is it Legal?? i interpret the regs as its ok

[Blacktail Sniper]

Doublelung is that the best joke you have for a whisker bisquit?? paid 20 dollars for it and works just as good as the 150 drop away....sorry my bow isnt up to your standards....

i don't think he was insulting your bow. 

  

[Skillet]

Whats the difference between a flashlight that runs on batteries and a camera that runs on batteries? 

Kinda playing the semantics game really with electronics and electrical. 

If they meant anything electrical that would aid in the taking of game animals, thats what they would have put in the regs.

   Just like Lighted Nocks don't aid in the taking of game, just the recovery, and they're illegal... oh wait

I think that the WDFW is playing catch-up with modern technology and will be on their heels for a while.

What if they allow the phone to be mounted, but then a "rangefinder" app comes out?  What about a superimposed image of the animal's vitals?  What about the rangefinder/superimposed image in conjunction with a "spot" that you hold your one pin on to make the kill?

And, most importantly - what if a field officer flat disagrees with what some pencil pusher in the Olympia office thinks?  It's officer's discretion in the field... your season would be over and maybe - MAYBE -  you get your bow and phone back a year later.

Is it that hard to put a go-pro on your head?

[D-Rock425]

Already a range finder app out skillet.

[jackelope]

If ya do it and post it make sure you have a note...
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,33898.0.html

You better have someone inspect it first and make sure there's no laser beams attached to it, then get the note.

[MattySuto]

why spend money on a go pro, when i can use my phone, apprently i dont have money to but something differnt then a whisker bisquit and get ripped for that....

WDFW said its the officers word... they dont see a problem with it, im getting an email to confirm... just like i got an email about the new toxic broad heads cause those had some grey areas in Regs....

[vandeman17]

why spend money on a go pro, when i can use my phone, apprently i dont have money to but something differnt then a whisker bisquit and get ripped for that....

WDFW said its the officers word... they dont see a problem with it, im getting an email to confirm... just like i got an email about the new toxic broad heads cause those had some grey areas in Regs....

I see where you are coming from and you are doing the right thing on trying to clarify and I would make sure to get it in writing. If you can't afford a go pro then maybe you could do something where you get your phone mounted to your back pack strap or something and then you have nothing to worry about?  If it were me I just wouldn't chance it. Better safe then sorry.

[D-Rock425]

The whisker comment had nothing to do with your bow.

[turkeyfeather]

Take your chances then. I was told by a gamie(actual field officer and not a desk jockey) that it was not legal. You might get someone that doesn't agree with what your phone person said.

[D-Rock425]

If wdfw says it's legal I'll be one pissed off dude.  What's the point of even having regs it seems so simple to me no electronics.

[Skillet]

Already a range finder app out skillet.

  I'm a little behind myself, then!

Since that is the case, I don't see any way that this would be considered legal.  Great toy and you made a clean looking mount, but... no.

[Blacktail Sniper]

Or talk to the local enforcement officer where you will be hunting, have the email response in hand when you do and see what he/she says along with your bow/camera set-up to show exactly what you want to do. 

Easier to head-off any potential problems up front instead of having to do damage control after the fact.

Also for what its worth, don't think the whisker bisquit comment has anything to do with your bow and how it is set up...hence the reference to putting a "shaft" into anything less than 16 years old.....

[turkeyfeather]

Also, it is illegal to put your shaft through a whisker biscuit that is less than 16 years old.

WOW, I'm a little slow today. Just got this one. 

[h20hunter]

16? Where are we talking?

[Skillet]

Or talk to the local enforcement officer where you will be hunting, have the email response in hand when you do and see what he/she says along with your bow/camera set-up to show exactly what you want to do. 

Easier to head-off any potential problems up front instead of having to do damage control after the fact.

Also for what its worth, don't think the whisker bisquit comment has anything to do with your bow and how it is set up...hence the reference to putting a "shaft" into anything less than 16 years old.....

  on all accounts.

I'll bet you don't get any field officer to OK that for you, though.  They might take pity on you if you have an email from the Oly office saying it is ok, but they might not, and all of the sudden you're in violation.  It is CLEARLY an electrical device, and per the regs (intent of law or not) - illegal.

[D-Rock425]

This is like the most black and white rule in the regs "it is unlawful to have ANY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT OR ELECTRIC DEVICE attached to the bow or arrow while hunting". I'm I missing something how would one think that's legal?