Carrying while bow hunting

[kikn]

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/regulations/fish_hunt/hunt/means/

Archery and Crossbows

(see Artificial light in Restricted Methods section)

Only the archery and crossbow equipment prescribed in this section may be used for taking game animals or game birds. Archery and crossbow equipment may not be used to hunt deer during the Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season. It is unlawful to be in possession of a firearm while hunting with a broadhead HUNTING point during the Archery-Only season, except a person licensed to carry a concealed handgun in Texas may carry a concealed handgun. NOTE: A firearm may be possessed in camp, in a motor vehicle, or while hunting lawful game other than whitetail or mule deer and turkey (e.g., exotics, feral hogs, squirrels).

[JTeLarkin08]

Ive seen this topic on here 100 times and im still not sure why anyone really needs to cary a pistol in the woods in Texas while bow hunting.(not that im against it, I am fine with it) But I have yet to meet an animal or thing i couldnt kill with my bow.. But i havent ran into many of those black panthers and chupicabras

[Colton]

I've open carried (on our deer lease) in front of a game warden during bow season and he didn't say a word about it...

[laredoarcher]

I always have mine.

[tvc184]

I've open carried (on our deer lease) in front of a game warden during bow season and he didn't say a word about it...

Officer discretion.

He could see you half a dozen times and never mention anything and arrest you and haul you off to the county jail the next time or another game warden can come in and take action the first time he sees it.

That is assuming that you were actually out hunting when he saw you. As the TPWD web pages say, you can carry openly in camp or in a vehicle which is not actually while hunting.

......... unless you are hunting off of the porch.

[Mike D]

Officer discretion.

He could see you half a dozen times and never mention anything and arrest you and haul you off to the county jail the next time or another game warden can come in and take action the first time he sees it.

That is assuming that you were actually out hunting when he saw you. As the TPWD web pages say, you can carry openly in camp or in a vehicle which is not actually while hunting.

......... unless you are hunting off of the porch.

With a broadhead tipped arrow. Those words are the key.

You can carry all day long as long as you aren't hunting with a broad head tipped arrow during archery only season.

[konahoss]

It's simple. If you are hunting WT during archery only season, you must have a CHL and it needs to be concealed. If you are pig hunting during archery season with a bow, you can open carry and no CHL needed. The law is pretty clear, now how the GW interprets the law is another topic.

[Mertz09]

Get a chl and your problem is solved

That is correct. And the CHL solves a lot of other potential problems.

[duckmanep]

Ive seen this topic on here 100 times and im still not sure why anyone really needs to cary a pistol in the woods in Texas while bow hunting.(not that im against it, I am fine with it) But I have yet to meet an animal or thing i couldnt kill with my bow.. But i havent ran into many of those black panthers and chupicabras

Been people caught making meth and growing dope on public lands before. Don't care to stumble upon them unarmed.

[Mike D]

It's simple. If you are hunting WT during archery only season, you must have a CHL and it needs to be concealed. If you are pig hunting during archery season with a bow, you can open carry and no CHL needed. The law is pretty clear, now how the GW interprets the law is another topic.

That's not correct, unless you are pig hunting with field tips, blunts or judo points.

If you have your bow with broadheads on the arrows during the archery only season, you cannot carry a firearm unless you have a CHL.

[duckmanep]

That's not correct, unless you are pig hunting with field tips, blunts or judo points.

If you have your bow with broadheads on the arrows during the archery only season, you cannot carry a firearm unless you have a CHL.

That only applies to game animals

NOTE: A firearm may be possessed in camp, in a motor vehicle, or while hunting lawful game other than whitetail or mule deer and turkey (e.g., exotics, feral hogs, squirrels).

[Mike D]

That only applies to game animals

Maybe so but his word against yours? No way either of you could prove what you were hunting. But I don't see where it applies only to game animals if you have broadhead tipped arrows AND a firearm together at the same time. If you are sitting over a feeder and in a blind/stand with your bow (with broadheads) and a gun I think you are going to have a hard time convincing him you are only hunting pigs.

I do see the exception for exotics, squirrels, hogs etc but still believe the broadhead is the kicker here.

In my opinion of course.

[duckmanep]

Maybe so but his word against yours? No way either of you could prove what you were hunting. But I don't see where it applies only to game animals if you have broadhead tipped arrows AND a firearm together at the same time.

I do see the exception for exotics, squirrels, hogs etc but still believe the broadhead is the kicker here.

Every GW I've met would write a ticket for it. But I believe you could win in court because of exception.

[konahoss]

That's not correct, unless you are pig hunting with field tips, blunts or judo points.

If you have your bow with broadheads on the arrows during the archery only season, you cannot carry a firearm unless you have a CHL.

Please show me where the law states that.

[denowt]

The way i read the law. If you have a chl it must be concealed.

That would be correct.
A Concealed Handgun License would require the handgun to be concealed.

Ive seen this topic on here 100 times and im still not sure why anyone really needs to cary a pistol in the woods in Texas while bow hunting.(not that im against it, I am fine with it) But I have yet to meet an animal or thing i couldnt kill with my bow.. But i havent ran into many of those black panthers and chupicabras

Some guys can't function at all unless they have a gun.
I'm all for 2A, right to carry, etc., some guys get a little too worked up about some things though.

I've open carried (on our deer lease) in front of a game warden during bow season and he didn't say a word about it...

You can open carry on private land all you want, just not while bow hunting whitetail deer during the archery only season.
If you were in front of a game warden, I doubt you were hunting whitetails at the time.

With a broadhead tipped arrow. Those words are the key.

You can carry all day long as long as you aren't hunting with a broad head tipped arrow during archery only season.

That's not correct, unless you are pig hunting with field tips, blunts or judo points.

If you have your bow with broadheads on the arrows during the archery only season, you cannot carry a firearm unless you have a CHL.

Wrong.
Please read below, especially the part highlighted in red.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/regulati...nt/hunt/means/

Archery and Crossbows

(see Artificial light in Restricted Methods section)

Only the archery and crossbow equipment prescribed in this section may be used for taking game animals or game birds. Archery and crossbow equipment may not be used to hunt deer during the Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season. It is unlawful to be in possession of a firearm while hunting with a broadhead HUNTING point during the Archery-Only season, except a person licensed to carry a concealed handgun in Texas may carry a concealed handgun. NOTE: A firearm may be possessed in camp, in a motor vehicle, or while hunting lawful game other than whitetail or mule deer and turkey (e.g., exotics, feral hogs, squirrels).