“It wasn’t hunting season.”
This is an aspect of this case I’d like to see explored further. In some states carrying a hunting arm out of season is prima facie evidence of violating hunting laws. could this have been the issue here?
I’d like to take up bow hunting, but I wonder about the 44mag handgun I would also want to carry for bear/cat defense. It used to be my home state disallowed any firearms carried on the person during bow season. Crazy.
A few years ago I was taking a painting workshop (art) in Arizona’s red rock desert country. The instructor had a 44 mag in his belt. He said a woman in a previous class had objected to the gun and then a rattlesnake crawled out from under a rock and the instructor nailed it. She changed her mind about him carrying a gun after that.
It is allowed in Arizona