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Muzzleloader Hunting
Is this where muzzleloading is going?!
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<blockquote data-quote="HSmithTX" data-source="post: 2704792" data-attributes="member: 121677"><p>I too think a primitive season should be a primitive season, cap and round ball for ML with iron sights (old guys use fiber optic sights) and real black powder. Bring that effective range back to 100 or less. A flintlock season if you want that I could get behind. But where do you stop? No camo? No scent control? No binoculars or spotting scopes? We have advantages that primitive hunters did not. Compound bows in general double the effective range of a bow in my opinion when compared to a recurve or a stout guy with a longbow, 25-30maybe to 50-60 using all the latest super duper gear. Yes, I shoot my compound bow at 100+ but you won't find me flinging arrows at a whitetail beyond 35 maybe 40. I don't see a need to restrict vertical bows but that is just my opinion, getting inside 40 is still getting inside 40 like it was a LONG time ago. I have NO issue with smokeless muzzle loaders, 500fps cross bows, bolt action magnum pistols, range finding gear that gives you dead dials for any of the these tools, etc but let's not pretend it's a primitive weapon. Use them in the rifle season. But, until the season is defined as a primitive season I can't blame anyone for using a tool that is legal for their hunt. I am hoping more states define a real primitive season and place reasonable (to me) restrictions on the tools you can use. That is my opinion and lots will disagree but I am ok with that too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSmithTX, post: 2704792, member: 121677"] I too think a primitive season should be a primitive season, cap and round ball for ML with iron sights (old guys use fiber optic sights) and real black powder. Bring that effective range back to 100 or less. A flintlock season if you want that I could get behind. But where do you stop? No camo? No scent control? No binoculars or spotting scopes? We have advantages that primitive hunters did not. Compound bows in general double the effective range of a bow in my opinion when compared to a recurve or a stout guy with a longbow, 25-30maybe to 50-60 using all the latest super duper gear. Yes, I shoot my compound bow at 100+ but you won't find me flinging arrows at a whitetail beyond 35 maybe 40. I don't see a need to restrict vertical bows but that is just my opinion, getting inside 40 is still getting inside 40 like it was a LONG time ago. I have NO issue with smokeless muzzle loaders, 500fps cross bows, bolt action magnum pistols, range finding gear that gives you dead dials for any of the these tools, etc but let's not pretend it's a primitive weapon. Use them in the rifle season. But, until the season is defined as a primitive season I can't blame anyone for using a tool that is legal for their hunt. I am hoping more states define a real primitive season and place reasonable (to me) restrictions on the tools you can use. That is my opinion and lots will disagree but I am ok with that too. [/QUOTE]
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