Shoot from the road?

[Oldguy]

FYI, you can now legally shoot from upon (not from within) a nonmoving motor vehicle as long as "the engine is turned off and the motor vehicle or off-road vehicle is not parked on or beside the maintained portion of a public road"

Could you cite the regulation that applies? This would make shooting off the hood of a vehicle for target shooting legal. Hadn't heard about the change.

[Bob33]

Could you cite the regulation that applies? This would make shooting off the hood of a vehicle for target shooting legal. Hadn't heard about the change.

Here is the RCW. Read it for yourself.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=77.15.460

[dreamunelk]

Just jump out , jump twice and your good to go ...Hopefully there is no ditch there 

Actually that is pretty good advice

[dreamunelk]

FYI,
If you are planning on hunting private industrial forest land you may want to think twice.   All that I know of do not allow public access at night.  Instant ticket and persona nongrata from many of the landowners in SW Washington. 

[BOWHUNTER45]

best way to be sure is to just get out of your rig and get off the road !!! Back east in most states you have to be 150 ft from any maintained road ....asphalt or gravel ...I am seriously surprised that is not the law in washington 

[Bob33]

Could you cite the regulation that applies? This would make shooting off the hood of a vehicle for target shooting legal. Hadn't heard about the change.

Here is the RCW. Read it for yourself.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=77.15.460

i read this and i am still unclear,it says in or upon that would make it illegal still wouldnt it?say from upon a four wheeler even if turned off or upon the hood of a truck.

Read 4(c).

[Bob33]

yes i read 4c and any road that is maintained in any way 1 time a year or once ever as far as i have been told counts in this rule.where can you drive off the road or trail without a greendot in wa. state?even when I'm jeeping I'm not supposed to deviate from the path so I'm either on or beside right?and if its greendot its maintained.

You could potentially be cited for driving offroad, but you would not be cited for having a loaded firearm in a vehicle if you adhere to the RCW.

[Oldguy]

FYI, you can now legally shoot from upon (not from within) a nonmoving motor vehicle as long as "the engine is turned off and the motor vehicle or off-road vehicle is not parked on or beside the maintained portion of a public road"

Thanks. I missed the reference in your previous post. Also it took my reading comprehension a while to understand the "from upon" part of the sentence.

[rynokron]

Could you cite the regulation that applies? This would make shooting off the hood of a vehicle for target shooting legal. Hadn't heard about the change.

Here is the RCW. Read it for yourself.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=77.15.460

That RCW doesn't say anything about hunting. In the hunting regs it still says it is unlawful to hunt from a motor vehicle. It's in the Prohibited hunting methods section.

[bobcat]

So, would in be legal to build one of those big spotlighting tower/chairs to mount in the back of your truck for solo night calling now?     I always thought that looked fun but it has been illegal in the past.

Sure, I don't see why that wouldn't be legal. You would pretty much have to hunt only on private land though, in order to get much use out of it.

[Cap.Silver]

Here is the definition of public hwy :
          [[Orig. Op. Page 3]]

            For the purposes of the act, a public highway is defined in RCW 46.04.430 as:

            "'Public highway' includes every way, lane, road, street, boulevard, and every way or place in the state open as a matter of right to public vehicular travel both inside and outside the limits of cities and towns."

You can find it here  http://www.atg.wa.gov/AGOOpinions/opinion.aspx?id=7526

[buckfvr]

This post needs a chime in from Bigtex..................The RCW listed seems to be in conflict with the game laws....The game laws regard hunting, the RCW regards discharging a firearm.  It could be interpeted to mean as in sighting in or any discharge not associated with hunting, as it clearly states in the game laws it is illegal. 

page 76 number 4
Hunting wildlife from a motor vehicle is prohibited......

number 5.
In number 5 it only adresses boats with motor off in a hunting situation.

[Bofire]

He already did on page one.

[buckfvr]

Im referring to hunting from a motorized vehicle, as in upon, or in the bed of a truck, so long as the engine is off....

[Bob33]

The RCWs and WACs are the law. The game pamphlet is not.