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Also, your buddy can legally carry a pistol while hunting archery...provided he meets the age requirements.
Quote from: saylean on June 29, 2010, 09:35:43 PMAlso, your buddy can legally carry a pistol while hunting archery...provided he meets the age requirements.What age requirement would that be?
The CWP requirement was dropped.
Quote from: Machias on June 29, 2010, 10:00:40 PMThe CWP requirement was dropped.Good to know.
As far as I know, you can hunt bear with a rifle during archery deer season every if you have an archery deer tag. They cannot keep you from hunting a bear with a rifle simply because you bought an archery deer tag. I know i've hunted bears plenty of times in September with a rifle while holding an archery deer tag and have never been hassled for it before. It is definitely a grey area but they can tell if you shot it with a rifle or a bow.
page # 70 of the hunting regs state "it is unlawful for any person to carry or have in his possession any firearm while in the field archery hunting, during an archery season specified for that area, except for modern handguns carried for personal protection"....decipher that one I teach hunter education and part of the class we have Wildlife Officers in to talk to the students and each time they will tell you that Washington's hunting/fishing regulations are so complicated and subject to interpretation that they themselves argue about what is "legal" and what isn't
OK if this has been asked before sorry but need to know.I tried to email the Game department and have not heard yet ( been over two weeks)So now I ask you.If it is bow season and I am with a bow hunter can I carry my riffle or pistol?I have been told both that I am not supposed to be near a bow hunter when I am carring my rifle.I have also been told that I can cause it is legal for me to hunt bear during that time.I do not know why I can't cause it is legal for me to hunt bear during that time period and any one can tell the difference if animal has shot by a bow or a riffle.