loaded handgun in pack while hiking

[scr83jp]

Sequoia National Forest. I can bring a rifle and have a hunting license, but a rifle is a lot to lug around if not hunting. The question of hunting with handguns after getting into the woods was also answered. I can pack pistols to the shooting spot. I like the idea of an airweight 38+p for a "just in case" situation. Like, "hand over your wallet"...it's right here in my pack. Or ask the zombie to hold one moment while I rustle through my pack.

What's the difference with Sequoia it's still a national forest. I always carried 2 handguns on family backpacking hikes in the Klamath NF when we were heading out to camp and go fishing,a 4" Ruger .357 SS Security Six loaded with my own special pocket rockets in a holster on my hip & a Walther PPK S 380 hidden but accessible but I was a deputized peace officer & had a CCW issued for protection. When I visited Montana I was told I could keep a loaded handgun on the seat or dash in the car with me but couldn't carry it concealed until I entered USFS or BLM land different rules in different states.When I started attending the Univ of AZ in 1961 I noticed guys riding around on their honda motor bikes with 1 or 2 holstered revolvers on their hips it was legal to carry them openly but not concealed.

[Rule .308]

I just came back from Sequoia. Rules for the park are no firearms and no hunting. Any firearms brought into the park must be locked up. (So say the rangers I spoke with and signs that I saw) I don't know where you are headed, but at least the part of the park along the General's Highway, that's the situation.

Sequoia National Park is in Sequioa National Forest but they are two entirely different things. I've been to both and you can rest assured that the National Forest segment is covered with armed hunters during deer season. While they are both on the western side of the Sierra Nevadas you cannot physically drive from the park section right into the other or vice versa, you have to come down out of the mountains, traverse across the flatlands for a ways and then re-enter the mountains to go from one to the other.

[rayra]

I just came back from Sequoia. Rules for the park are no firearms and no hunting. Any firearms brought into the park must be locked up. (So say the rangers I spoke with and signs that I saw) I don't know where you are headed, but at least the part of the park along the General's Highway, that's the situation.

Sequoia Park and Sequoia Forest are two different sets of rules.

[dexter9659]

It doesn't do you ANY good in your pack, I can't think of a worse place to cary a pistol.

you might want to look into a fanny pack holster, many states use those for unloaded concealed cary.

what type of land will you be hiking on? it may be legal for you to just sling a rifle over your shoulder

Agreed!!

[Rumpled]

Be careful of the Sequoia National Monument as well.
Most of it is former National Forest, but they proably treat it like National Park now. I'm not positvie, but you're gonna wanna check that, too.

[sargenv]

I do believe National Monuments allow firearms and hunting. National parks do not, and National Forests usually do. If in doubt, I'd check the rules for the specific Monument, park, or forest. Sometimes there are seasonal restrictions.

[Chukar hunter]

one more thing to worry about......

If the hiking is within the "Historic" condor area, you can not have lead ammunition..... check with fish and game....

[gibbygoo]

If the hiking is within the "Historic" condor area, you can not have lead ammunition..... check with fish and game....

http://dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/condor/

http://dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/condor/docs/LeadInformation.pdf

[packnrat]

If the hiking is within the "Historic" condor area, you can not have lead ammunition..... check with fish and game....

only while hunting.

plinking you can shoot any kind of shot...go figure.




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[Whitesmoke]

If the hiking is within the "Historic" condor area, you can not have lead ammunition..... check with fish and game....

Not true....you can't have it while "hunting".

[vandal]

So you can carry a concealed handgun while hunting. In the California Condor areas you can't have lead ammo if you are hunting. So in Condor areas either you're NOT hunting and your concealed handgun is illegal, or you ARE hunting and your lead JHP ammo is illegal.

I guess you just have to CCW with non-lead ammo. So I would go .45 ACP!

[Rover]

Ok. So does this mean that I can pack a concealed pistol when I'm fishing off the Santa Monica Pier just as long as I have a fishing license?

If anyone wants to try this, be sure to let us all know how it turns out.

I'm curious about that too, I have my fishing liscense and at least 1 pole in my trunk at all times, so technicly I'm always on my way to go fishing, don't want to be the test pilot for that, but would love to know the results.

[sacgsxr]

I'm curious about that too, I have my fishing liscense and at least 1 pole in my trunk at all times, so technicly I'm always on my way to go fishing, don't want to be the test pilot for that, but would love to know the results.

Me too. CCW while fishing? Seems unlikely.

[sacgsxr]

I'm curious about that too, I have my fishing liscense and at least 1 pole in my trunk at all times, so technicly I'm always on my way to go fishing, don't want to be the test pilot for that, but would love to know the results.

this link seems to have some info on it.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?p=1472182

[JDay]

What's the difference with Sequoia it's still a national forest. I always carried 2 handguns on family backpacking hikes in the Klamath NF when we were heading out to camp and go fishing,a 4" Ruger .357 SS Security Six loaded with my own special pocket rockets in a holster on my hip & a Walther PPK S 380 hidden but accessible but I was a deputized peace officer & had a CCW issued for protection. When I visited Montana I was told I could keep a loaded handgun on the seat or dash in the car with me but couldn't carry it concealed until I entered USFS or BLM land different rules in different states.When I started attending the Univ of AZ in 1961 I noticed guys riding around on their honda motor bikes with 1 or 2 holstered revolvers on their hips it was legal to carry them openly but not concealed.

Thats the nice thing about Arizona, legal loaded open carry.