Loaded Handgun"after hours"

ninjatoth · 10-30-2009, 07:58 PM

I have a question.Here in Michigan,you can't have your gun loaded after dark during hunting season.You can walk and look for deer at any time after dark,but not with your hunting gun loaded.Now what does this mean for someone either with a CCW permit,or someone open carrying a handgun for protection?I could carry a gun anywhere else legally,but somehow during a few hours,if I happen to be in the woods with a hunting license,it is illegal?If I didn't have a hunting license,it would be legal,since open carry or CCW carry is legal,but since I have a hunting license,I can't carry a loaded handgun?It makes no sense to me.I heard a DNR officer making the statement that you have to be unloaded after dark,but I never asked if a gun that is not your hunting gun counts.

Midas · 10-30-2009, 08:18 PM

I would assume that it is referring to the gun you are hunting with, but the state's interpretation may vary.

SwedeSteve · 10-30-2009, 09:22 PM

I agree. But because it makes sense, i'm probably wrong !!

jrswanson1 · 10-30-2009, 10:51 PM

My gun and game laws differ from yours. I can carry a handgun and a long gun if I have a CCW permit. But if I don't, I can only carry one firearm. I can also carry in my vehicle, even though the game laws say I can't have a loaded firearm in my vehicle while hunting. I'd ask your local game warden/game management agency about it.

Jim

Rambo · 10-31-2009, 07:13 AM

These laws are to stop poaching. In Wisconsin, you can spotlight deer but you'd better not even have a knife on you or in your vehicle. If you are walking around the woods with a flashlight and carrying a handgun, you'd better have a very good reason or they'll think you're a poacher.

TargetGunFan · 10-31-2009, 11:27 AM

Its illegal to hunt coons here with a flashlight. It makes them freeze up.

FortyXDM · 10-31-2009, 12:09 PM

Ninja - After you talk to an agent please let us know what they say.
Thanks.

Rambo · 10-31-2009, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TargetGunFan

Its illegal to hunt coons here with a flashlight. It makes them freeze up.

HeHeHe!

ninjatoth · 10-31-2009, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Its illegal to hunt coons here with a flashlight. It makes them freeze up

It is perfectly legal here to use any artificial lighting to hunt coons,including night vision.But like according to the DNR officer,"you better not be out there with a centerfire rifle claiming your coon hunting".Or your busted for deer poaching!

MRone · 11-03-2009, 11:06 PM

Some of these laws are so lame, its like saying you cant have beer in youre
car because you may drink some.Out west you may get bit stalked by somthing in
the dark of night.

10-30-2009, 07:58 PM	#1
ninjatoth Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 66	Loaded Handgun"after hours" I have a question.Here in Michigan,you can't have your gun loaded after dark during hunting season.You can walk and look for deer at any time after dark,but not with your hunting gun loaded.Now what does this mean for someone either with a CCW permit,or someone open carrying a handgun for protection?I could carry a gun anywhere else legally,but somehow during a few hours,if I happen to be in the woods with a hunting license,it is illegal?If I didn't have a hunting license,it would be legal,since open carry or CCW carry is legal,but since I have a hunting license,I can't carry a loaded handgun?It makes no sense to me.I heard a DNR officer making the statement that you have to be unloaded after dark,but I never asked if a gun that is not your hunting gun counts.

10-30-2009, 08:18 PM	#2
Midas Chief Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 3,571 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 6	I would assume that it is referring to the gun you are hunting with, but the state's interpretation may vary. __________________ The Second Amendment: America's Original Homeland Security. NRA Life Member

10-30-2009, 09:22 PM	#3
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 23,549 Images: 1	I agree. But because it makes sense, i'm probably wrong !! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

10-31-2009, 07:13 AM	#5
Rambo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 2,319	These laws are to stop poaching. In Wisconsin, you can spotlight deer but you'd better not even have a knife on you or in your vehicle. If you are walking around the woods with a flashlight and carrying a handgun, you'd better have a very good reason or they'll think you're a poacher. __________________ I live to hunt and hunt to live.

10-31-2009, 11:27 AM	#6
TargetGunFan Cardinal Richlieu Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 2,460 Blog Entries: 2	Its illegal to hunt coons here with a flashlight. It makes them freeze up. __________________ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. -Aesop

10-30-2009, 10:51 PM	#4
jrswanson1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,093	My gun and game laws differ from yours. I can carry a handgun and a long gun if I have a CCW permit. But if I don't, I can only carry one firearm. I can also carry in my vehicle, even though the game laws say I can't have a loaded firearm in my vehicle while hunting. I'd ask your local game warden/game management agency about it. Jim

10-31-2009, 12:09 PM	#7
FortyXDM Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Gladstone, Mo. (kc area) Posts: 3,659	Ninja - After you talk to an agent please let us know what they say. Thanks.

11-03-2009, 11:06 PM	#10
MRone Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 17	Some of these laws are so lame, its like saying you cant have beer in youre car because you may drink some.Out west you may get bit stalked by somthing in the dark of night.