In all the negative this country has seen at least we have some positive

[Bigchillin83]

http://www.wbrz.com/news/jindal-signs-bill-eliminating-some-firearm-restrictions-for-bow-hunters

Saw this a while ago, moving forward, I know you could carry on a wma or if you had a chp, but this is making it easier!!! Hopefully it doesn't get all confused with contradicting language that just makes it harder to understand/follow

 

[pecka]

I wonder how this will play out in areas where firearms are not allowed like certain WMA's. The law/rules not allowing firearms would have been written with hunting in mind, not self protection. I hunt an area that "single projectile" firearms are not allowed. It is federal property and not state.

Update:
Found my answer, just dont know what this means...
E. Bowhunters may carry any caliber of firearm on their person, while
10 hunting with a bow, a pistol no larger than a .22 caliber with snake shot or rat shot
11 ammunition for the purposes of killing snakes and rats. The provisions of this
12 Subsection shall in no way be interpreted to limit the ability of the department
13 to regulate hunting activities in a wildlife management area in accordance with
14 R.S. 56:109

 

[Bigchillin83]

I know if you have a chp you can legally carry a pistol on a WMA in LA. while duck hunting, bow hunting, deer hunting ect... With out it being a .22 with rat shot, the new law proposed now will allow anybody not just chp holder, to carry a pistol with standard ball/hp ammo while bow hunting and not be limited to rat shot

 

[machinedrummer]

Sounds like we need some rat shot arrows.

 

[Emperor]

I wonder how this will play out in areas where firearms are not allowed like certain WMA's. The law/rules not allowing firearms would have been written with hunting in mind, not self protection. I hunt an area that "single projectile" firearms are not allowed. It is federal property and not state.

Update:
Found my answer, just dont know what this means...
E. Bowhunters may carry any caliber of firearm on their person, while
10 hunting with a bow, a pistol no larger than a .22 caliber with snake shot or rat shot
11 ammunition for the purposes of killing snakes and rats. The provisions of this
12 Subsection shall in no way be interpreted to limit the ability of the department
13 to regulate hunting activities in a wildlife management area in accordance with
14 R.S. 56:109

It means, you could (by choice or not), already carry the .22 with the rat shot while bow hunting. And now you can carry any firearm with you (by choice or not), along with the .22 (by choice or not), or one of the other (by choice or not), or neither. It was long overdue. This old idea that just because a bow hunter has a firearm while hunting may cause him/her to all of a sudden become a poacher has always been ridiculous.

I'd say with regard to gun laws and personal responsibility, we (in Louisiana), are evolving! And, that is the way they amend Statutes.

 

[Bigchillin83]

It means, you could (by choice or not), already carry the .22 with the rat shot while bow hunting. And now you can carry any firearm with you (by choice or not), along with the .22 (by choice or not), or one of the other (by choice or not), or neither. It was long overdue. This old idea that just because a bow hunter has a firearm while hunting may cause him/her to all of a sudden become a poacher has always been ridiculous.

I'd say with regard to gun laws and personal responsibility, we (in Louisiana), are evolving! And, that is the way they amend Statutes.

Are you an attorney???? Lol that sounds good, you are right it's long over due, if we want to break the law we will do it, weather or not we carry a pistol will not change that during bow season.. Baby steps , baby steps in the right direction

 

[pecka]

It means, you could (by choice or not), already carry the .22 with the rat shot while bow hunting. And now you can carry any firearm with you (by choice or not), along with the .22 (by choice or not), or one of the other (by choice or not), or neither. It was long overdue. This old idea that just because a bow hunter has a firearm while hunting may cause him/her to all of a sudden become a poacher has always been ridiculous.

I'd say with regard to gun laws and personal responsibility, we (in Louisiana), are evolving! And, that is the way they amend Statutes.

Thanks. Now I understand. But what about federal
owned lands? In particular, Army Corps of Engineers lands. I guess this law wouldn't apply?

 

[Emperor]

Thanks. Now I understand. But what about federal
owned lands? In particular, Army Corps of Engineers lands. I guess this law wouldn't apply?

It would probably NOT apply!