pistols in bow season

[EastWaViking]

honest hunters will now be able to carry for personal protection, dishonest ones (the ones likely to use it to hunt with) were probably already carrying anyways.   

[BK Dave]

I'll admit that I may have been a little out of line with some of my comments eg:nimrods:

I never understood why the term "nimrod" is sometimes used as if it's a derogatory remark. This is the definition from dictionary.com:

Nim⋅rod  /ˈnɪmrɒd/  Show Spelled Pronunciation [nim-rod]  Show IPA
–noun 1. the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.

2. (sometimes lowercase) a person expert in or devoted to hunting.

Nimrod means "let us revolt." In the context of Genesis 10, there is absolutely no mention of animals that he supposedly hunted. The context has to do with the description of character, moral spirituality, and culture. Nimrod was a mighty man, a mighty hunter in terms of men

[alecvg]

Wake The FU%$ up Guys!!!!!!!!
I don't think anybody in this state really gets it!! "some" of you NemRods just think you can push the envelope, and nothing will happen! Your so wrong. Remember motorised decoys?? or that favorite logging road you used to drive? If you abuse a privilege, then the state totally bans anything to do with it!!! I mean come on....
 There are 3 methods of taking big game in this state, if you want to carry a gun, buy a Modern firearm license!!! if you want to get away from a bunch of folks wearing hunters-orange and making big bangs!!! (come be a bowhunter) but don't bring your guns and your "grey areas"!!!!!
 IMHO Allowing anybody to carry a gun during archery season for "ANY" reason is a bad idea!!
If you want to shoot a grouse, use an old arrow. It's fun and wont cost you a thing if you "hit"your target.

By the way, I have nothing against "Gun hunting"at all, I would like to think that even the Gun hunters would agree with me, on carrying a firearm during bow season isn't fare to them as well.??

What about having a .44 for a bear or lion attack?  There is noting wrong with that...

[BK Dave]

sure

[alecvg]

First off, it's Nimrod not "Nemrod".

Secondly, the main issue here is about our constitutional right to bear arms, during any thing we want to do, at any time we want to do it, (accept for the very few areas where guns are banned, schools, bars, etc...very few.)  You should be concerned with your right to carry. Being a Bowhunter, and your right to carry are two complete different things. Bowhunting should not cancel your right to carry.

Apparently some guys choose to bow hunt deer and elk, to take advantage of the hunting opportunity for those two species...and still want to shoot a grouse or bear with a handgun. I have no problem with this.

Yeah your right, 100%
Infact, who the heck am I to buy a archery tag and leave my guns at home! you know... I think I am going to buy a Muzzleloader tag this year, but really bring my 30.06 (constitutional right) and  I'll take a Glock 9mm with me to boot!! heck I should be able to bring a M-16 with me just in case I get attacked by a Pack of Rabid cougars!!!
 

I have the "NEW POST"  how many of you have "Ever" been attacked by a wild Animal?? (and what happend??)

 

Never been attacked, but have been charged, and it is scared the *censored* outa me.... I am going to have a side arm if it is legal.

[Aneoakleaf]

I think BK Dave is wrong.  but that's his right to think that way
Most of us who hunt with our bows want the pistol along for protection from beasts like the ones who stole my elk in the 80...or how about the cougar that tracked me last year . If it had jumped me I could not have pulled my bow and shot it. I could have possibly pulled a pistol. Luck was on my side and I made the decision to call it closer and shot it with an arrow at 5 yards.  
My ten grandkids would have missed me but now I have protection in the event that luck is not on my side and I have to rely on survival instinct.  We deserve the option to "carry" if we choose and now we can choose. It's not a matter of ...being a bowhunter or gun hunter...that's stupid to even bring into the equation. Do the right thing and protect yourself from predators  so your family won't have to go on without you.  

[Skyvalhunter]

You might want to poll your 10 grandkids and see if they really would have missed you?

[MADMAX]

Geez, all of this is it legal for grouse crap is just nuts, I have been hassled for just having a 20 guage unloaded on the back seat of the truck floor by the game cops during archery season
( he considered it in the the "field", I considered it in the truck.)
I'm happy we can carry a sidearm legally and just picked up .41 for that purpose, mostly for the low lifes that like to mess with peoples vehicles and camps.
It does make me feel better knowing I have it if I ever have to spend a night in the woods.

[blindpig]

 

[EastWaViking]

Geez, all of this is it legal for grouse crap is just nuts, I have been hassled for just having a 20 guage unloaded on the back seat of the truck floor by the game cops during archery season
( he considered it in the the "field", I considered it in the truck.)
I'm happy we can carry a sidearm legally and just picked up .41 for that purpose, mostly for the low lifes that like to mess with peoples vehicles and camps.
It does make me feel better knowing I have it if I ever have to spend a night in the woods.

   X2   

If a see a grouse, I have a bow.  If I see a buck, I have a bow, If a bear is chewing on my leg, I will now have a .44

[Aneoakleaf]

You might want to poll your 10 grandkids and see if they really would have missed you?

[bearmanric]

the way thing's are going. dirtbags and exspanding predator's. its time to carry. i'm a Rifle Hunter and have been in some scary time's. to many meth heads out there. hunting way over east there are some spooky people. annette calling elk now days lot of people i have heard being fallowed by cougars one guy here in tenono had a head looking at him through the bushs. then it fallowed him.. Rick

[MADMAX]

Happiness is warm gun,,, bang bang, shoot shoot,,,,,,,,,,,,,from the album The Beatles (The White Album).

[gasman]

Here is the official answer from the WDFW.

Thank you for your recent e-mail to the Department of Fish and Wildlife.  Your question has been forwarded to me for a response.

 

The current archery regulations allow an archery hunter with a concealed pistol license to possess modern handguns for personal protection but they do not authorize an archer to use them for any hunting.

 

If an individual is in the field archery hunting for a deer or elk season specified for that area, they may only use archery equipment.  If that same individual wishes to hunt bear with a firearm, the archery gear should be stowed away first.

 

Mik Mikitik

Department of Fish and Wildlife

Enforcement Program

Hunter Education Division

 

This is the question i asked:
If i am bow hunting deer or elk, can i legally shoot another game animal with my pistol?

Example would be legal game animal like, grouse, coyote, bear, etc.

 

[gasman]

The question was:
If i am bow hunting deer or elk, can i legally shoot another game animal with my pistol?
Example would be legal game animal like, grouse, coyote, bear, etc.


The Offical answer from the WDFW:
Thank you for your recent e-mail to the Department of Fish and Wildlife.  Your question has been forwarded to me for a response.

The current archery regulations allow an archery hunter with a concealed pistol license to possess modern handguns for personal protection but they do not authorize an archer to use them for any hunting.

If an individual is in the field archery hunting for a deer or elk season specified for that area, they may only use archery equipment.  If that same individual wishes to hunt bear with a firearm, the archery gear should be stowed away first.

 

Mik Mikitik
Department of Fish and Wildlife
Enforcement ProgramHunter Education Division