Sparky508
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This year, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, has put in their regs, that you must have a CLP in order to carry while hunting with either a muzzleloader or Archery equipment during their respected seasons. In the past, it was prohibited.
From the 2007-2008 regulation pamphlet[/i]:[/i][/i]
“(b) It is illegal to carry or have in possession[/i][/b]
any firearm while in the field archery hunting,[/i][/b]
during the archery season specified for that[/i][/b]
area.”[/i][/b]
[/i][/b]
“(d) Muzzleloader hunters can carry a[/i][/b]
handgun designed to be charged with black[/i][/b]
powder only. It is NOT legal for hunting or[/i][/b]
dispatching big game.”[/i][/b]
[/i][/b]
[/i][/b]
From the 2009-2010 Regulation pamphlet:[/i]
“1. Rules pertaining to all archery:[/i][/b]
a. It is unlawful for any person to carry or[/i][/b]
have in his possession any firearm while in[/i][/b]
the field archery hunting, during an archery[/i][/b]
season specified for that area, [/i][/b]except for[/i][/b]
modern handguns carried for personal[/i][/b]
protection if that person possesses a[/i][/b]
concealed pistol license as defined by[/i][/b]
RCW 9.41.070. Modern handguns cannot[/i][/b]
be used to hunt big game or dispatch[/i][/b]
wounded big game during an archery, big[/i][/b]
game hunting season.”[/i][/b][/i][/b]
[/i][/b]
[/i][/b]
While I shouldn’t complain about progress as it were, they are still in violation of state law. I know that Mr. Workman has brought this topic up in his article, and that others are working feverishly to get this changed, but I thought it couldn’t hurt to post it here where it wouldn’t be fought over like children as I have seen it on some hunting sites. I would think that the hunting community would have been all over our right to carry, but it appears that there is a lack of unity here.
“If you have a gun while archery hunting, you’ll only use it to poach with…….”
“I’ve been hunting for XX years and never needed to have a pistol…………”
“If you need to carry a gun to make you feel like a big man, than hunt with a rifle…………”
These are the arguments you here, and frankly I am embarrassed that they were made by people that I associate with in the hunting community.
Here is an address to reach the folks at the game department. You guys all know who to beat up for the rest of the state.
Wildthing.Wildthing@dfw.wa.gov
Thanks for what you guys have been doing here.
This year, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, has put in their regs, that you must have a CLP in order to carry while hunting with either a muzzleloader or Archery equipment during their respected seasons. In the past, it was prohibited.
From the 2007-2008 regulation pamphlet[/i]:[/i][/i]
“(b) It is illegal to carry or have in possession[/i][/b]
any firearm while in the field archery hunting,[/i][/b]
during the archery season specified for that[/i][/b]
area.”[/i][/b]
[/i][/b]
“(d) Muzzleloader hunters can carry a[/i][/b]
handgun designed to be charged with black[/i][/b]
powder only. It is NOT legal for hunting or[/i][/b]
dispatching big game.”[/i][/b]
[/i][/b]
[/i][/b]
From the 2009-2010 Regulation pamphlet:[/i]
“1. Rules pertaining to all archery:[/i][/b]
a. It is unlawful for any person to carry or[/i][/b]
have in his possession any firearm while in[/i][/b]
the field archery hunting, during an archery[/i][/b]
season specified for that area, [/i][/b]except for[/i][/b]
modern handguns carried for personal[/i][/b]
protection if that person possesses a[/i][/b]
concealed pistol license as defined by[/i][/b]
RCW 9.41.070. Modern handguns cannot[/i][/b]
be used to hunt big game or dispatch[/i][/b]
wounded big game during an archery, big[/i][/b]
game hunting season.”[/i][/b][/i][/b]
[/i][/b]
[/i][/b]
While I shouldn’t complain about progress as it were, they are still in violation of state law. I know that Mr. Workman has brought this topic up in his article, and that others are working feverishly to get this changed, but I thought it couldn’t hurt to post it here where it wouldn’t be fought over like children as I have seen it on some hunting sites. I would think that the hunting community would have been all over our right to carry, but it appears that there is a lack of unity here.
“If you have a gun while archery hunting, you’ll only use it to poach with…….”
“I’ve been hunting for XX years and never needed to have a pistol…………”
“If you need to carry a gun to make you feel like a big man, than hunt with a rifle…………”
These are the arguments you here, and frankly I am embarrassed that they were made by people that I associate with in the hunting community.
Here is an address to reach the folks at the game department. You guys all know who to beat up for the rest of the state.
Wildthing.Wildthing@dfw.wa.gov
Thanks for what you guys have been doing here.