RE: Felons banned from bowhunting?
 

I have to agree with you Jeff. I myself have only had a couple of traffic tickets in my life, but I do know guys that were hit with a felony rap when they were young. To say these guys could not Bowhunt because of that?

Well to me there in would be the crime!

People are way too Quick to judge others!! I never judge anyone for their color, their social status, their bank account,or their past. If they are straight with me they are Ok in my book!;)

Dan

RE: Felons banned from bowhunting?
 

Utah for certain, no felon can hunt, bow included, period.
Nebraska almost for certain.

Sure you can hunt elsewhere, I'm just saying what isn't right, and it's pretty much agreed upon right now that Utah is the best elk state, so go elsewhere? Sure there are other great elk states, but Utah is just another opportunity lost, and a great one, which shouldn't be.

RE: Felons banned from bowhunting?
 

PS- A bow is off limits but a muzzleloader isnt? Did you mean gun/rifle is off limits?

RE: Felons banned from bowhunting?
 

This sounds like a violent crime to me....

We're talking about non-violent, and non-weapon related felons.

The punishment should fit the crime, this is like if someone was caught speeding, we shouldn't let him vote?The two have nothing to do with one another.

Also I thought I'd point out, that you can be convicted, of a lesser crime, maybe you were put up for a felony and had it reduced to manslaughter, etc...misdermenor ? So you can have violenty attacked someone, and still be able to hunt with a gun, own, all legal, yet the non violent non weapon felon can't. Which criminal would you rather be in the woods with?

The violent midermenor criminal that can legally hunt with a firearm, or the non-violent, non-weapon related felon, who cannot be in the woods right a firearm?

And what about self defense? One a felon is released/served his time, he doesn't have the right to defend his home/family with a firearm?

RE: Felons banned from bowhunting?
 

My wife and her shotgun will take care of that!

RE: Felons banned from bowhunting?
 

Just wanted to say thanks to GMMAT and MarquetteMagnum.

And Arthur P, I don't golf.

RE: Felons banned from bowhunting?
 

Crimes fall into two classes: Misdemeanors and felonies. For every action a person decides to do, there is a reaction. You can be convicted of a misdemeanor (domestic abuse) and disqualified from ever owning a firearm again. If you commit a crime that can result in a felony conviction, no matter what the class of felony commited, you are setting yourself up to lose a lot of privileges afforded to us. A bow, no matter how you look at it, is an offensive weapon. If a state takes bows away from convicted felons too, more power to them. If a person is that avid a hunter, they should have thought about the crime they committed a little more thoroughly BEFORE committing it.

RE: Felons banned from bowhunting?
 

I like how everyone thinks that every felonplanned it out like a burglary. When that's not always the case, ie..the guy with an underage girlf, the guy who got in a fight....and alot of the time people don't even realize how serious some crimes are, or that they may be a crime at all.

RE: Felons banned from bowhunting?
 

The guy who gets into a fight has to know the possible ramifications if he follows through with the fight instead of walking away. If someone wants to fight that bad, join the military and take the fight to someplace that needs to have an attitude adjustment. I've walked away from barroom brawls many times when I was younger. I have also walked away from people who have tried to pick a fight with me. If the other person provokes and makes it improbable to walk away, then thats self defense.

The other instance you stated, if the guy wants to think with the wrong head, then he gets what he gets.

Final line is you have to be responsible for your own actions and accept the consequences if you break the law.

RE: Felons banned from bowhunting?
 

AF Hunter, wasn't it you who posted not so long ago that your son hauled off and punched some guy in the face unprovoked and that you were proud of it?