Been searched twice by LDWF when leaving Pearl River WMA by the exit. Both times checked licenses and then just asked to see the weapon I was hunting with.

Don't really wanna risk taking a chance on getting caught with a pistol during bow season and end up with a nice hefty ticket, or warden trying to confiscate my gun or possibly a deer if I was lucky enough to get one.

ETA: I've been hunting Big Branch NWR mostly lately and there's nothing that I saw in the BB regulations that prohibit carrying a pistol, so I do carry it there. Just wish the WMA's would allow it too.

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Posted by AlxTgr

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 2:22 pm to Tiger Prawn

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I've been hunting Big Branch NWR mostly lately and there's nothing that I saw in the BB regulations that prohibit carrying a pistol, so I do carry it there

Man, you're playing with fire there. You cannot have any firearm on the NWR during bow season at all.

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Each person who hunts on a National Wildlife Refuge must have the required state license(s) required by the refuge, as well as any permits and/or user fees. The National Wildlife Refuge System Act of 1966, other laws and the Fish and Wildlife Service’s policy permit hunting on a refuge when it is compatible with the purposes for which the refuge was established and acquired. For additional information, go to: LINK /.

The law does not differentiate between concealed handguns under state permit and long guns (rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders) and it applies to all firearms, which are defined as a weapon designed to fire a projectile by the use of an explosive charge. All Federal firearms statutes remain unchanged.

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