Mechanicals and barbed broadheads are not allowed. You are completely legal to carry a side arm while you are archery hunting.

 

Just as TheTone said. I carry sidearm all the time, Any more I am more worried about wolves than moutain lions. Had one stock and charge within 15 feet of me 2 years ago not 30 miles from Mccall.

 

Looks like i need a new set of BH's and and extra clip for my .45...

 

This may sound like an odd question but since i want to hunt general season with a bow in a "low velocity" area do i need to get an archery permit. Or will a general permit work? Sorry guys, never hunted Idaho before.

 

just google Idaho fish and game. You can view the rules online.

 

No lighted sights

 

You only need an archery permit for archery only seasons which would also require a bowhunter education class. I only carry 6 rounds in my 44 single action and 6+1 on my 45 ultra compact. No lighted or magnified sights not even an led mounted in the sight.

 

27" arrow and 40# draw and 300 grain arrow minimum.

 

Any thing else i should be concerned with?

McCall area? I've hunted around there a lot. Advice: Get on the stair stepper at the gym and don't get off until you fall off......daily! That country is "on edge" but great elk/deer country.

Wolves: Even the locals lots of time don't know about the current population of wolves in certain areas (canyons). It's worth some phone calls to the forest service supervisors and the game wardens that cover the area you are going. If wolves have moved into an area then the elk hunting will be almost non-existant. IE the Copper Basin of central ID. This can change, keep in touch with these folks. DO NOT rely on your family friend to know this stuff.

 

Archery Equipment
In any hunt, including general any-weapon seasons and shortrange
hunts, it is unlawful to pursue or kill big game animals:
•  With arrows or bolts having broadheads measuring less than
7/8 inch in width and having a primary cutting edge less
than 0.015 inch thick.
•  With any bow having a peak draw weight of less than 40
pounds up to or at a draw of 28 inches or any crossbow
having a peak draw weight of less than 150 pounds.
•  With an arrow or bolt wherein the broadhead does not
precede shaft and nock.
•  With any chemicals or explosives attached to the arrow or
bolt.
• With arrows or bolts having expanding broadheads.
•  With arrows or bolts having barbed broadheads, which is
a broadhead with any portion of which forms an angle less
than 90 degrees with the shaft or ferrule.
•  With any electronic or tritium-powered device attached to an
arrow, bolt or bow. Except disabled archery permit holders
may use a nonmagnifying sight with battery powered or
tritium lighted reticles.
•  With any bow capable of shooting more than one arrow at a
time.
• With any compound bow set at more than 85 percent let-off.
•  With an arrow or bolt, and broadhead with a combined total
weight of less than 300 grains.
•  With an arrow less than 24 inches from broadhead to nock
inclusive.
•  With a bolt (crossbow) less than 12 inches from broadhead
to nock inclusive.
Archery Only Season
Any person hunting in an archery only season, including
controlled hunts, must have in their possession their license
with archery permit validation. During an archery-only season,
it is illegal for hunters to use any firearm or implement other
than a longbow, compound bow or recurve bow in compliance
with general archery equipment requirements, or:
•  Any bow equipped with magnifying sights.
•  Any device that holds a bow at partial or full draw. Except
hunters possessing a disabled archery permit may use a
device that holds a bow at partial or full draw. Applications
for the use of devices holding a bow at partial or full draw
by disabled hunters are available at Fish and Game offices.
•  Any crossbow. Except disabled hunters possessing a permit
may use a crossbow. Applications for the use of crossbows
by disabled hunters are available at Fish and Game offices.

 

Archery and Muzzleloader Permits
Any person hunting in an "archery only" season, including
controlled hunts, must have their license with archery permit
validation.
Any person hunting in a muzzleloader only season, including
controlled hunts must have their license with muzzleloader
permit validation.

Directly from regs. Seems pretty specific to ARCHERY ONLY HUNTS as I read it.