and trying to decide what state to move to. Posts: 973	not legal here, cannot hunt with bow and arrow and a firearm at the same time. you can possess both in your motor vehicle at the same time as long as its unloaded and cased. no handguns though. so say i want to small game/waterfowl hunt in the morning and bow hunt in the afternoon. i can bring my shotgun and my bow with me in my car, unloaded and cased. drive to where i'm hunting, take the shotgun out and hunt. when i'm done unload and case it when i get to the car. take my bow out and hunt deer with that. carry a handgun for PD while bow hunting, would love to but its a no no. __________________ BEAR Bows,Remington shotguns,Marlin rifles