OC and CC while hunting ?

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This has been on my mind for a while and i would like some help.

I am a hunter and i do carry my gun with me but leave it in the truck.

[*]Concealed handguns may be in the possession of hunters during the archery and muzzleloading seasons when they also possess a valid concealed handgun permit. Such handguns may not be used to shoot wild animals during these seasons.
So after reading this it got me thinking that i cant carry my gun durring regular gun season. Were i huntyou must be 15' off the ground to have a loaded handgun or rifle. I hunt with rifle often and i do not like getting out of my treestand at dark. So i want to be abel to bring my pistol so i dont get eatin by a bear with no ammo in my gun . The laws are a little different when ur talking about hunting because they tell you what u can do, not what u cant do. Does anybody know anything about this?

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Even if i was to leave my pistol in my truck its illegal to have a loaded gun in ur truck while hunting. (Hunting from a vehicle ticket and loaded pistol on the ground) Im not sure if any of u have met a "GAME WARDEN" if u havent u dont. They are as bad as they come, they write tickets for anything and everything. Its almost like they have laws of there own. Can somebody help me?

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Concealed handguns may be in the possession of hunters during the archery and muzzleloading seasons when they also possess a valid concealed handgun permit. Such handguns may not be used to shoot wild animals during these seasons. So after reading this it got me thinking that i cant carry my gun durring regular gun season.

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If that's the only ordinance on the books regarding handguns, it seems you'd be allowed to open carry just fine. I'm assuming you're saying you can't carry it because you don't have a CHP... why not open carry?

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Hunting laws dont work the same, they tell u what u can do not what u cant. I do have a CHP but i still think i can get a ticket.

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Let me re-word that last post. Hunting laws tell you what u can do and anything els is wrong.

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The regs on carry in the VA Administrative Code are messed up - but we do have a 2 statutes clarifying that CCng or OCing while hunting or otherwise is not presumed to be hunting with the handgun or other gun:

[align=left]Va. Code § 29.1-521(A)(1) (“a person lawfully carrying a gun, firearm or other weapon on Sunday in an area that could be used for hunting shall not be presumed to be hunting on Sunday, absent evidence to the contrary”).[/align]
[align=left]Va. Code 18.2-308(B)(6) (“possession of a handgun while engaged in lawful hunting shall not be construed as hunting with a handgun if the person hunting is carrying a valid concealed handgun permit”).[/align]

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Where i hunt you must be 15' off the ground to have a loaded handgun or rifle

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Red Bull?

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zoom6zoom wrote:

Where i hunt you must be 15' off the ground to have a loaded handgun or rifle

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Red Bull?

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hahah Il have to try that one.

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Mike wrote:

The regs on carry in the VA Administrative Code are messed up - but we do have a 2 statutes clarifying that CCng or OCing while hunting or otherwise is not presumed to be hunting with the handgun or other gun:


[align=left]Va. Code § 29.1-521(A)(1) (“a person lawfully carrying a gun, firearm or other weapon on Sunday in an area that could be used for hunting shall not be presumed to be hunting on Sunday, absent evidence to the contrary”).[/align]

[align=left]Va. Code 18.2-308(B)(6) (“possession of a handgun while engaged in lawful hunting shall not be construed as hunting with a handgun if the person hunting is carrying a valid concealed handgun permit”).[/align]

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Thanks Mike