Game laws that might mess you up.

[Swamp Fox]

It is illegal to shoot a buffalo from the back of a train.
Just something to keep in mind on your way out west.

Fortunately, that is a local law ---not federal---as far as I know.

Otherwise, I bet a few of you are screwed ....

 

[Swamp Fox]

Cant whisper in someone's ear while hunting moose in Alaska lol

Do you like fish sticks?

 

[Wprinkle]

Do you like fish sticks?

Kayne does lmao

 

[Wprinkle]

Montana's no fun...

You can't have an explosive on an arrow to aid in taking game.

Like 10ish years ago someone came out with arrowhead you could put pistol bullets in... no clue if they worked or not..

 

[MontyMontana]

Why would you not take the bear meat! It’s not like you’ve got nasty fish eating brown bears in CO!


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Only other places I had hunted bears was coastal AK and Idaho.. you dont have to take the meat in eather of those places.

 

[Jstumbaugh]

In CA you can't carry a sidearm during archery season.

Same in NY. I can't CC when bow hunting.

 

[DINforlife]

Another one for South Carolina: "Posessing any deer with the head detached while in transit from the point of kill is prohibited."

If I ever get a buck too big to gut and stuff into my ILBE (I've done this a few times with does and a small buck), I'm gonna have to get creative.

 

[LFC911]

I have a friend in MO 20-30 years ago shoot a buck on one side of the fence and drug it to the other side of the fence to take some pics and then start processing it. His family owned both sides of the fence. Game warden drove by and saw them and checked their tags. I don't know if he asked him where he shot it or saw the drag marks but he cited them for transporting a carcass w/o a tag.

 

[longrangelead]

Like 10ish years ago someone came out with arrowhead you could put pistol bullets in... no clue if they worked or not..

I remember those, thought about trying one for bowfishing carp, never did...

I was picturing some Texan with dynamite ductaped to an arrow.

 

[TheCougar]

Alaska wanton waste law. It’s no secret, but always a threat. It is also completely subjective. If they want to give you a ticket, they can and will. I’ve seen wardens with quart mason jars of moose meat in their planes. I don’t care how well you clean a moose - they will always be able to fill a mason jar with “salvageable meat”. Just hope you don’t get the warden on a bad hair day…. Intent doesn’t seem to matter either - you can do the best you can, spend hours prying meat out of nooks and crannies, and if they have a quota to fill, you’re screwed. I hate that law. It really ruins the enjoyment of the process. Ironically, last year we lost good moose meat because we spent most of an extra day picking scraps off the carcass after the quartering process because we had a warden breathing down our necks. The meat stayed an extra day in the field and we lost 100x what we “salvaged”.

 

[longrangelead]

Definitely need some legislation to control all these 4-Bore and .700 Nitro Express rifles flooding our streets...

Make them legal! The only stipulation is they have to film themselves shooting it!

 

[va_to_co]

In CO, you can have a maximum of 80% letoff on your compound bow. Most how’s come with 85% LO nowadays. Not sure game wardens would carry DW scales and test it in the field, but I wouldn’t put it past ‘em.

FYI, this is no longer the case.

 

[ORJoe]

Oregon:
If you want to hunt bears or cougars or coyotes with a rifle, and there is a rifle deer or elk season open in the area and time that you are hunting, you need to have that deer or elk tag. There are a few exceptions, mostly in places with a lot of bears, cougars, or coyotes.

Basically, if you want to poach a deer or elk, it forces you to be sneaky and arrestable the entire time. Otherwise you could just walk around like you own the place until you get your animal, then turn on the stealth.

 

[LongWayAround]

Yep, but you better be sure.

Spike elk with antlers < 5" are called 'Golden Elk'
At least thats what an old timer told me a long time ago

I have always felt like that exception was more of a way to not punish people for an honest mistake. I can't imagine intentionally shooting one of those little button bulls to put an antlerless tag on it.

 

[LongWayAround]

Does CO still require .50 cal muzzy for elk?


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Yes

 

[Mr. October]

It is illegal to shoot a buffalo from the back of a train.
Just something to keep in mind on your way out west.

Good to know.

 

[BRTreedogs]

Several states, and common sense would say a set of horns/antlers would be sufficient eos for a bull/buck, but not CO

There trying to keep people from using 1 set of antlers from stashing the meat then shooting females.

If one person in camp shoots a buck/ bull etc
Then takes the meat home/processer.
Then others could shoot females and claim the meat goes with the antlers.

 

[va_to_co]

I have always felt like that exception was more of a way to not punish people for an honest mistake. I can't imagine intentionally shooting one of those little button bulls to put an antlerless tag on it.

For sure. Feels against the spirit of the law. If spikes were legal in the unit, that would be one thing. But it's a unit with an antler point restriction.

 

[BRTreedogs]

Oregon:
If you want to hunt bears or cougars or coyotes with a rifle, and there is a rifle deer or elk season open in the area and time that you are hunting, you need to have that deer or elk tag. There are a few exceptions, mostly in places with a lot of bears, cougars, or coyotes.

Basically, if you want to poach a deer or elk, it forces you to be sneaky and arrestable the entire time. Otherwise you could just walk around like you own the place until you get your animal, then turn on the stealth.

Well kinda.
There’s a table of hunts restricted.

It’s not across the board.

 

[Mr. October]

The HIP survey/ stamp is the dumbest, most unscientific migratory bird survey gotcha ticket if you don’t have it in the history of licenses. Waterfowl based, not big game, but it’s dumb.

Totally agree.