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My question is will you allow a bow killed entry into the contest if it was killed during rifle season. I am asking this because Montana's rifle season is during the peak of the rut. Montana state law says I can hunt with a bow during rifle season as long as I wear orange.
If you do allow a bow killed animal during the rifle season? What would you require as proof that this animal was indeed a bow kill & not a rifle kill?
The only buck I am after this year is that 170-class buck. Would multiple pictutes of the animal & body cavity entrance & exit wounds be proof enough???

thanks,

WK

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I'd say that any deer legally taken with archery equipment should be permitted. Even if it's taken during rifle season. As far as proof I really don't think you need to go to the extreme of taking chest cavity shots. :D Unless you're worried someone won't take your word for it.

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Yes, they better. I only hunt with a bow and I'm sure I won't shoot anything until the end stuffer season starts.

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Good question. As captain of Lucky 13 I would say yes. I however am in a similar situation as you. I hunt in the CWD Management zone in WI. Gun Deer opens November 20 and runs until Jan. 3 for me. We also have an early T zone which for us we can shoot a buck with a gun if we have earned it. That runs Oct 28-31. WI's bow season for where I hunt runs Sept 18 to Jan 3. All I have to do is wear the orange when gun season is on.

Since the rule states that it just has to be legal in your state I would have to say that it WOULD count.

Let's see what everyone else has to say. But that is my opinion.

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I agree with the above, if it's taken legally with bow equipment that by all means it's a bow kill and should be allowed in the contest....my only hope is that all members are honest with us as well as honest with themselves. I'm not refering to the above but I'd bet we have at least one....dishonest member and I find that a shame. Call me a skeptic by nature but I feel civilization as a whole is failing.....we still have great people amoung us, just not as many as we should. Common courtesy and honesty is all we ask....that's all anyone can ask.

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Capt. team 2 here.

I say as long as it is.

1. Legal in your state. (i.e. bow during rifle season)
2. Your first bow killed buck of the season.

Then there should be no problems with it.

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Surely..that is a legal kill. I can bow hunt in Kansas as long as I wear Orange during gun season also....just be careful with all that lead flying in the air.

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I'd have to say, any bowkill that falls under the legal laws of ones state has to be accepted. Seems everyone agrees.

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I agree with everyone else. If it's legal, it counts. I'm in the same situation each year since I typically carry a bow during our gun season.

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I agree with the others. PA's extended archery season runs with antlerless firearms season. I hunt with my bow at that time.

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I agree it should be allowed.

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Wolf Killer,

I too fall into the same situation as you do here in Northern Idaho. Our rifle season is open the entire month of November. As with you we can use any weapon (bow, muzzle or rifle) during rifle season. As everyone pretty much said already, any ethical bowkill that adheres to the contest rules even during a rifle season should qualify for the contest.

Best of luck,
Shed

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I also agree that it should be allowed.:D

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As Capt of Team 11
I agree as long as it's a bow kill and your legal to hunt with bow during this part of the season it's o.k. by me .I also can legally hunt during rifle season as long as i wear orange .As far as the person or person's who are dishonest ,what can we do about it I'm afraid it's out of our control.What do they have to gain other than bragging right's ,They'll know how dishonest they've been and definetly won't appreciate the effort put into taking their trophy,like we would ,so they'll spoil it for themselves. I know that what ever I get I'll appreciate it and they won't.

nubo

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Yes its allowed.........it better be.;) I'll be bowhunting during our short muzzleloader season in early December, and that week always has been a great time to see a big buck or two.;)

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I just figured I should get that question out there before rifle season opens. I hope to have all of my tags filled early so I can focus only on that one buck.

If I do infact kill that buck during rifle season, with my bow? I am still going to take body cavity pictures. A 170-class buck is a big buck & I can already hear the skeptics whispering. Heck the way my luck is, I will be lucky to see that buck again during any hunting season.

Good luck to all teams,

WK

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I don't think we have a captain, but I'll chime in for our team.

I personally think that any buck legally shot with a bow is fine. Doesn't matter if it happened to be during a gun season. It sounds like a lot of states(mine included) allows archery during gun seasons. A bow kill is a bow kill.

Now for those few that might shoot one with a gun and pass it off as a bow kill.....there's really nothing we can do about that. I would just hope that someone wouldn't do that or take it that far. We just have to take people's word on it. It's something they have to live with.

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Id say its good as long as it meets the criteria of the ruls for the contest , and is taken with obviously archery equpt.

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i think that since u brought it up I myself would believe u.