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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: jasnt on October 09, 2014, 04:36:10 PM

Title: is it legal?
Post by: jasnt on October 09, 2014, 04:36:10 PM: Is it legal to take grouce with a wrist rocket? Not sure if this is the right spot for this.
heard this idea on a different thread but figured I'd start my own topic.

this could be a lighter option that my pistol for back country hunts.
Title: Re: is it legal?
Post by: bobcat on October 09, 2014, 04:44:56 PM: No it's not.
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Post by: RadSav on October 09, 2014, 04:48:11 PM: http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/92/Is+it+legal+to+use+pellet+guns%2C+air+guns%2C+or+sling+shots+to+harvest+game+birds%3F (http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/questions/92/Is+it+legal+to+use+pellet+guns%2C+air+guns%2C+or+sling+shots+to+harvest+game+birds%3F)
Title: Re: is it legal?
Post by: Goldeneye on October 09, 2014, 04:50:25 PM: Page 80 in the Big Game regs. Prohibited Hunting method # 12:

Hunt game birds or game animals
with anything other than a firearm,
a bow and arrow, or by falconry.
Title: Re: is it legal?
Post by: bigtex on October 09, 2014, 05:01:30 PM: Illegal to even attempt to use it. Misdemeanor, mandatory court date, 0-90 days in jail and/or up to a $1,000 fine.
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Post by: jasnt on October 09, 2014, 06:26:19 PM: Thanks for the info
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Post by: BigGoonTuna on October 09, 2014, 07:03:47 PM: wish they'd change that one. kind of dumb really.
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Post by: buglebuster on October 09, 2014, 08:20:11 PM: What about a pellet gun :dunno:
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on October 09, 2014, 08:23:10 PM: Pellet guns are not firearms, so no.
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Post by: BiggLuke on October 21, 2014, 04:37:40 PM: Quote from: bobcat on October 09, 2014, 04:44:56 PM
No it's not.

:yeah:

Very clearly defined in book. All though you could totoally "KILL" a grouse with one... it is deemed unlawful in WA.
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Post by: Jingles on October 21, 2014, 04:42:34 PM: Seems like an asinine rule I've killed as many with rocks as I have a firearm....
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on October 21, 2014, 04:46:57 PM: At least a .22 pcp should be... Maybe next year
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Post by: jdb on October 21, 2014, 05:10:18 PM: It's only illegal if you get caught
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Post by: Woodchuck on October 21, 2014, 05:15:51 PM: No, it is still illegal even if you don't get caught. :bash:
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Post by: JJB11B on October 21, 2014, 05:18:31 PM: Is it legal to shoot grouse with a Glock 9mm?
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Post by: coachcw on October 21, 2014, 05:20:03 PM: rocks work well as long as they are softball size ... it's not your fault if a rock is falling from the sky and just happens to land on a grouse ! :chuckle:
Title: Re: is it legal?
Post by: JJB11B on October 21, 2014, 05:28:12 PM: I only ask becuase I cant see anything against it in the requirements for the handgun used, It just says handgun
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Post by: Bob33 on October 21, 2014, 05:44:49 PM: Quote from: JJB11B on October 21, 2014, 05:18:31 PM
Is it legal to shoot grouse with a Glock 9mm?
Yes it is legal. Forest grouse may be killed with a handgun. Handgun restrictions (barrel length and caliber) apply only to big game, and cougar.
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Post by: trophyhunt on October 21, 2014, 06:01:31 PM: I know a guy who didn't want to disrupt his elk hunt in Idaho a few years ago and killed his limit of grouse with a stick! He didn't even have to hit the grouse, just hitting the branch they were sitting on made them fall to the ground and flop around like they just got shot. They just sat in the tree and watched each one fall, not a smart bird at all but darn good eating. In Canada on a moose hunt, the guide had us hunt grouse with a sling shot and pieces of lead. It was a blast.
Title: Re: is it legal?
Post by: Oldguy on October 21, 2014, 06:17:46 PM: Makes real sense to be able to fire off a .300 Win Mag at a grouse on a limb or sitting beside a road. Those sling-shots are really a hazard in the woods. Goes along with shooting rifles in the dark in flat country while hunting the Wiley Coyote.