Ok. New email. Jerry said law enforcement wont ticket you if your not packing a weapon.
And was upset sounding because of the earlier email. Even the head of enforcement agrees its dumb. So sounds like by the book was indeed the way I did It.
So if your packing a weapon and calling you'll get cited? What if bear/cougar season is also open and you are packing a rifle just in case?
I had my rifle in the truck on my dads 2011 colockum muzzy bull tag just for such a reason. We were then threatened by an apparent "native" after hearing many shots from a semi auto high-powered rifle. After the threats I started packing the rifle in the woods for protection too. I was calling and filming.
I have a hard time believing a citation would stand if a hunter was packing and had a legal tag and a legal weapon. Being more heavily scrutinized is understandable but when there isn't any evidence of an illegally harvested animal or there is a reasonable, legal purpose for carrying then I don't see this sticking at all.
If that is in fact the way the law reads then it needs changing, now.
