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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: adamR on November 22, 2018, 06:39:10 PM

Title: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: adamR on November 22, 2018, 06:39:10 PM: Quick question, is it legal to hunt upland game, specifically phaseant and chukar, with a bow? If it is legal, do you have to wear hunter orange? Reading the regs, it looks to me like you can hunt them with archery and since you arent using a modern firearm, you dont need orange. Am I reading things right?
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: 92xj on November 22, 2018, 06:57:02 PM: No matter the law, the orange isn't meant to keep you from shooting yourself with a gun...
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 22, 2018, 07:03:18 PM: Quote from: 92xj on November 22, 2018, 06:57:02 PM
No matter the law, the orange isn't meant to keep you from shooting yourself with a gun...

:chuckle:
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: adamR on November 22, 2018, 07:16:15 PM: Lol, well yeah I know that... I'm purely talking about the legality of the situation. Keep intelligence out of this equation.
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: 92xj on November 22, 2018, 07:17:15 PM: Haha, I just don't want to see you get shot.

I am unsure of the laws but quail with the bow would be a ton of fun!
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: getumclose on November 23, 2018, 10:35:07 AM: Quote from: 92xj on November 22, 2018, 07:17:15 PM
Haha, I just don't want to see you get shot.

I am unsure of the laws but quail with the bow would be a ton of fun!
Maybe for the shooter but i got a feeling your dog would hate it!! :dunno:
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: boneaddict on November 23, 2018, 10:39:40 AM: :hunt2:

Might remind me of the clip on Grown ups, with the arrows coming down......
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: adamR on November 23, 2018, 02:44:54 PM: Lol, no dog either. I just bow hunt deer in an area that has a lot of pheasants and ive always wondered if I could throw a judo point on an arrow and bring some extra meat home.
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: boneaddict on November 23, 2018, 03:41:23 PM: I saw a video clip on face last week of a guy shooting clays with a longbow. Pretty cool. Not sure how many attempts it took to film the clip. Lol
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: Samloffler on November 24, 2018, 06:27:48 PM: I know for a fact you can hunt waterfowl with a bow, so I'm fairly sure upland is legal too. The orange is an upland requirement, so your have to have that on.
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: GBoyd on November 25, 2018, 09:35:49 AM: I've whacked some geese and grouse with a bow, but pheasants and quail would be a whole different thing. I think it would be beyond difficult.

If you're not allowed to own a firearm, maybe you could consider a caplock shotgun? Those are regulated differently, right?
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 25, 2018, 10:40:00 AM: Here you go.👍

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VnWShqBLMpk
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: adamR on November 25, 2018, 01:16:28 PM: Quote from: Samloffler on November 24, 2018, 06:27:48 PM
I know for a fact you can hunt waterfowl with a bow, so I'm fairly sure upland is legal too. The orange is an upland requirement, so your have to have that on.

Can you provide the rule that states that orange is an upland requirement? If you are hunting with a modern firearm, it is required but it's not a blanket statement for all upland hunting.
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: Samloffler on December 02, 2018, 07:50:36 PM: Adam,

I don't know for sure where it says it in the pamphlet, but I did see on the wdfw site the other day that upland hunting with bows DOES NOT require orange.

Its on the hunter orange requirement page.

Just wanted to update anyone paying attention. I was wrong earlier.
Title: Re: Bow and arrow upland bird hunting
Post by: W_Ellison2011 on December 20, 2018, 07:30:16 PM: app=desktop
There you go. Tim Wells. DUDE IS A MONSTER with a bow! He shoots pheasents, ducks, etc with his bow. He also ran up to a grizzly and shot it in the head with his bow.... Ohh and his most recent and cool thing I watched a video of was spot and stalk kill a black bear in Canada with a friggin BLOW GUN!