Whats legal in your State for arrows/heads (highlights)

[Ed Brooks]

I was thinking this may be interesting to see what the states list as lawful to hunt big game with.

From Washington State DF&WL

Broad head must be unbarbed, at least 7/8” wide with two cutting edges, & completely closed at the back end, (they do not mention arrowhead materials, so stone and bone are in)

It is unlawful to hunt big game with a retractable broadhead.

Arrow must be at least 20” long and have a 6 grain per pound of draw weight. (40lbs draw at 28” min) with a minimum of 300 gr arrow wt. (you do the math Washington didn't)

Happy Hunting!

[seabass]

ohio has the 7/8 width,two cutting edges.stone points are legal,but not barbed.40# draw minimum.pretty close to your state regs.

[bubby]

Ca is 7/8" stone is o.k. and the bow must cast a hunting weight arrow 120 yds

[Olanigw (Pekane)]

The VT fish and game law digest states that broadheads must be 7/8" wide and the bow must have a draw weight of 35# or more.

[TRACY]

Indiana is chert,flint and obsidian points of no specific size or weight. There is a 35lb minimum draw weight on bows to be legal.


Tracy

[turtle]

ohio has the 7/8 width,two cutting edges.stone points are legal,but not barbed.40# draw minimum.pretty close to your state regs.

Ohio lowered the minimum  broadhead width to 3/4 a couple of years ago.

[Pappy]

Don't know about Tennessee,never ask and never been ask in 40 + years of bowhunting I have never had equipment checked,been checked for Lic. and Orange in gun season but they have never ask about my equipment,well once     a warden ask if I really hunt with that stuff. I have heard no barbs/stone is OK and must launch an arrow 100 yards  guess I should read the regs but the last time I looked it would take a Philadelphia lawyer to understand all of it.
   Pappy

[Slackbunny]

In New Brunswick, broadheads must be 20mm (3/4 inch) wide minimum. Also:

• Arrowheads and arrow shafts or bolts and
bolt shafts used in hunting cannot be
barbed, coated with poison, equipped with
rippers or designed to explode.
• Arrows or bolts tipped with small game field
points may be used while hunting small game.

Not sure what "rippers" are, and no mention of stone or bone points. I wonder if the serations on stone points count as rippers?

Also it is unlawful to possess a bow with a draw weight less than 20kg in a resort of wildlife, even if you aren't hunting.

[Parnell]

In Florida it's pretty much anything goes - material wise, bevels, barbs.  Just needs to be 7/8".

[Patches]

A question for people in states that do not allow barbed points:  Does the regs say that applies to bowfishing tackle too?

[Patches]

I just looked up Missouri's regs.  No minimums on draw weight or broadhead size, or what the broadhead is made from. 

[Ed Brooks]

Patches, in Washington it says no barb for big game, I will have to look to see if we can even bow fish here.

[Trapper Rob]

I ask the warden here in PA he said as long as it's 7/8in cutting edge.

[bubby]

bow fishing you need a fishing license and barbs are cool

[Buckeye Guy]

Bow fishing is fishing not hunting so different regs in OHIO
Most every thing goes for bow fishing except dynamite !!