To many screw ups in PGC flier
 

Think about it. You can hunt all year with Xbows but you can't now.
You don't have to display license on back,but you still have to now.
What in the world is one to think now about what is legal and what is not if you have so many screw ups written to get the hunter in trouble? No magistrate would hold a hunter accountable if fined for either of the two above screw ups. Just how many more are in the digest that we are not aware of. What good is the rules in that flier if they are not accurate? Again,no judge will rule against the hunter if the PGC writes up a citation after seeing that many flaws in a supposed to be hunting rules for this hunting season. You can't be changing them as you like after they been printed. unreal

They have to finalize the rules before printing, Thats probably to simple for them to figure out.Its that way every year

Wow, what a rant! Actually, no judge should consider the Digest as an excuse, because the Digest is and never has been "the law". The Digest is a summary of "the rules" and not the last word. Rules change, the deadline for printing/delivering the Digest, does not.

Again,no judge will rule against the hunter if the PGC writes up a citation after seeing that many flaws in a supposed to be hunting rules for this hunting season. You can't be changing them as you like after they been printed. unreal

Denny other than the digest where are you suppose to find the info?
I hope your answer isnt pgc website or something. Because many dont own them or know how to use them. If fined i am sure many will claim there only source for game rules is the one pgc gives you when you buy your license.

Knee jerk reactions like this make the BOC look like fools. In one meeting they approve x-bows but outlaw magnifying scopes state wide ,even for the handicapped and SRA areas. Then they revoke that decision but limit x-bow use to 2 weeks even though they know the Digest has been published and released. it just doesn't make any sense.

I think when the digest comes out what is printed should be the law.
I am starting to wonder if all this is a mistake or a way to make money via fines

There is a deadline for submitting any material to the printer and I reckon the Digest is supposed to be printed and delivered in time to hand out when the licenses go on sale. One year there was a snafu of some sort and they were a week or so late.

All of the "major" regs are clearly defined in the Digest and the vast majority of them haven't changed in years. If you've (all of us) been hunting for some time and haven't already figured most of them out, you've not been paying much attention.

Some things are often not settled before the print date and are usually referenced on some of the first pages (this or that issue remains unrevolved by "press time"). This year is no exception and RSB has already addressed most of them.

Judging by the comments I hear each year at license time and read on the internet, it appears that some are either always looking for fresh nits to pick...or are possibly just so stupid that they ought not be allowed to carry anything more dangerous than a random thought?

For many years we got a tiny booklet for the Digest. Some guys still complain they did away with them, because they'd fit in a license holder. Now we have one the size of most hunting magazines, that contains far more info than those little booklets did and people complain they're too big; have ads; contain too much info; and whatever else they can whine about.

What page is the so called not carved in stone Xbow regs on?How are people supposed to know these new regs then? If you look on all the crossbows pages, 7,30,34 and 43. There is no mention of we might change these regs. I talked to a few of my hunting buddies today, They all said the same thing,if it is specified in the flier then it is law. Especially when it is mentioned legal on all the pages I listed above without a "if or but" in the reg.

They all said the same thing,if it is specified in the flier then it is law

Doubt that'll hold up in court, but if that's what they say, go with it then.

The xbow regs in place at the time the Digest was printed, are what's in it. Anything that changes after that, will be "the law", not what's printed in the Digest.

Read what it says at the bottom of page 5:

"The Digest is not the Game & Wildlife Code or its attendant regulations and should not be considered final on interpretation. We have simply summarized the more important and frequently misunderstood hunting and trapping regulations. Review the Digest carefully. If there is anything you do not understand, contact your nearest PGC office."

That message or some variation of it, has been in every Digest I can recall over the past 50 years that I've had a hunting license.

Don't see much point in continuing to fuss about what's in the Digest or what isn't, because it is clearly not "the law" and never has been.