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Muzzleloader Hunting
Is this where muzzleloading is going?!
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<blockquote data-quote="CMP70306" data-source="post: 2878273" data-attributes="member: 36999"><p>Not so much here in PA, we are losing hunters by the thousands and have trouble meeting the harvest goals as is. Sooner or later it will be changed but it still won't be a high impact season as most people are done deer hunting for the year by then. </p><p> </p><p>The funniest part about the situation is a few years back people requested an early muzzleloader season for bucks and the PGC said no claiming that they couldn't sustain that level of harvest before the rut. Now archery is taking almost 50% of the bucks prior to the rut and they keep increasing the length of the archery season. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Depends on the challenge, I hunted with a flintlock for a few years but when the PGC changed to buck only for the first week of rifle I switched to an inline to make up for the lost week of rifle doe hunting. Now I have a suppressed smokeless muzzleloader barrel I switch onto my regular rifle for that week but if given the option I'd rather they change the season to allow straightwalls so I can hunt that week with my 1874 Sharps or 1873 Winchester for more of a challenge.</p><p> </p><p>Now if they would add a flintlock season for bucks in November I'd break it back out again and probably buy a much nicer one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CMP70306, post: 2878273, member: 36999"] Not so much here in PA, we are losing hunters by the thousands and have trouble meeting the harvest goals as is. Sooner or later it will be changed but it still won’t be a high impact season as most people are done deer hunting for the year by then. The funniest part about the situation is a few years back people requested an early muzzleloader season for bucks and the PGC said no claiming that they couldn’t sustain that level of harvest before the rut. Now archery is taking almost 50% of the bucks prior to the rut and they keep increasing the length of the archery season. Depends on the challenge, I hunted with a flintlock for a few years but when the PGC changed to buck only for the first week of rifle I switched to an inline to make up for the lost week of rifle doe hunting. Now I have a suppressed smokeless muzzleloader barrel I switch onto my regular rifle for that week but if given the option I’d rather they change the season to allow straightwalls so I can hunt that week with my 1874 Sharps or 1873 Winchester for more of a challenge. Now if they would add a flintlock season for bucks in November I’d break it back out again and probably buy a much nicer one. [/QUOTE]
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