But the state law is messy, and confusing. Sending someone to prison for hunting with a crossbow is uncool. Once that occurs, none of the above are applicable in any circumstance.īe careful with this. I would second the encouragement to seek expungement. That is too much of a misnomer for me to risk personally. Its almost like half permitted but not really.Īgain, I emphasize the importance of understanding the interpretation by an agent, peace officer, or any other law enforcement official. You may be permitted under State statute with the exceptions above noted, but you never will be permitted under Federal statute. In the event that felons do receive permission to possess hunting weapons for the purposes of hunting, it is extremely regulated. In no cases are felons with a violent record permitted to carry weapons by law. The statutes for felons in possession of a weapon are not going to permit interpretation by the felon or his attorney should he be found in possession of a crossbow, or any other hunting weapon. However, if you are a felon, and not on probation or parole, you are still to follow the same regulations for possessing a weapon of any sort, even in the field hunting. I would even go as far as getting permission from the DNR as well. Until you are discharged from that probation and at least two years have passed (it could be 5?), you should not possess any weapons, archery or firearm unless you have written permission from the Attorney General and State Police. Parole=no weapons period.įelony Probation - the same sanctions apply, especially with MDOC. If you are on parole and caught with a crossbow, you are definitely going back to prison. I'd strongly prefer not to spend more than $100 if possible.Click to expand.If you are on Parole - and you are caught with a plastic gun. I've seen several on Amazon for sub-$100 which is ideal. I was wondering if anyone here has a good recommendation on an inexpensive mini/pistol crossbow that would work fine for this purpose. Anyway, I started looking into it more and for some reason 'crossbow' crossed my mind - it seems like a pretty effective way to take care of small game. And I'd have to probably try to shoot from indoors (with our french doors swung open) so that the noise factor isn't something that would cause a nosy neighbor to start watching. Pellet guns were mentioned but I don't like the idea of shooting one at such close quarters - no more than 20-30feet out. I have a live trap to trap them but I'm looking for clean ways to dispatch them (humanely) as well as getting rid of the loose ones both quietly and effectively, without ricochets. We are planning to plant new plants in our yard and have a few fruit trees - these guys pretty much stole all the apricots off the apricot tree as soon as they were ripe. They are not protected and can be captured and killed (it's illegal to relocate them) particularly if they are causing damage to your property. The outside of our property line belongs to the city and there are a number of ground squirrel burrows. We are having issues with ground squirrels in our yard.

Pistol crossbow hunting