Loaded Guns in Vehicle while Hunting WA?

[Alchase]

I said that based on this statement:

"Lastly, can one shoot across and from a dirt road?  I think not across a maintained highway?  Then I read State RCWs indicating one could shoot from a vehicle, so long as it's not moving?"

That by it self can get you an expensive ticket, if the quantifying statements in the regs are not applied.

[JimmyHoffa]

That part depends on if he's disabled.

[Alchase]

That part depends on if he's disabled.

Correct

[timberghost72]

That part depends on if he's disabled.

Correct

To clarify or add to...
Even if disabled you still cannot shoot across a road. You must pull over as far as possible onto the side of the road, turn off vehicle and remove keys (I believe) before you can shoot.

[Biggerhammer]

If a rifle rested on the side mirror of a truck stopped in the middle of a County road smokes a coyote on the run,  does the impact of the bullet make a sound if there is no one else there to witness it? Just a thought, carry on.

[bigtex]

Also need to remember it's illegal to shoot from, across, or over a USFS road. This is a federal reg, not a state one.

[Special T]

If a rifle rested on the side mirror of a truck stopped in the middle of a County road smokes a coyote on the run,  does the impact of the bullet make a sound if there is no one else there to witness it? Just a thought, carry on.

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[hunter399]

That part depends on if he's disabled.

Correct

To clarify or add to...
Even if disabled you still cannot shoot across a road. You must pull over as far as possible onto the side of the road, turn off vehicle and remove keys (I believe) before you can shoot.

Just the engine can not be running,nothing about the keys or pulling to the side of the road..

Hunters with disabilities
with a vehicle identification placard,
in compliance with WAC 220-413-140, may
discharge a firearm or other legal hunting
device from a non-moving motor vehicle
that has the engine turned off

[Bob33]

That part depends on if he's disabled.

Correct

To clarify or add to...
Even if disabled you still cannot shoot across a road. You must pull over as far as possible onto the side of the road, turn off vehicle and remove keys (I believe) before you can shoot.

You can, if it is not done negligently. That would be tough to do in most circumstances. Whether or not the vehicle is running is not relevant; only if the shooting is negligent.

[Igottanewknee]

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[jackelope]

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[hogslayer]

Is having a loaded gun in the bed of your truck considered in the vehicle?  For instance if you were heading back to camp and put your stuff in the bed of the truck and drove a couple miles to camp.

[ghosthunter]

If you are talking rifle,shotgun or capped or primed muzzleloader.

Than yes.

[Bob33]

The RCW was amended in 2014 to change "in or upon a motor vehicle" to simply "in a motor vehicle."

You could argue that an exposed bed is not "in" a motor vehicle.

It's still not very wise.

[Alchase]

Is having a loaded gun in the bed of your truck considered in the vehicle?  For instance if you were heading back to camp and put your stuff in the bed of the truck and drove a couple miles to camp.

I heard of a couple of guys who got busted by WDFW for having a loaded rifle hanging by the sling from the side mirror of a parked truck, while in in deer camp.
And another with a loaded rifle leaning against a tire of a parked truck, while deer hunting.
Both of these were in the early 2000s.