People being attacked or having encounters while bowhunting. Is it legal in your area to carry a sidearm during bow only hunts? I don't think it is in mine, NC and GA??
Not legal in Pennsylvania either...but I carry mine exposed.If the Game Nazis wanna fine me ok!I'll be carrying the next time out. Like a Brother of the Wood Line said...I'd rather be judged by 12 then carried by six! Even though I have a license to carry(concealed)there are still stupid rules out there.....our Game Comm blows!
Taken from the NC rule book....... Weapons and Dogs ● Archery. During the archery season the following are legal weapons: bows and arrows and crossbows (both described on page 42). It is unlawful to carry any type of firearm or to use a dog while hunting deer during this season, except to retrieve a wounded deer. See page 42 for details Page 42...... Retrieval ● If a hunter kills or wounds a big game animal during legal shoot - ing hours the hunter may use a portable light source and a single dog on a leash to assist the hunter in retrieving the dead or wound - ed big game animal and may dispatch a wounded big game animal using a .22-caliber rimfire pistol, archery equipment, or a hand - gun otherwise legal for that hunting season. If necessary, the hunter may also retrieve wounded big game in this manner from 30 minutes after sunset to 11:00 p.m. The hunter may not use a motorized vehicle when searching for the wounded animal.
Illegal in Arkansas, though I know of many who do carry a sidearm while bowhunting. But even though I would many times prefer to be packing some extra heat while in the archery woods, I won't break the law. God bless.
I don't think it's legal here but I'm hunting on my own property and there's bears and cougars sighted just down the road so I'm gonna be a rebel
Ky/Jody...I believe it's legal in Ky. From this years hunting and trapping guide: "Anyone who may legally possess firearms may carry firearms while hunting, but only persons with valid concealed carry deadly weapon permits may carry their firearms concealed"
