Calling cats from Truck bed

[J-Bone]

I found a spot that looks primo for Cougars, however, there is no good location to bunker down and shoot from. For that reason, I am contemplating setting up in my truck bed which has a hard top canopy. So the question is, will a cougar be sketched out by a parked truck and decide not to investigate any further?

Given the high traffic of cougars on residential cams, I'm not thinking they would be bothered by this but dont feel like wasting my time

[rtspring]

The one I shot last year would of walked down mainstreet in broad daylight. 

[MADMAX]

I found a spot that looks primo for Cougars, however, there is no good location to bunker down and shoot from. For that reason, I am contemplating setting up in my truck bed which has a hard top canopy. So the question is, will a cougar be sketched out by a parked truck and decide not to investigate any further?

Given the high traffic of cougars on residential cams, I'm not thinking they would be bothered by this but dont feel like wasting my time

Better double check the regs
I believe if disabled you may be good
Otherwise ……………?

[ghosthunter]

I found a spot that looks primo for Cougars, however, there is no good location to bunker down and shoot from. For that reason, I am contemplating setting up in my truck bed which has a hard top canopy. So the question is, will a cougar be sketched out by a parked truck and decide not to investigate any further?

Given the high traffic of cougars on residential cams, I'm not thinking they would be bothered by this but dont feel like wasting my time

Better double check the regs
I believe if disabled you may be good
Otherwise ……………?

 

Check the REGS.

[dub870]

Yes. Sounds like a loaded firearm in a vehicle.

[Blacktail Sniper]

I found a spot that looks primo for Cougars, however, there is no good location to bunker down and shoot from. For that reason, I am contemplating setting up in my truck bed which has a hard top canopy. So the question is, will a cougar be sketched out by a parked truck and decide not to investigate any further?

Given the high traffic of cougars on residential cams, I'm not thinking they would be bothered by this but dont feel like wasting my time

Better double check the regs
I believe if disabled you may be good
Otherwise ……………?

 

And even then, they have tightened up the disability requirements allowing shooting from a vehicle.

[vandeman17]

ground blind?

[MeepDog]

If the loaded firearm is inside of a vehicle on private property, what then?

I cant sit in an old abandoned car with a loaded weapon?

[MADMAX]

If the loaded firearm is inside of a vehicle on private property, what then?

I cant sit in an old abandoned car with a loaded weapon?

Have fun

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.04.320

[ducks4days]

If the loaded firearm is inside of a vehicle on private property, what then?

I cant sit in an old abandoned car with a loaded weapon?

You can get a DUI sleeping in the back of your car. You dont need to break the law to be forced into court, skirting around the edges of what is technically legal is a gamble that will be sorted out in court and not in the field.

[TriggerMike]

If your truck was sitting there turned off for long enough, one may come in. But as others have said, I don't believe this is legal. Not what you asked and you may not care, but figured I'd throw my 2 cents in. I'd go with a ground blind.

[ghosthunter]

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.15.460

[bear]

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You can get a DUI sleeping in the back of your car.
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I don’t think so anymore.  At least not in Whatcom County.  But that’s another discussion. 

[spookgus]

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.15.460

4c You can shoot from a vehicle if the engine is off and you are not parked on or beside the maintained portion of a public road am I reading that right

[ducks4days]

You can get a DUI sleeping in the back of your car.
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I don’t think so anymore.  At least not in Whatcom County.  But that’s another discussion.
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You can absolutely be arrested for it. Whether or not you end up being convicted was not the point of my comment.

[2MANY]

This is weird.
If you're looking to call in a cougar from your truck perhaps hunt around SeaTac.

[ducks4days]

This is weird.
If you're looking to call in a cougar from your truck perhaps hunt around SeaTac.

 

[Blacktail Sniper]

https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.15.460

4c You can shoot from a vehicle if the engine is off and you are not parked on or beside the maintained portion of a public road am I reading that right

You have to read further into the WAC:

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-413-140

(7) It is unlawful for a hunter with a disability to possess a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle, or shoot from a motor vehicle, unless the hunter with a disability has been issued a special use permit from the department, and:
(a) The vehicle is stopped, the vehicle is removed from the maintained portion of the roadway, and the motor is turned off; and
(b) A valid blue disabled hunter "shooting from a vehicle" identification placard must be displayed and visible.

Part "B" is what I was reffering to when I said they tightened up the requirements.

You can be granted Disability status but still not be able to shoot from a vehicle.