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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: emdw116 on July 28, 2015, 06:07:37 AM

Title: Question?
Post by: emdw116 on July 28, 2015, 06:07:37 AM: One of my friends just bought a go pro mount for his bow. With the laws saying you aren't supposed to have anything on your bow to give it a "modern" advantage, he and I weren't sure if it's legal for him to hunt with his go pro on his bow. Can someone help answer this for us? Thanks :)
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Post by: mburrows on July 28, 2015, 06:26:43 AM: I think technically its against the rules. Thats the way id interpret the law at least.
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on July 28, 2015, 06:30:30 AM: You're not giving the bow any modern technology to "help". You're just filming an action. I'd do it all day long.
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Post by: mburrows on July 28, 2015, 06:54:41 AM: Straight from the regs:

Its unlawful to have any electrical equipment or electronic devices except for illuminated nocks, attached to the bow or arrow while hunting.
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Post by: birddogdad on July 28, 2015, 07:19:31 AM: Quote from: mburrows on July 28, 2015, 06:54:41 AM
Straight from the regs:

Its unlawful to have any electrical equipment or electronic devices except for illuminated nocks, attached to the bow or arrow while hunting.

you can lawyer around it all day but this seems pretty black n white to me.. Try a hat mount! they work just as well...
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Post by: emdw116 on July 28, 2015, 07:24:53 AM: Awesome. Thank you. I assumed it would illegal having it mounted directly to the bow. But wanted to check
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Post by: boneaddict on July 28, 2015, 07:28:21 AM: You'd get better footage off your head. Field of view would be the direction you are looking. Most people don't walk through the woods with their bow at arms length pointed forward.
Just another perspective
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Post by: h20hunter on July 28, 2015, 07:43:29 AM: On your head and put the camera right on your temple....a little offset to take into account head turn.
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Post by: swashington2128 on July 28, 2015, 01:45:27 PM: Keep it on the head, your head will stay on target while the bow will rock at release and won't have the arrow impact in it's field of view.
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Post by: BIGDOG253 on July 28, 2015, 03:43:23 PM: Quote from: swashington2128 on July 28, 2015, 01:45:27 PM
Keep it on the head, your head will stay on target while the bow will rock at release and won't have the arrow impact in it's field of view.
:yeah: Ive had the GoPro on my shotgun and bow when I hunt, but the best footage was when I had the head mount. :twocents:
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Post by: returnofsid on July 29, 2015, 06:03:25 PM: The regs do not say "you aren't supposed to have anything on your bow to give it a "modern" advantage." They say nothing electronic attached to your bow, except illuminated nocks.