Hunting Bow Weight Limits in States...

[Dick in Seattle]

I'm wondering what the legal draw weight limits are in different states, particularly those with good pig populations.   Here in WA, it's 40# for "Big Game".   I don't know that we have feral hogs.  I've heard there there might be a few, but certainly not the huntable populations we hear of down South.

Any info on draw weight limits, tag requirements, etc. would be appreciated.   It's probably just a dream on my part, but the possibility of getting a pig with Howard's bow or one I made myself sure sticks in my mind...

[Stone Knife]

In New York state your bow has to be above 35# for big game. Not a lot of pigs there are supposed to be some, I have talked to people who have seen them, but a waist of time to come here to hunt them at the present time.

[KYArcher]

Ky used to have a 35# limit I believe , but they dropped that long ago. Very few pigs here in KY.

[Dick in Seattle]

You guys are a big help! Nice weight limits, but no pigs... :^)   Actually, I'm glad see those 35# limits... that would put me in the game.  Now, if I could just combine that with somewhere that the piggies are trained to trot into camp...

[Tree Killer]

Oregon is 40# for deer, 50# for elk.

[Zbearclaw]

Many states consider pigs to be non-game, or small game and have little in restrictions.

Good luck.  GA used to be #45 for big game but I think they re-wrote it to mention other stats as a determining factor.

[Wannabe1]

Dick, I'm not 100% but, seems like I heard there were some wild pig populations in Southern Oregon/Northern California. Might check with MikeG to confirm.

[Bill Skinner]

Alabama is 35#.  Pigs are kinda game and kinda pests.  No night hunting, no baiting.  No closed season, no bag limit.  Bill

[Bjorn]

California: 'Cast a legal hunting arrow 130 yards parallel to the ground' whatever the heck that really means.
BH can't pass thru a 7/8" hole. Hunt them during daylight hours 365 days a year.

[Dick in Seattle]

parallel to the ground!!!???   I can't make a big enough smiley face!   Did the guy who wrote that rule ever shoot anything?  BB gun, slingshot, rifle?  Let's see... who's gonna be first to design a traditional laser bow....

[wharvey]

Indiana is 35# but like other states mentioned, has few if any pigs.

I think Texas, a huge pig population, use to be 45# but I don't think that is the case any longer. If memory serves there is now no minimum draw weight given. Just google Texas's hunting regulations. I did that about 6 months ago for several states and had no trouble finding the information.

[Wannabe1]

who's gonna be first to design a traditional laser bow  

Now that's funnier than all get out!!      

[ranger 3]

IL 40#'s

[Jack Denbow]

In Virginia we do not have a weight limit, but you have to be able to shoot any arrow in your possesion 125 yards. Though I have never heard of anyone being checked. It would entail quite a bit of work to enforce.
Jack

[Herb Calvin]

Ohio is 40# for every thing

[rod251]

Here in Louisiana we have no shortage of pigs.  We have a 30 lb. minimum to bowhunt.  I live on the border of a game reserve that is overrun with hogs.  I'm still waiting for my first one with trad tackle, but here is a pic of a boar that fell to my rifle two seasons ago.  I like to put a camera out over some corn during deer season to see what kinda bucks I have lurking behind the house.  This guy was helping himself late one night.  I think I took him a week later about a half-mile behind the house.

[James Wrenn]

40lb stickbow and 35 compound here in NC.

[rod251]

Forgot to mention that photo was in my back yard, about 100 yards from my porch.  While it is legal to hunt over bait on private land here, it is illegal to bait on the game reserve.

[RonD]

As far as I know Mississippi does not have a weight limit on bows. The National Wildlife Refuge about five miles from my house is over run with the critters. I believe that a non-resident hunting license is required, plus the $12.50 refuge permit. You might search the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks for the specifi information that could answer your questions in particular. Even though hogs are plentiful here they are still very difficult to hunt in the delta. If you hunt the refuge here you will have to learn to dance the cottonmouth two step and the rattler twist. The hogs here stay in the heavy cover, but in the fall with the heat being what it is, is is best to scout the waterholes. Don't know if this helps but it's my two cents.

[smokin feathers]

TX now has no weight limit and hog is considered a pest and can be killed any time, any way on private land.