What should a bowhunter be allowed to carry for self-defense?
09-10-2008, 12:53 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
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What should a bowhunter be allowed to carry for self-defense?
Simple, what should a bowhunter be allowed to carry in the woods, while bowhuntingfor self-defense?
Check all that apply:
1. Bow and Knife only.
2. Bow, Knife & Pepper Spray
3. Snub-nosed handgun
4. Long-barreled multi-round pistol
5. Single-Shotsub-6" MOA Hunting pistol.
6. Standard Deer Rifle
7. Tactical Rifle
8. Semi-Auto Rifle
9. Fully Automatic Weapons
10. You should be able to bowhunt with anything you damn well please.
Where do you draw the line, and why?
Check all that apply:
1. Bow and Knife only.
2. Bow, Knife & Pepper Spray
3. Snub-nosed handgun
4. Long-barreled multi-round pistol
5. Single-Shotsub-6" MOA Hunting pistol.
6. Standard Deer Rifle
7. Tactical Rifle
8. Semi-Auto Rifle
9. Fully Automatic Weapons
10. You should be able to bowhunt with anything you damn well please.
Where do you draw the line, and why?
09-10-2008, 12:58 PM
#2
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Location: Portage WI/Racine WI
Posts: 2,320
RE: What should a bowhunter be allowed to carry for self-defense?
A snub nose is all most people would need in the woods for protection. To protect yourself from people it would do the trick, most critters as well.
09-10-2008, 01:11 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: What should a bowhunter be allowed to carry for self-defense?
Doesn't really matter to me what I'm allowed to carry. I won't let some lines on a piece of paper stop me from protecting myself if I feel the need to do so.
09-10-2008, 01:11 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
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Location: MA
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RE: What should a bowhunter be allowed to carry for self-defense?
Defense from what?? I feel safer in the deer woods than I do on the street. I know guys who carry in the woods but they are basically afraid of the dark. Bears?? The only ones I have seen were heading the other way as fast as they could go.
I do believe I would carry if mountain lions or grizzly bears were a threat but east of the old miss the boogy man is the only thing I fear. BOO.....
Like I don't lug enough crap..
I do believe I would carry if mountain lions or grizzly bears were a threat but east of the old miss the boogy man is the only thing I fear. BOO.....
Like I don't lug enough crap..
09-10-2008, 01:13 PM
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RE: What should a bowhunter be allowed to carry for self-defense?
That's a tough one. I think if an archer were allowed to carry a firearm into the woods, the temptation to shoot that buck that's JUST out of bow range with the firearm would be great......In MO, we are not allowed to carry a firearm of any type into the woods while bow hunting, and that's a law I agree with. But at the same time, we have the God given right to protect ourselves, so what do you do.......