ORIGINAL: awshucks
I guess I'm missing something here. The thread started when a new guy asked if it was legal to hunt hogs at night in Georgia w/ an xbow.
I paid good money to go on a hog hunt in Texas and they handed us red lens lights as the hogs were feeding at night. Mine sucked and when I got home I bought my own for future trips hog hunting.
I've spent some legal time in a ground blind at night trying to call coyotes and fox in to shoot w/ a rifle and lately w/ a xbow, both w/ red light.
Does all of this mean I poach deer?? NO, NEVER! Somewhere along the line this thread got off one topic and on to another, I don't blame the original poster for not posting again on his question. It appeared to me he was just looking for info on expanded opportunities to hunt w/ his xbow, legally.
Sorry but I agree with awshucks here. It was a ligit question. I have seen crossbows which had a light attached on top of the scope for hunting coyotee at night, and it was legal for that purpose. I truely commend the member for trying to find out if it was legal by asking a question. It is unfortant that this topic gets totally off coarse, but then again I find most threads wonder here so much that you get lost in them.
ORIGINAL: BuddyBo
well back to the thread of this post, the guy asked about hunting hogs at night, not shining deer. Where did deer come in at anyway? Everyone knows you can't hunt deer at night, but what about those cotton picking HOGS?
BBO
BuddyBo I could not find out in the regulations if you could or not. But unlike some responses earlier in this thread, I did find this right off their regulations:
ARCHERY: Longbows, recurve bows, and
compound bows are allowed for hunting any
game or feral hog. Crossbows (scopes legal)
are allowed for hunting feral hog and any game
except waterfowl. Arrows for hunting deer,
bear or feral hog must be broadhead type.
Crossbows are legal archery equipement for everything except waterfowl and that came from
http://www.georgiawildlife.com/assets/documents/Hunting_Regulations/Popular_Guide.pdf