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Last weekend I OCed on a boat while passing a DNR boat and although they watched me with binoculars, they didn't stop me. I open carried an unloaded firearm to comply with the Wisconsin statutes.
I open carried an unloaded firearm to comply with the Wisconsin statutes.
Good for you! Please tell us with which Wisconsin statutes you complied? Yes, we all know it - except the newbies and scofflaws - but that isn't the rule. Please tell us.Basic Rules said:CITE TO AUTHORITY: If you state a rule of law, it is incumbent upon you to try to cite, as best you can, to authority. Citing to authority, using links when available,is what makes OCDO so successful. An authority is a published source of law that can back your claim up - statute, ordinance, court case, newspaper article covering a legal issue, etc.
If you are fishing from shore are you able to openly carry a loaded firearm?
Last weekend I OCed on a boat while passing a DNR boat and although they watched me with binoculars, they didn't stop me. I open carried an unloaded firearm to comply with the Wisconsin statutes.
167.31(2)(a)
(a) Except as provided in sub. (4), no person may place, possess or transport a firearm, bow or crossbow in or on a motorboat with the motor running, unless the firearm is unloaded or unless the bow or crossbow is unstrung or is enclosed in a carrying case.
30.50(6)
(6) "Motorboat" means any boat equipped with propulsion machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion.
Here you go MCX. This is the statute to which I believe he was referring. No case requirement for firearm in the motorboat. I can't find a statute that restricts OC in a non-motorized boat though. Just keep in mind where the body of water is located, such as a state park.
No. The essential element of 'vehicle' is "drawn upon the highway."isn't a boat considered a vehicle?
how about if you carry in a canoe or kayak or a rowboat?
167.31(2)(a)
(a) Except as provided in sub. (4), no person may place, possess or transport a firearm, bow or crossbow in or on a motorboat with the motor running, unless the firearm is unloaded or unless the bow or crossbow is unstrung or is enclosed in a carrying case.
30.50(6)
(6) "Motorboat" means any boat equipped with propulsion machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion.
Here you go MCX. This is the statute to which I believe he was referring. No case requirement for firearm in the motorboat. I can't find a statute that restricts OC in a non-motorized boat though. Just keep in mind where the body of water is located, such as a state park.
The way I see it you can OC on a motor boat but ONLY if the motor is off.
I mean if you can't possess a firearm in a motorboat that would mean no hunting from one.
It does no damn good to cite a statute to the sucking illiterate hemorrhoids!167.31(2)(a)
(a) Except as provided in sub. (4), no person may place, possess or transport a firearm, bow or crossbow in or on a motorboat with the motor running, unless the firearm is unloaded or unless the bow or crossbow is unstrung or is enclosed in a carrying case.
30.50(6)
(6) "Motorboat" means any boat equipped with propulsion machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion.
It does no damn good to cite a statute to the sucking illiterate hemorrhoids!