The intent of the law was to not permit possession of a firearm while archery hunting. If you are hunting during a permitted archery season in possession of archery equipment then you would not be permitted to have a firearm. If it's outside an archery season and you are hunting with archery equipment then we've got a whole other issue to deal with.

And....his questions was, can you gun and archery hunt at the same time? Again, NO. The statute is very clear on that point. When we arrest someone we don't charge them with a crime based on the intent of the law, we charge them with the law as enacted by the legislature.