Turkey/Deer hunting
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Dnr regulations seem to prohibit this:
"Firearms or airguns may not be carried while hunting deer during the Archery Season with the following exception. In Deer Management Region A, persons 21 years old or older may carry a handgun for personal protection against bear while hunting deer during the Archery Season."
"Firearms or airguns may not be carried while hunting deer during the Archery Season with the following exception. In Deer Management Region A, persons 21 years old or older may carry a handgun for personal protection against bear while hunting deer during the Archery Season."
engineerbrian
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Check the archery regs. I don't think you can have a firearm with you while bow hunting. Bear protection excluded
Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
FWIW, I had 15 deer walk by me last year in a turkey chair with a shotgun. Always with the wrong weapon.
Yep. I saw more turkey than deer while deer hunting this year.
Mike3888
Mike3888
This is why I'll be packing bow.
- Jul 29, 2014
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Personally, I don't see why it would be illegal. It is legal to take Turkey with bow or shotgun. If it were me, it would be well worth a call to DNR. What have you got to lose?
Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
Yea, you can say you are turkey hunting and plan to use the bow if under twenty yards and the shotgun if 25 - 50 yards. Yea, that is the plan and my story, officer.
Near the bottom of the Archery regs, not allowed.
http://www.eregulations.com/maryland/hunting/deer-regulations-archery-muzzleloader-firearms-airguns/
Near the bottom of the Archery regs, not allowed.
http://www.eregulations.com/maryland/hunting/deer-regulations-archery-muzzleloader-firearms-airguns/
and you can shoot turkeys with the bow.
Mike3888
Mike3888
Maybe should of said packing bow only while hunting.I have never know it to be legal to have shotgun and bow in possession while hunting.
- Jul 29, 2014
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Yep. One of those laws that assume hunters are natural born cheaters, but it is the law.
remrug
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I used to goose hunt a field where deer would leave one woods and cross the middle of the field and enter another woods.This happened almost every time we hunted and every time about 10 am.There was a fence row between us and the deer.We could have seen the deer coming and sneak to the fence row to get an easy shot with a muzzle loader(since it was the late season we hunted there) We were tempted ,but didnt know how the law would see it.
We thought we should be ok if we left the rifles in the fence row and kept the shotguns in the blind.But none of us were willing to be the guinea pig.
We thought we should be ok if we left the rifles in the fence row and kept the shotguns in the blind.But none of us were willing to be the guinea pig.
But you can't hunt a deer with a shotgun during archery season.
The archery-only option would be the best if you want to try for both.
I have a spot where I can waterfowl and turkey hunt at (roughly) the same time. I considered a combo hunt until I realized that I'd have turkey shot with me (lead) on a waterfowl hunt. Even though I wouldn't use it, it's against the rules.
Yup. As soon as you shoot a deer with your bow, having the shotgun in your possession violates the law.
I’ve considered combo hunts also, but realized it was against the law.
Just go with bow for turkey and deer if you really want to hunt both.
