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Motivation for ML hunting restrictions
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<blockquote data-quote="AZShooter" data-source="post: 2833546" data-attributes="member: 5219"><p>NM will be banning scopes on muzzleloaders beginning this fall. Here is their rationalization:</p><p></p><p>"Stewart Liley, head biologist for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, told commissioners on Friday that recent improvements in muzzleloader technology have made the guns nearly as efficient as centerfire rifles. <strong>If the commission wanted to continue to allow the use of scoped muzzleloaders in designated muzzleloader seasons, he said the commission would have to reduce the number of permits </strong>it offers to avoid unsustainable losses to game herds.</p><p></p><p>(<strong><em>IMO fewer permits is preferable to eliminating scopes</em></strong>)</p><p></p><p>"What we're seeing biologically is that the harvest is going to be unsustainable," Liley said of the prospect of continuing to allow scoped muzzleloaders during designated muzzleloader seasons.</p><p></p><p>Liley said he <strong>expects that loss of animals to wounding by muzzleloaders may decrease under the prohibition against scoped muzzleloaders.</strong> </p><p></p><p><em><strong>(Yea right and irons sights are going to help with hits)</strong></em> </p><p></p><p>Although scopes allow hunters to hit animals at long range, he said the animals may not give any indication that they've been hit so hunters may not follow up all their shots. </p><p>(<em><strong>IMO this is a lame excuse)</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Commissioner Roberta Salazar-Henry cast the lone votes against the change on muzzleloaders. She said she was dissatisfied with the game department's public education efforts on the issue and said she was concerned that 17,000 muzzleloader hunters will find out next year that they don't have a chance to use their scoped muzzleloaders anymore."</p><p></p><p>from this article:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://nmwildlife.org/nm-state-game-commission-bans-scopes-on-muzzleloaders/#:~:text=All%20the%20rules%20specify%20that,for%20use%20with%20centerfire%20rifles.[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZShooter, post: 2833546, member: 5219"] NM will be banning scopes on muzzleloaders beginning this fall. Here is their rationalization: "Stewart Liley, head biologist for the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, told commissioners on Friday that recent improvements in muzzleloader technology have made the guns nearly as efficient as centerfire rifles. [B]If the commission wanted to continue to allow the use of scoped muzzleloaders in designated muzzleloader seasons, he said the commission would have to reduce the number of permits [/B]it offers to avoid unsustainable losses to game herds. ([B][I]IMO fewer permits is preferable to eliminating scopes[/I][/B]) "What we're seeing biologically is that the harvest is going to be unsustainable," Liley said of the prospect of continuing to allow scoped muzzleloaders during designated muzzleloader seasons. Liley said he [B]expects that loss of animals to wounding by muzzleloaders may decrease under the prohibition against scoped muzzleloaders.[/B] [I][B](Yea right and irons sights are going to help with hits)[/B][/I] Although scopes allow hunters to hit animals at long range, he said the animals may not give any indication that they've been hit so hunters may not follow up all their shots. ([I][B]IMO this is a lame excuse)[/B][/I] Commissioner Roberta Salazar-Henry cast the lone votes against the change on muzzleloaders. She said she was dissatisfied with the game department's public education efforts on the issue and said she was concerned that 17,000 muzzleloader hunters will find out next year that they don't have a chance to use their scoped muzzleloaders anymore." from this article: [URL unfurl="true"]https://nmwildlife.org/nm-state-game-commission-bans-scopes-on-muzzleloaders/#:~:text=All%20the%20rules%20specify%20that,for%20use%20with%20centerfire%20rifles.[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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