carrying handgun while bowhunting

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02-15-2009 | 08:14 PM

#21

J The Deer Slayer

Joined: Dec 2008

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From: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

RE: carrying handgun while bowhunting

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ORIGINAL: hoosierHUNTER76

a guy i know was hunting public land in northwest IN. and shot a nice buck the last couple of days of late archery and that late in the season its self checkin theres nobody working on the property well anyhow he was draggin his buck out and 3 guys approached him next thing you know these guys started beating the crap out of him and took his deer. all he could do was lay there and watch them take his things and never to be seen again.

i hunt that same place and with my new .45 all i have to say is try that crap on me and see what happens

Nig....African American, please. Is what I'd be saying!

02-16-2009 | 02:42 PM

#22

Brooklyn

Joined: Mar 2007

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RE: carrying handgun while bowhunting

if it's illegal it isn't even worth carrying because if you do use the gun you may be looking at prison time and a record. i've never had an issue, i've had a run in or two with some dip who thinks he owns all of the public hunting land himself, but it never escalated to the point where i thought i would need a gun although i thought we would go to blows. where i liveblack bears are your biggest predator and they're typically not aggressive, i've seen black bears on hikes a few times, i do keep bear mace on me when bow hunting though.