Originally Posted By: EnCon Police
If you are hunting during a permitted archery season in possession of archery equipment then you would not be permitted to have a firearm.

And....his questions was, can you gun and archery hunt at the same time? Again, NO. The statute is very clear on that point.


You can legally bowhunt private land during gun season because Gun season and archery season overlap from Nov 20 to Dec 10 right? So both your gun license and archery license are both valid at the same time.

The only part that seems completely clear is that you can not have a firearm during archery season. Due to the statue (enacted by the legislature) not being specific enough, it can be misunderstood.

"No person shall carry firearms of any kind while hunting with a bow and arrow" It doesn't say anywhere that No person shall carry a bow and arrow while gun hunting does it?

That's a grey area that would be better served by greater detail in the written statute. In my humble opinion (and I believe how most people interpret that sentence) is that the intent of the statue was to keep archers from carrying firearms during bow season.

Not an issue for me - I'm just saying. smile1
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