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If I'm with a hunting party but not carrying a gun am I legal without a license ? I will simply be handling my dog , no other persons will have a back up gun and I will have no shells or anything on me .

What y'all think ?

70 sprig wrote:If I'm with a hunting party but not carrying a gun am I legal without a license ? I will simply be handling my dog , no other persons will have a back up gun and I will have no shells or anything on me .

What y'all think ?

What I been told By thecookie monster is that if your in a hunting party your hunting. I asked a question about My wife going with Me duck hunting just to watch and take photo's I was told she needed a license.

Not the answer I was lookin for

I got an invite over for the arkie opener and I've never taken a hunter's safety course cause due to age I don't need one here , but in arkie I would need one to buy a license . This will be my pup's first year in the blind so I was gonna use this trip to get his feet wet .

Did you know you have to have a license for your dog in AR? (use to anyway) Here's what I was told...as long as there were only enough guns for the actual hunt participants it was ok. Been checked before by a GW while doing just what you asked and he was cool with it. I have taken my wife hunting SEVERAL times and no problems yet. Don't trust me on this stuff...you had better check into it for yourself through the AR game and fish dept.

im not sure, but ive ask the same question before. they told me to talk to the GW where the hunting was taken place. after all, he will be HIS decision to write or not write you a ticket.

I was always under the assumption that without a gun your okay.

We got checked last year and one of the guys with us didn't have a gun or a license and he wasn't ticketed or anything.

Axe Wingman... he might know

Got Chocolate? wrote:im not sure, but ive ask the same question before. they told me to talk to the GW where the hunting was taken place. after all, he will be HIS decision to write or not write you a ticket.

got a another question out of this comment....is a ticket for hunting w/o a license cheaper than buying the license itself? j/k

There is an old case that basically says that one in the field with gun and shells is presumed to be hunting. I say the reverse would be true. I think I could get you off!

Send me a retainer and I will be on standby for you!!!!!

MemphisStockBroker wrote:Axe Wingman... he might know

who you think is the cookie monster just kidding it was the other cookie monster that told Me

I've wondered the same. Like somebody said, what if you do take a wife/girlfriend just to watch????? Same reg's would apply to just sitting in a duck blind. I can see how the flip side could be argued, too. 3 folks in a blind, 2 guns, the two with guns finish a limit real quick ......can the third guy fill in a limit as well?? I would want to say yes. So, Mr. Green Jeans would probably call you hunting in either case. Joe Ward would, you can bet on that!

Enlighten us, SB, WIngman.....

I have had the wardens tell me that as long as they did not have a gun, and there were no "extra guns" that they were fine.

caller1 wrote:I've wondered the same. Like somebody said, what if you do take a wife/girlfriend just to watch????? Same reg's would apply to just sitting in a duck blind. I can see how the flip side could be argued, too. 3 folks in a blind, 2 guns, the two with guns finish a limit real quick ......can the third guy fill in a limit as well?? I would want to say yes. So, Mr. Green Jeans would probably call you hunting in either case. Joe Ward would, you can bet on that!

Most eveytime i have been checked was on the way out.
So in that case, they should decide if they are going to get ticketted for two people being 6 ducks over the limit or the 3rd party to be ticketted for hunting without a license. Also, are the ducks tagged with your name? whose name?

GulfCoast wrote:I have had the wardens tell me that as long as they did not have a gun, and there were no "extra guns" that they were fine.

That is true unless the laws have changed in AR in the past three year. I took my wife with us on a hunt in AR. No license, no gun and no ducks in her possession. The warden was ok with it. You don't have to buy a license to bird watch. Just make sure you are not personally in possession of any shot shells and no one in your party brings an extra gun and you should be ok.