... but that's not the same thing.

I can understand a law about not carrying a gun while bowhunting (to prevent illegal gun poaching during bow season), but if you can gun hunt or bow hunt the same property legally during a given time period. Then the question really is - Can you carry a bow of any kind while gun hunting.

Not that I care myself, but one of my big pet peeves is "letter of the law" vs "intent of the law".