Can I carry a gun while bow hunting?

[rick_iles]

It is not legal!

It most certainly is ! We've been yote hunting for years during the archery deer season . What authority are you basing your belief on ?

[shikarchi]

It is not legal!

So how if someone is planning for bow hunting in the morning and waterfowl in the afternoon? Can he/she carry a shotgun in their vehicle? As far as shotgun for protection while bow hunting, who is responsible if someone is attacked by a wild animal like bear? Should we as hunters protect ourself with the best strategy? For some people having a bow is enough to handle the situation, but for some (including me) bow is not something that I can rely on when see a big animal like bear.... Regardless of it is rare, but it might be a concern for some of us...

[seabast]

Good point rick_iles... people may carry gun in their vehicle in the bow season for different reason. For example, how if someone wants to bow hunt in the bush in the morning, and he would like to go for waterfowl in the afternoon without coming back to home which sometime is pretty far from the site...

Since when rules are supposed to make sense!

Btw, if you had read page #60 of the regulation you will have found your answer. Not that difficult....

Reg for dummy.JPG

[rick_iles]

Since when rules are supposed to make sense!

Btw, if you had read page #60 of the regulation you will have found your answer. Not that difficult....

Reg for dummy.JPG

The operative words there are "when hunting deer". You are still permitted to hunt yotes, or other game with a rifle during an archery only season. Your blanket statement that you can't even have a gun in your vehicle, is inaccurate to say the least.

[seabast]

It most certainly is ! We've been yote hunting for years during the archery deer season . What authority are you basing your belief on ?

- One of our group member at the winter bow camp got charged hunting yotes with a riffle and deer with a bow as the same time, that was two years ago around Dalrymple.


- Last weekend around Bearverton, a good friend of mine, and brand new hunter, got caught hunting deer with a bow and carrying real deer urine (not legal), then when the CO check his truck he found his rifle and his shotgun. He did not get charged for any of it, but the CO explained him clearly what he could have been charged with, including having his gun in his vehicle while bow hunting.
I did read that regulation somewhere not too long ago but I can't find it right now, I'll look later.

[seabast]

The operative words there are "when hunting deer". You are still permitted to hunt yotes, or other game with a rifle during an archery only season. Your blanket statement that you can't even have a gun in your vehicle, is inaccurate to say the least.

The OP question was "Can you carry a gun AND a bow while hunting deer during the bow season?
The answer is NO.

It seems like you haven't read the OP question, have you?

[rick_iles]

Again, "when deer hunting" . As long as you are not deer hunting, but hunting other game, like yotes, you can use a firearm. In our area, that's up to and including a .270.

[rick_iles]

The OP question was "Can you carry a gun and a bow while hunting deer during the bow season?
The answer is NOT.

It seems like you haven't read the OP question, have you?

Lol, yes I have read the OP, and you are correct that he can't carry a gun while deer hunting in an archery season. My response was to your blanket statement about the gun in a vehicle. That is not correct for the rationale I have posted.

[LiveBates]

So how if someone is planning for bow hunting in the morning and waterfowl in the afternoon? Can he/she carry a shotgun in their vehicle? As far as shotgun for protection while bow hunting, who is responsible if someone is attacked by a wild animal like bear? Should we as hunters protect ourself with the best strategy? For some people having a bow is enough to handle the situation, but for some (including me) bow is not something that I can rely on when see a big animal like bear.... Regardless of it is rare, but it might be a concern for some of us...

You have more of a chance getting attacked by a big horny Buck than attacked by a bear while deer hunting. If you aren't confident in shooting your bow at a bear, you might want to practice a bit more before you start taking pokes at a deer in the woods.

[trimmer21]

If you are hunting deer with a bow during bow season, your gun has to stay home.

It most certainly is ! We've been yote hunting for years during the archery deer season . What authority are you basing your belief on ?

You guys had me confused....for a while,until I realized this was about two different subjects rolled into one. The OP asked if he could carry both archery gear and a firearm at the same time when specifically bow huntingDeer and the answer would be NO. Where I believe the confusion is carrying a firearm during the archery Deer season while hunting another species and the answer,of course,is YES,but,we can't carry archery equipment with us. We may hunt one or the other,but,not both at the same time.