Is it legal

[Moosemaple]

Does any one know if it is legal to carry two guns afield during regular deer season? Both rifles and hand guns center fire are legal in the area's that I hunt, as long as the hand gun barrel is less then 16 inches long. I want to take a hand gun (270) and rifle with me to my ground blind. Where I am set up I can shoot any where from 250 yards and as close as 25 yards.

[pawle76]

Yes it is legal.

[G-Man]

yes its legal

[bubba]

I concur

[Santamour123]

hope so I have done it for years!!!!!!!!

[Moosemaple]

Thanks everyone I just wanted to be sure. I could not find any information in the regulations guide.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Yep legal. I usually carry my 40 with me.

[the blur]

Not if you don't have a pistol permit

[fasteddie]

Thanks everyone I just wanted to be sure. I could not find any information in the regulations guide.

I had a DEC guy get pissy with me once when I asked him a question . I told him that I couldn't find anything in the Regs stating that using a decoy . He snapped back , "if it doesn't say anything in the regulations that it's illegal then it is legal" !

[Elmo]

What's the DEC's email address if I want to ask them a question regarding hunting regulations?

[WNYBuckHunter]

The regional email addys and other contact info is here...

http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/558.html

[RobC]

a .270 handgun that sounds interesting. never seen one before.

[bubba]

a .270 handgun that sounds interesting. never seen one before.

encore oh yeah

[Pygmy]

I have a stand in a hedgerow that I somtimes hunt during deer season. It also happens to be on a flyway that geese often fly over. I have hunted it several times with my XP-100 pistol in .260 ( which now belongs to Lawdwaz) or my rifle, PLUS my Browning Citori. I have not killed a buck from the stand yet, although I have seen several. I have, however killed a few geese, including one that I THOUGHT was a snow goose flying with Canadas, but turned out to be a feral white domestic goose.. Damn thing flew just as good as the Canadas he was flying with.

[WNYBuckHunter]

a .270 handgun that sounds interesting. never seen one before.

Heres one chambered in 260

and my first kill with it. Fox was taken at 80 yards.

[Elmo]

Thanks, WNYBuckHunter. I called the numbers you gave me, got a voicemail, left a message, and they called me back within 20 minutes and answered all my questions.

[WNYBuckHunter]

No problem Elmo, they are a great resource. Email response time can go a week or more though. Especially this time of year.