Carrying a handgun while archery hunting

[CedarPants]

Seems unconstitutional to me though since i can legally carry my hunting rifle any where i want whenever i want with few exceptions,that it would be illegal to have it in the woods   

Well that's a whole different conversation    You just told us to show you where it was ever written that they said you couldn't, so we did 

[Smossy]

Alot of you know my background and this is a serious question as to Ill only be archery hunting and this in fact will also be y first year out, hunting period... If you were in my shoes, unable to handle a sidear what would you do? I just want to hear what others have to say about it.

Just go with a hunting buddy(your girl) she can carry and watch your back

Yeah I probably will but I imagine there will be timmes when she wont be around.

[stevemiller]

Found it. i guess wa. state was the joke across the country on that reg. found it on an old primos chat blog.

[CedarPants]

In 2008 its stated it is illegal to carry any firearm in the field while archery hunting.  In 2009 they changed that to say except for handguns for personal protection by people with concealed permits.

For the record I agree with your assessment that it's unconstitutional

[jackelope]

Alot of you know my background and this is a serious question as to Ill only be archery hunting and this in fact will also be y first year out, hunting period... If you were in my shoes, unable to handle a sidear what would you do? I just want to hear what others have to say about it.

Go hunting. Thousands of people do it every year. Up until 2-3 years ago, everyone in this state went bowhunting unarmed. Go for it.

[stevemiller]

Alot of you know my background and this is a serious question as to Ill only be archery hunting and this in fact will also be y first year out, hunting period... If you were in my shoes, unable to handle a sidear what would you do? I just want to hear what others have to say about it.

Just go with a hunting buddy(your girl) she can carry and watch your back

Yeah I probably will but I imagine there will be timmes when she wont be around.

Yep.and then it becomes choice for you to be out there without her i guess.thats the only suggestion i can give her or a friend that carries

[turkeyfeather]

I actually discussed that situation with a gamie in '08 cause I was hunting on federal land and they say that you can carry a sidearm during any outdoor recreating on federal land. He told me that the laws do contradict themselves and that they were not going to enforce their no handgun law and that it was going to be changed the next year.

[stevemiller]

  didnt want to get into it. but that was a mistake that got rectifie he following year

[jackelope]

Alot of you know my background and this is a serious question as to Ill only be archery hunting and this in fact will also be y first year out, hunting period... If you were in my shoes, unable to handle a sidear what would you do? I just want to hear what others have to say about it.

Just go with a hunting buddy(your girl) she can carry and watch your back

Yeah I probably will but I imagine there will be timmes when she wont be around.

Yep.and then it becomes choice for you to be out there without her i guess.thats the only suggestion i can give her or a friend that carries

Or you could just go hunting. What would you guys have done 5 years ago when it was not legal to carry? I carry when bowhunting, but when I couldn't I still went.

[huntnnw]

Ill carry whenever I want! Federal law trumps state

[stevemiller]

i think that option was so obvious that no one else wasted the time to type it.of course go anyway

[huntnnw]

Guess you dont read...and you havent been on this forum long enough to have read the discussions about this very issue when it was supposely illegal

[pianoman9701]

Alot of you know my background and this is a serious question as to Ill only be archery hunting and this in fact will also be y first year out, hunting period... If you were in my shoes, unable to handle a sidear what would you do? I just want to hear what others have to say about it.

Just go with a hunting buddy(your girl) she can carry and watch your back

Yeah I probably will but I imagine there will be timmes when she wont be around.

You have no choice. You can't carry at the risk of losing your freedom for a long time.

[wildmanoutdoors]

Alot of you know my background and this is a serious question as to Ill only be archery hunting and this in fact will also be y first year out, hunting period... If you were in my shoes, unable to handle a sidear what would you do? I just want to hear what others have to say about it.

Dont even give it a thought. There were times when we couldent either, Some did anyway but most did not. Did not even stop to consider going out without. The hunt goes on! 

You can die easier sitting on the couch eating potato chips getting fat and having a heart attack.

[pianoman9701]

Alot of you know my background and this is a serious question as to Ill only be archery hunting and this in fact will also be y first year out, hunting period... If you were in my shoes, unable to handle a sidear what would you do? I just want to hear what others have to say about it.

Dont even give it a thought. There were times when we couldent either, Some did anyway but most did not. Did not even stop to consider going out without. The hunt goes on! 

You can die easier sitting on the couch eating potato chips getting fat and having a heart attack.

So, your advice to a felon is to carry while hunting? The chance of him getting checked by a gamie or other LE is much higher than the general population. I don't know about you, but I get checked every couple of years. All due respects, but your advice is terrible.