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If they are just to illuminate your pins of your sight you are fine, if they project a beam towards the animal you are not fine. I use one because of how dark it gets sooner then outside when in the ground blind.
 
I only ask because I went to purchase one last night at a well known sports store and the guy told me that they are illegal in Iowa. I was looking for the sight light for my hoyt which they didnt have so when asking if i could order one he told me they were illegal in iowa. thanks for the quick response.
 
That is the first I have heard of that. I guess I am illegal then. I liked to see the ruling of that myself. You have peaked my interest
 
That was the first i had heard of it also but being pretty new to the bowhunting thing i thought maybe he was right but asked a couple friends and they were unaware of it also. I will do some more checking and will see if I can find anything. If i hear anything I will post it.
 
I checked the DNR website under restrictions for Archery and they had nothing listed that I could find. Just said that you must have a arrow 18" or longer to bow hunt that is it and no exploding broadheads or chemically laced broadheads.
 
I called the hoyt dealer I bought it from and he said the only time you have a problem is when registering it in boone & crocket or P&Y. Other than that it is legal to use.
 
That is a questions I never was asked by my P&Y scorer. Kind of odd they would ask you that question
 
Lights shining onto your fiber optics or pins are legal, just can't get into any record books if they aid in your harvest. The guy at the store was wrong.
 
Muddy is correct.

In this state, you can use artificial means to illuminate your pins. However, if you take an animal using artificially-illuminated pins, it is disqualified from being entered in the Pope & Young record book under the current P&Y regulations.

Quite honestly, if you find yourself needing supplemental illumination on your pins, it's probably a little too dark for you to be shooting anyway. Just my opinion, though........
 
Nebraskawhitetail, I believe he was talking about the low-light situation of being in a blind...
 
Dang it, I better take off that spot light I just made a bracket for that mounts to my bow
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Matt I only use the light when in the ground blind. Loose about a half hour of light if not more when in a blind compared to sitting in a tree but besides that you have a valid point
 
Yeah, that makes sense. Never thought about the ground blind issue. I think the P&Y regs still apply though, no matter what you are shooting out of.
 
So if you have a light on your sight but it's not turned on when you harvest your animal then do you technically have a light on your sights or not. My eye Doc said I have trouble seeing in low light and need an aid. If he writes me a perscription for a sight light then they would be descriminating against a visually challenged old man if they wouldn't allow me to enter my harvest.
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My guess Rack, is there's more than one buck in the book taken with a bow that previously had a screw-in sight light.
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My guess Rack, is there's more than one buck in the book taken with a bow that previously had a screw-in sight light.
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Exactly, like I said the P&Y scorer never asked me if I shot it with a bow with a light on the sight.
You will be o.k. Rack
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I'm more concerned about getting a buck in front of me than if I have a light, off or on, attached to my sights. If I get one, I'll worry about the details later. I'm more interested in the Buck, not the book.
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Just raising some hypothetical questions which really don't apply to me anyway.
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