Do you carry a sidearm while hunting/fishing?

[diggler1833]

I just had a conversation with a warden about this as I still have a couple feral dog packs that frequent my ranch where I also hunt.

- You can varmint hunt, or you can deer hunt. If you take a gun with you into the woods for the purpose of varmint/hog hunting, it is not legal to also take a bow along to hunt deer with...in other words a gunshot better be in self defense.

So, make up your mind on which you want to do. I'm varmint hunting on hot days, and deer hunting the cold fronts.

 

[jackary]

This is what it says. CCL is legal, but I never thought I was allowed to pull it out and use it on a hog while archery hunting and since I video everything I was afraid to. lol

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This, I would use the equipment I was hunting with to kill a hog or coyote, pistol would be for self defense only.

 

[retrieverman]

I always carry a handgun while hunting or fishing, and it’s currently the same Smith 637 j frame 38 that’s my EDC.

 

[xseler]

Hell, I usually carry a sidearm even when I mow the front yard...........

 

[Oklahomabassin]

But, perfectly legal to take? Or perfectly legal to carry for self defense?

My reply was to Hangfire that interpreted the regulations as a modern firearm could NOT be carried during muzzle loader or archery season.

 

[MacFromOK]

If in doubt, a cap & ball revolver might be an option.

Sadly, their price has went up like everything else.

EDIT: Or ya could go with "concealed means concealed" ...

 

[Bocephus123]

Always and without exception!

Two weeks ago, my wife and I went to a new fishing spot, out in the middle of nowhere. I just unloaded my 10 ft. Pelican bass boat from the back of the truck, and some guy came walking up and said he wanted to check it out. We talked about 5 minutes and he turned around to leave, and I started getting the trolling unloaded. About that time, he had hold of my little boat and was dragging it over to his truck. He cussed me and my wife out and said that it was his boat!

My wife looked at me and I said draw your weapon, walk to my left and cover the cab in case their is someone in it.

I drew my weapon and kept it down by my side. I approached the guy and told him to take my boat back over to my truck!

About that same time, my wife shouted there was another guy in the truck! I told her to keep her weapon down by her side, and not to raise it unless she saw that they were armed.

The guy I was facing reached behind his back and I raised my revolver and told him that I would kill him if he did not slowly raise both hands.

About that same second, my wife screams GUN! I told to take aim and kill him if he exits the vehicle with a weapon in his hands.

The guy I was covering raises his hands, and I ordered him to lay down on the ground and spread his arms and legs. He complied.

I went behind the truck, covered the passenger, and ordered him out of the truck at gun point. I told him I would shoot him in the head if he came out with a weapon.

I ordered the passenger to lay beside his buddy on the ground and he complied.

My wife took a fully loaded Marlin 30-30 out of the truck, along with a loaded sawed off shotgun and a loaded snub nosed revolver. A quick glance showed the serial numbers had been ground off.

I loaded the boat back in my truck while my wife watched the two guys, and after I got everything loaded back up, I told my wife to get the guys tag information, but of course their truck did not have a tag.

I told the guys to get in their truck and leave out in front of us, and that they could pick up their guns from the local Sheriff's Department. They left going one way and we went the other.

We took the guns straight to the Sheriff's Department, and told them the whole story of everything that had taken place. Then we each had to write out a statement of everything that we had just told them.

Longer story cut short, the Sheriff said he would recommend that we not go back to that place, and if we ever spotted that truck or either of the guys again, to call them immediately.

My wife asked if we were in any kind of trouble for pulling our weapons, and the Deputy we originally spoke to, said we both handled the situation very well. He asked why we did not call 911 and we both said that we could give them directions because we were out in boonies and no physical address to our location.

We later learned that all 3 weapons were stolen and the sawed off shotgun was turned over to ATF, so this is now a Federal case.

This is just one reason why we ALWAYS carry a sidearm. I have for over 40 years, and my wife has for the past 5 years. You just never know who or what is out there, just waiting to ruin your day!

Good job glad your safe. have been robbed once while camping at Grand and once while Duck hunting someone stole the bearing buddies off of every trailer in the parking area probably 10 trailers scum everywhere

 

[Bocephus123]

I just had a conversation with a warden about this as I still have a couple feral dog packs that frequent my ranch where I also hunt.

- You can varmint hunt, or you can deer hunt. If you take a gun with you into the woods for the purpose of varmint/hog hunting, it is not legal to also take a bow along to hunt deer with...in other words a gunshot better be in self defense.

So, make up your mind on which you want to do. I'm varmint hunting on hot days, and deer hunting the cold fronts.

Was told by the Ranger at Oolagah can hunt both when seasons overlap we always took a deer rifle while duck hunting was told as long as one was cased before the other was used perfectly legal

 

[okierider]

Taurus model 65 .... 158 grain lead flat nose and after running into a copper head this weekend I am on the hunt for some rat shot LOL.

 

[HoLeChit]

Taurus model 65 .... 158 grain lead flat nose and after running into a copper head this weekend I am on the hunt for some rat shot LOL.

I saw 3 boxes of some at the Yukon academy a few days ago. Been there a week or two so they aren’t moving fast.