HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden

checking headers i get the above code, on my other sites i receive HTTP/1.1 200 OK
do i need to change something?
even pages i want a 404 returned show a 403
is

# REQUEST METHODS FILTERED
# This filter is for blocking junk bots and spam bots from making a HEAD request, but may also block some
# HEAD request from bots that you want to allow in certains cases. This is not a security filter and is just
# a nuisance filter. This filter will not block any important bots like the google bot. If you want to allow
# all bots to make a HEAD request then remove HEAD from the Request Method filter.
# The TRACE, DELETE, TRACK and DEBUG request methods should never be allowed against your website.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(HEAD|TRACE|DELETE|TRACK|DEBUG) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L]

the reason, so google will still see a 200ok and 404 but this bot i,m testing with is thought a bad bot?

So if i want to allow bots for header what do i do exactly?
Do i remove all code above from htaccess, or just the HEAD from
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(HEAD|TRACE|DELETE|TRACK|DEBUG) [NC]
if so will it not get re written next time i add custom code to .htaccess in BP

This filter will not block any important bots like the google bot. If you want to allow
# all bots to make a HEAD request then remove HEAD from the Request Method filter.
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