Cleveland National Forest, RAW questions

[Jackpot]

Hello everyone, I’m new to the site and a new hunter. I have my license and was planning on hunting coyotes since I can do it year around. I had a question on the legality of hunting with a RAW in the Cleveland National Forest. Specifically a BBRAW. Is it legal? I couldn’t find anything on CNF website stating anything. Any info would be appreciate.

 

[longbowhunter2]

Raw = ?
BBRAW = ?

 

[Jackpot]

Registered Assault Weapon

 

[Jackpot]

Bullet Button Assault Weapon

 

[Lungpopper]

If it’s registered as an Assault weapon you can not hunt with it

 

[longbowhunter2]

Talk to an attorney.

 

[GUNDOGLOVER]

You do know this is California right?

 

[longbowhunter2]

If it’s registered as an Assault weapon you can not hunt with it

Did not know, you had answered

 

[Jackpot]

Ya, I am aware it’s California.lol. Thanks for the responses. I guess I will just give it a go with my shotgun then. Should’ve never registered the damn thing.

 

[longbowhunter2]

Ya, I am aware it’s California.lol. Thanks for the responses. I guess I will just give it a go with my shotgun then. Should’ve never registered the damn thing.

Buy low end hunting rifle

 

[Jackpot]

Ya, that’s what I’ll probably do. What’s the odds of a newbie like myself getting coyotes close enough for a shotgun?

 

[Lungpopper]

You can still use it for coyotes in AZ.
Just sayin.

 

[longbowhunter2]

Ya, that’s what I’ll probably do. What’s the odds of a newbie like myself getting coyotes close enough for a shotgun?

It works, just up wind, well concealed.
Use mouth or electronic calls.
I have had them run right to me.

 

[TheGDog]

You can still use it for coyotes in AZ.
Just sayin.

Hrmm...$160 for non-resident license. Damn, now you put some thoughts in my head. Know a place where a bunch live.

Ya, that’s what I’ll probably do. What’s the odds of a newbie like myself getting coyotes close enough for a shotgun?

You'd be surprised. My first one I shot (which unfortunately I didn't recover, even though I tracked him far), he meandered in after I'd finished using a mouth-call and gathered my pack and dropped down into this draw and was en route to next spot. Was going up this draw when "Doh!" I see him bopping along in the bottom of this draw trying up ahead of me trying to get himself down-wind of where I just had been at while blowing the call.

So: Wait a bit after you finally decide to stop calling, in case he's straggling on the way in. AND... most importantly... if you shoot him and he goes down, if he moves AT ALL shoot him again! It's INSANE the amount of pain they can take and still run! I shot him... he barrel-rolled mid-air... fell to the ground... was rocking back-and-forth a little bit, figure YES! I'd finally done it... then S.O.B. if he didn't get back up, turn to look back at me... then take off running. I figured yeah whatever like 40-50yds. Nope! I tracked his blood trail like 250yds! Down into a ravine! Even found where he'd hidden himself and laid down within a gnarled up Juniper. Until the trail finally just ran dry. So if you hit him? Hit him AGAIN!

 

[TheGDog]

If it’s registered as an Assault weapon you can not hunt with it

Did NOT know that! Well, glad I went the featureless route with a Thorsden stock.

 

[DojaDr]

80% all the way mang!!! Can’t take what they don’t know you have .....IMHO.

 

[TheGDog]

Buy low end hunting rifle

If you go this route, check out this post showing how I camo'd out my cheapie Remington 783 .223 Rem

https://schoutdoors.com/threads/camo-painting-the-223.14012/

 

[TheGDog]

Which part of CNF? Northern or Southern?

 

[DojaDr]

If you go this route, check out this post showing how I camo'd out my cheapie Remington 783 .223 Rem

https://schoutdoors.com/threads/camo-painting-the-223.14012/

Duracoat. I love that product. Let me know if you need any tips.

 

[Snake Charmer]

Never used anything more than a pair Levi's and a t-shirt (any color) and a blued and walnut stocked model 700 and a mouth blown varmint call, never kept count but I would guess a couple hundred, right place right time and observing the presence of vermin I think is what it is all about...