Taking game with a firearm during bow season prohibited

(1) Except as provided in this section, no person shall knowingly take game with a firearm during bow season. (2) This section shall not apply to a person who: (a) Uses a firearm permitted by law to take game permitted by law to be taken during bow season; or (b) Kills, attempts to kill, wounds, or attempts to wound an animal in self- defense, in defense of another person, or in defense of property, or as provided in KRS 150.172.