Firearms in Forests and Parks

[JWHuey]

Tagged. For future confusion...lol

[TacticalPlinker]

get a hunting license, don't use lead ammo, if anyone asks the firearm is for coyote hunting.

as for driving, unload it, lock it up.

or get a LTC...good luck with that in Ventura...its really not likely to happen.

I will look into the hunting license next time I stop by Turner's. I'm not a hunter, but I might as well pick up one up, it's one more thing to add to my "resume" (so to speak).

Does a hunting license grant carry privileges and does it only apply during certain times of the year?

As for lead free ammo, is that needed in Los Padres and other areas in/around Ventura County, especially if I'm not specifically hunting?

[nothing4u]

Does a hunting license grant carry privileges and does it only apply during certain times of the year?

Hunting and fishing license grant you the privilege to carry conceal without a CCW while engaged in hunting or fishing, or transporting those firearms unloaded when going to or returning from the hunting or fishing expedition. So long as firearms aren't prohibited where you're at.

Read penal codes 12025 and 12027, the numbering might have been changed.

[mej16489]

I will look into the hunting license next time I stop by Turner's. I'm not a hunter, but I might as well pick up one up, it's one more thing to add to my "resume" (so to speak).

Does a hunting license grant carry privileges and does it only apply during certain times of the year?

As for lead free ammo, is that needed in Los Padres and other areas in/around Ventura County, especially if I'm not specifically hunting?

Lead Free Ammo is required while hunting specific game types (deer, bear, wild pig, elk, and pronghorn antelope, coyotes, ground squirrels, and other non-game wildlife) within the California Condor Lead Free Zone.

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

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/condor/docs/Ridley-TreeCondorPreservationAct.pdf

[dieselpower]

I will look into the hunting license next time I stop by Turner's. I'm not a hunter, but I might as well pick up one up, it's one more thing to add to my "resume" (so to speak).

Does a hunting license grant carry privileges and does it only apply during certain times of the year?

As for lead free ammo, is that needed in Los Padres and other areas in/around Ventura County, especially if I'm not specifically hunting?

Turners has a weird Hunting license deal. You do 1/2 the course online paying $25, then drive all the way to LA for a 8 hour class and pay them $35.

Blueline Ammo was doing classes for $10. They are closed til like December since they moved. The classes there were hit and miss and you had to call them to get on a list. Its was a 12 hour class 7am-7pm.

Shooters Paradise is also $10, 12 hours as per the law, but stretched out to 4 days. I think its nights which is good for guys who work.

[TacticalPlinker]

Turners has a weird Hunting license deal. You do 1/2 the course online paying $25, then drive all the way to LA for a 8 hour class and pay them $35.

Blueline Ammo was doing classes for $10. They are closed til like December since they moved. The classes there were hit and miss and you had to call them to get on a list. Its was a 12 hour class 7am-7pm.

Shooters Paradise is also $10, 12 hours as per the law, but stretched out to 4 days. I think its nights which is good for guys who work.

Thanks for the info. I will wait until Blueline re-opens. I remember seeing the sign up sheets when I was there... I'm not driving to LA for Turner's (hence why I love their Oxnard location), and Shooters probably won't work for me because of my job and school schedule.

Again, I'm not a hunter, so it's not something I need immediately, but if helps to keep me out of jail, keeps my firearms from being confiscated and/or keeps me from paying fines, I have no issue obtaining a hunting license.

[socalstag]

well i was planning on getting a hunting license anyways but i shouldn't need one to carry a loaded shotgun for my protection in the woods it's ridculous! i mean ok fine regulate the city like crazy where you have an excuse saying cops can protect you but ou in the woods???? are you f*cking serious you think a bear gives a godd*mn about the law or a pot grower protectiong his crop! this is utter bull.

[GMANtt]

Going camping in January at a rented campsite in a San Mateo County Park. I'm assuming any kind of carry is illegal?

[Hoooper]

this thread brings ridiculous confusion. So as I understand it, loaded firearms are prohibited in state parks even while camped? I am going to be doing some car camping and am trying to figure out if its illegal to carry loaded in a vehicle that you are actively camping in (ie: at a campground, sleeping in vehicle). Any thoughts as to whether car camping in those conditions even counts as a campsite?

Probably need to get ahold of the park service for this one, but on of the locations is shown as National Forest, but the campground is a snow-park run by the state parks, WTF does that qualify as?

[Anchors]

Okay so I'm going to Redwood National Park.
I'm not sure if they have a shooting restriction (very likely, I will check).
But if they restrict discharge, then you can't LOC and now can't UOC due to new law. You can't LCC without a permit.
Your campsite is exempt from these carry restrictions.
A hunting license will exempt you since coyote season is year round and a pistol is a legal method of take as long as you're not in a "condor zone", if you are then it must be lead free ammo (since it is technically for hunting).


Is this correct??

[ChadMLane]

So if I'm in a National Forest where firearms are permitted I can UOC correct? How about LOC?

While in in that National Forest and I come across within a 150 yards of a road, do I have to put my unloaded gun into a lock box to move across the road?


Thanks,
Chad

[Google it Research]

The biggest issue seems to be who responds and their interpretation. I used NP a lot but even after speaking with rangers I'm hesitant to carry unless I'm in pursuit of game.

[Andrew92]

What are the current laws for shooting/carrying a long gun In a national forest?

[The Geologist]

What are the current laws for shooting/carrying a long gun In a national forest?

See post No. 1

[crazy]

(2) A violation of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not
exceeding one year, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars
($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment, if both of the
following conditions exist:
(A) The handgun and unexpended ammunition capable of being
discharged from that handgun are in the immediate possession of that
person.

I haven't read the entire thread but did see this in PC 26350. Does this change People v. Clark. If I'm getting it wrong, don't jump my poo.

When I'm going to the range, where is the ammo supposed to go?