In Michigan, it is illegal to carry a pistol, revolver, or any other firearm into the field while bowhunting deer, unless the individual is properly licensed to hunt deer with a firearm in an area that is open to firearm deer hunting. The prohibition does not apply to pistols carried under authority of a CCW. It does not allow game to be taken with the pistol except as provided by law. That is straight out of the 2006 Hunting and Trapping Guide.