Hunting with stone points legal?

[Ballasted_Bowyer]

I can't seem to find anything about oregon's position. Their definition of a barbless point only mentions shape.

[Ed Brooks]

I'm in WA, so I don't know how OR is written up but I have seen a video on you tube from Shawn Woods, he killed a deer with stone in the video in OR. Ed

[nclonghunter]

Did a quick search and all I saw was 7/8 wide and no barb. My understanding of barb is anything from 90degree backwards. 90 degree from the shaft or a lottle forward is okay. Look at modern steel points. I will add that I do not like a 90 degree from the shaft because it can also make an arrow difficult to back out. A slightly forward angle will allow it. Not really an issue unless you make a bad hit and the animal can not pull the arrow out. The old bear broadhead is a good profile design.

[Ballasted_Bowyer]

Nclonghunter, I saw that too. The thing is sometimes regulation gets understood by enforcement in unexpected ways. 'Sharp blades' could somehow imply iron in a lawyers mind. I once went to go put a fabric over a wood frame and the city came by and told me the word 'rigid' in the city code which I had read means a metal frame. So I put up a rickety metal frame from the general store and they were happy.

[Pat B]

I called the head law enforcement guy with the NC DNR and asked him to explain what a barbed broadhead was. He thought for a minute then said that it couldn't look like a fish hook. I told him that none of my arrowheads looked like fish hooks. He thought for another minute and said...you better ask the officer that was writing the ticket.
 Simple answer is, most of the "experts" don't know. I guess it is up to the guy writing the ticket.

[Stringman]

That's classic, Pat!

So, "forgiveness rather than permission" comes to mind... 

[Ed Brooks]

Here in WA, they had to pull the no backward facing barb out of the regs. When they started to allow mechanical broad heads two yrs ago.

[Pat B]

Yeah, Scott. When it comes to our type of hunting gear the officials know very little about it.

[mullet]

It sounds the same as Florida. Here you can shoot wood or plastic if it is 7/8" wide. And, I've never had a Game Officer measure a point and never do anything more then think it was cool when checking in an animal harvested with stone.