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Should the Benjamin Airbow be legal for turkeys or is it not a sporting weapon?
Should the Benjamin Airbow be legal for turkeys or is it not a sporting weapon?
He didn't say Is it legal. He said should it be legal. I don't see the difference between it and my crossbow. It's somewhere less sporting than a crossbow and more sporting than a shotgun.Yeah, I get that but he is steady dragging folks up close to that very thin gray area of wildlife law that most of them need to stay away from.
I preach the reg digest on here so much that sometimes I hurt my own feelings, but so many hunt in NC without ever even reading a reg digest or calling the GW home office if they do have a question.
FWIW, I was present last January when the "airbow" WAS brought up at the NCWRC hearing in Wilkesboro. The moderators, GWs and all the other green jeans there could not say if it was legal or not. But it has been addressed since and it ain't legal here.
From the NCWRC reg digest 2016-17----Archery
l Archery hunting is limited to longbows and recurved bows having
a minimum pull of 40 pounds, com pound bows with a minimum
pull of 35 pounds and crossbows with a minimum draw weight
of 100 pounds. Only arrows with a fixed minimum broadhead
width of 7/8 inch or a mech an ically opening broad head with a
minimum width of 7/8 inch in the open position may be used for
taking bear, deer or wild turkey. Blunt-type arrowheads may be
used in taking small animals and birds, including but not limited
to, rabbits, squirrels, quail, grouse, pheasants. Poisonous, drugged,
barbed or explosive arrowheads may not be used for taking any
game. Bolts must use broadheads as described for arrows
selfish hunter i be. LOL
ha, agreed and I say it proudly. Oh, and from what I have read they are considerably louder than a bow/crossbow but also considerably quieter than a shotgun....so whatever that means. One article referenced them as a good replacement for a muzzleloader due to the increased chance you can get a second shot opportunity if you miss the first..
Please no. The fewer hunters in the woods during archery season the better. Selfish for sure, but it is what it is.
I wish they'd open up squirrel season in mid September.
on the selfish side, i sure hated it when guns became legal on sunday...until i remembered the turkeys.
we all have our preferences on what the laws could be to help us.
I wish they'd open up squirrel season in mid September.
HERE HERE!!
agree 100%
or even August,,,,,,,,
I wish they'd open up squirrel season in mid September.
I have to admit I am curious about the reason for this? I dont squirrel hunt so speaking from ignorance here....are you just looking for a longer season or is there another benefit that I am unaware of? I was a little too embarrassed to ask Hawglips but not that 2 of you are agreeing, inquiring minds would like to know.......
I have to admit I am curious about the reason for this? I dont squirrel hunt so speaking from ignorance here....are you just looking for a longer season or is there another benefit that I am unaware of? I was a little too embarrassed to ask Hawglips but not that 2 of you are agreeing, inquiring minds would like to know.......
Have to tiptoe around deer season here in NC. Archery deer hunters don't want folks in the woods messing them up.
Have to tiptoe around deer season here in NC. Archery deer hunters don't want folks in the woods messing them up.