I always enjoy hearing some LEO say that they would or wouldn't do such and such, unfortunately all LEOs have the right to make a judgment call in the field and not all of them will interpret what they see the same way. The worst case I've personally experienced was over expired tags on my vehicle. My tags expired while I was rebuilding a vehicle and the law said that I had 30 days to renew the tags after the vehicle was road worthy. I had a log book on the front seat with a record of everything I'd done to the vehicle along with dates and receipts, they all proved that the vehicle wasn't on the road when the tags expired and that I had just bought the new carburetor that day. I explained all of those facts to the LEO but I ended up being held at gunpoint, searched, and treated like public enemy No. 1 and I got a ticket. I won in court, the LEO got his rear end chewed by the judge. Even though I didn't do anything illegal I still had to put up with being treated like a criminal, including being held at gunpoint while I was patted down in front of my neighbors and I ended up having to go to court, loosing work time and having spent a couple of days creating a brief to present to the judge.
I doubt if you will find any regulations that say you can't carry a gun in the woods during hunting season but most fish and wildlife regulations say that you can't hunt without without a valid hunting license and if the warden finds you carrying a gun along with your buddy who is legally hunting I think that it's a fair chance that you'll have a hard time explaining that you really weren't hunting.
I like the idea of pulling the bolt, it's pretty easy to prove you aren't hunting if the rifle can't be fired.
I doubt if you will find any regulations that say you can't carry a gun in the woods during hunting season but most fish and wildlife regulations say that you can't hunt without without a valid hunting license and if the warden finds you carrying a gun along with your buddy who is legally hunting I think that it's a fair chance that you'll have a hard time explaining that you really weren't hunting.
I like the idea of pulling the bolt, it's pretty easy to prove you aren't hunting if the rifle can't be fired.