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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 181790" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>There is certainly a BIG difference between "primitive arms" and "muzzleloaders", at least the muzzleloaders that are prevelent today.</p><p></p><p>As cartridge loaded firearms & bow hunting equiptment have advanced so has the regulations which govern them. New equiptment has become the order of the day and the Game Commissions have not sought to ban them, but rather work with them.</p><p></p><p>IMO we should maintain a primitive arms season where scopes, sabots, pellets, 209's, etc are not permitted while still recognizing that most muzzloader-hunters would still like to have an opportunity to use their prefered modern muzzleloaders without having to use them in the same season that conventional modern arms are allowed.</p><p></p><p>I'd suggest splitting the muzzleloader season into segments which meet both goals. I believe that PA has already done something similar with their seasons. Lets face it - you could hunt with a bow during the rifle season (in most states) but who really wants to do that. It would have been the death bell for bowhunting. A primitive arms season should come immediately after the bow season and before any other season which allows the use of more modern equiptment. The primitive arms season should be fairly short as long as the participation level is low. Should that change (and it probably would) the seasons could easily be ammended to meet demand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 181790, member: 313"] There is certainly a BIG difference between "primitive arms" and "muzzleloaders", at least the muzzleloaders that are prevelent today. As cartridge loaded firearms & bow hunting equiptment have advanced so has the regulations which govern them. New equiptment has become the order of the day and the Game Commissions have not sought to ban them, but rather work with them. IMO we should maintain a primitive arms season where scopes, sabots, pellets, 209's, etc are not permitted while still recognizing that most muzzloader-hunters would still like to have an opportunity to use their prefered modern muzzleloaders without having to use them in the same season that conventional modern arms are allowed. I'd suggest splitting the muzzleloader season into segments which meet both goals. I believe that PA has already done something similar with their seasons. Lets face it - you could hunt with a bow during the rifle season (in most states) but who really wants to do that. It would have been the death bell for bowhunting. A primitive arms season should come immediately after the bow season and before any other season which allows the use of more modern equiptment. The primitive arms season should be fairly short as long as the participation level is low. Should that change (and it probably would) the seasons could easily be ammended to meet demand. [/QUOTE]
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