I believe you can use a muzz. also here in ny. but I think I would rather hunt with some felons than some of the non-felons on here.

In Pennsylvania a felon can vote, it's when you're a felon and in prison that you can't vote.

I don't feel especially threatened by the idea of felons going around hunting with bows, I'm just not feeling sympathetic either.

I suppose I could agree with allowing NON-VIOLENT felons to have their rights restored. But, really folks, if you want to keep on owning guns and hunting, it's simple. Don't become a felon.

Just thinking, this thread should probably be in the politics forum.

The tough "BLEEP" metality is pretty funny, especially in a case such as the NJ situation where virtually everyone, hunters across the country, rallied behind the legal hunter except for the state COs and judge who realized they screwed up but wouldn't admit to it. So he's innocent and eveyone knows it but found guilty by one single judge (no jury in that trial - always request a jury trial or its like the Old West). But tough "BLEEP" to him and tough "BLEEP" to the 18 year old who made a non-violent mistake and spends the next couple of decades bettering himself and contributing to society.

Believe me, I'm the last one to be a touchy, feely tree-hugger. I lean more to the right and believe you should do the time for the crime. But once the time is done, it's done. You don't lock them up and throw away the key - EXCEPT for violent offenders who hurt and kill others, especially children. We need to focus on tougher punishments for these individuals instead.

Finally, so what if all of these people saying tough "BLEEP" were innocent but found guilty of some crime or wildlife violation. There was a case here in Minnesota this year where the guy was exonnerated a year later and finally got his hunting equipment back! How would you feel then? Would you like the rest of us to say tough "BLEEP?" You're guilty, the COs say you are, even if there isn't clear evidence. If you do the crime, you do the time. Even though you didn't? Didn't think so. As a Republican, and that shouldn't matter, I believe in the Constituion and want it to protect my rights, period.

I recently saw a show on MTV, true life: "I'm a sex offender"

all of these kids, and I say "kids" were like 18 or 19yo men, I think the 1 guy was a hs senior dating a freshmen for years... anyway they broke up, and she called the cops out of spite I believe, he's now a sex offender/felon for life.

another girl years later apologized to him for calling the cops etc... it's like sure, no sweat, no big deal, felon/sex offender, but "sorry" covers it...

Not exactly the scary sex offender you have in mind living around the corner from you when you think up "sex offender"

ive got 2 duI's if they ever told me i couldnt bowhunt. i would anyways its rediculous by the way my duIs were over 20 years ago, but i can still bowhunt just cant get an fid. in massachusettes

Sal, is just like voting Dem.
You make a mistake, and you pay the consequences.

The only way a person should be denied the privalege to hunt is if they are extremely violent and have intent to harm someone (proven case not a trumped up charge) or mentally incompentant to know what is right or wrong. Or judged by the dummycrat girlie men on this forum. If someone is charged with a felony that did not occur with a firearm it should have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with it. Everyone makes mistakes at some point in their life. NO! I don't have a record. I just don't condemn someone because they made a mistake when young. Politicians do it daily and are not charged No double standards.

In Tenn. Convicted felons are allowed to hunt, with a muzzleloader, bow, or crossbow. Felons convicted of a non violent felony, can own and hunt with a shotgun. I am a 24 year law enforcement veteran, and can say honestly, there are some convicted felons that I trust more hunting and everyday life than some that are not.

i dont know if anyone already mentioned this (didnt read thru all 10 pages), but bowhunting really kind of owes its popularity to something very similar with its beginnings (no not the indians), but the fact that confederate soldiers werent allowed guns after the civil war, so a lot of them used bow and arrow to hunt with, and what we have now is kind of an offshoot of that, just found that interesting.