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

[MattySuto]

im saying because of how its worded some people like myself interprut things differently... i work in Naval Aviation you wanna talk about interpruting things!!!!! if its clearly stated ELECTRONICS vice ELECTRICAL i wouldnt have started this thread.... Cause i know the difference... will i use it for hunting probably not... cause you never know where Gamies are... will i use it for 3D shoots back yard shooting why not... ive been lucky to hunt here in WA for the Last 5 years .. im from NY orignally, and Regs in NY you can wipe your ass with... they are written with Chalk...
 

[MattySuto]

i couldnt agree more with what yall are saying... but what if i Taped my range finder to my Limb vice keeping it in my pocket??? advantages? i wouldnt use a range finder app.. i already have one... but say you pull your range finder out and rest it on your bow to range something... technically you mounted it to your bow... see where im coming from with interpretation....

[jackelope]

i couldnt agree more with what yall are saying... but what if i Taped my range finder to my Limb vice keeping it in my pocket??? advantages? i wouldnt use a range finder app.. i already have one... but say you pull your range finder out and rest it on your bow to range something... technically you mounted it to your bow... see where im coming from with interpretation....

Read this thread and the end result.
I can tell you, for sure, that this guy went through a whole lot of trouble including visits with game wardens because of it.

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,33898.25.html

[turkeyfeather]

i couldnt agree more with what yall are saying... but what if i Taped my range finder to my Limb vice keeping it in my pocket??? advantages? i wouldnt use a range finder app.. i already have one... but say you pull your range finder out and rest it on your bow to range something... technically you mounted it to your bow... see where im coming from with interpretation....

I disagree. Something resting on your bow is not mounted. Two totally different definitions.

[jackelope]

im saying because of how its worded some people like myself interprut things differently... i work in Naval Aviation you wanna talk about interpruting things!!!!! if its clearly stated ELECTRONICS vice ELECTRICAL i wouldnt have started this thread.... Cause i know the difference... will i use it for hunting probably not... cause you never know where Gamies are... will i use it for 3D shoots back yard shooting why not... ive been lucky to hunt here in WA for the Last 5 years .. im from NY orignally, and Regs in NY you can wipe your ass with... they are written with Chalk...

Why would it matter if it were legal if all you're going to do with it is shoot 3d's and backyard shooting?

i couldnt agree more with what yall are saying... but what if i Taped my range finder to my Limb vice keeping it in my pocket??? advantages? i wouldnt use a range finder app.. i already have one... but say you pull your range finder out and rest it on your bow to range something... technically you mounted it to your bow... see where im coming from with interpretation....

I disagree. Something resting on your bow is not mounted. Two totally different definitions.

Agreed. It is not mounted to your bow. It is touching it. Resting against it.

[ICEMAN]

Wow, just wow.

Mattysuto, you need to slow down and use a bit more logic.

[Skillet]

im saying because of how its worded some people like myself interprut things differently... i work in Naval Aviation you wanna talk about interpruting things!!!!! if its clearly stated ELECTRONICS vice ELECTRICAL i wouldnt have started this thread.... Cause i know the difference... will i use it for hunting probably not... cause you never know where Gamies are... will i use it for 3D shoots back yard shooting why not... ive been lucky to hunt here in WA for the Last 5 years .. im from NY orignally, and Regs in NY you can wipe your ass with... they are written with Chalk...

Don't know what the chalk reference is, but I've read enough here to know that I'm definitely not in your camp when it comes to skirting the laws, Matty.  I just don't get the mentality of not doing something illegal based on the odds of getting caught by the gamie. 

Best of luck to you, man.  Hope you don't find yourself with a little more attention than you planned on from the WDFW Enforcement division.  This ain't NY.

[MattySuto]

touching/ mounted its all up for interpretation.. i cant spell....  its still ON YOUR BOW... maybe not permanantly but for the moment you mounted on your bow cause its touching it....

[turkeyfeather]

touching/ mounted its all up for interpretation.. i cant spell....  its still ON YOUR BOW... maybe not permanantly but for the moment you mounted on your bow cause its touching it....

If you say so man. You have a pretty broad interpretation of everything.

[jackelope]

Not sure where you lived or hunted in NY, but I grew up, lived, and hunted  there for the 1st 30 years of my life. I just remember the law being the law. I don't remember there being much up to interpretation. I don't think there were as many laws, but they were pretty cut and dry as I recall.
 

[Holg3107]

touching/ mounted its all up for interpretation..

Really??? You are really fishing here. There is no interpretation needed there and if that's the way you are looking at things just mount a pistol to your balance and use that, I'm sure you can find a way to justify it.  Matty, good luck to you. You clearly have a very "different" way of looking at the game laws.

[LadyB]

Makes me wonder what your CO would think of your "interpretations".

[turkeyfeather]

Makes me wonder what your CO would think of your "interpretations".

It all depends on how you interpret the interpretation.

[Blacktail Sniper]

touching/ mounted its all up for interpretation.. i cant spell....  its still ON YOUR BOW... maybe not permanantly but for the moment you mounted on your bow cause its touching it....

Just tossing this out here, looked at Webster's on-line to see if there was a definite difference or if they could really be considered the same, this is what I found:

Touch: to cause to be briefly in contact or conjunction with something

Mount:: to attach to a support



 

[stevemiller]

do these same rules apply to modern rifle and muzzies?,i know they do on archery    reason i ask is because some of these new scopes would be sweet.