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Motivation for ML hunting restrictions
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<blockquote data-quote="mnoland30" data-source="post: 2834029" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>Jesse Deubel agreed with reintroducing the wolves that are decimating our deer herds in NM. We have the Mexican gray wolf here that isn't as much a threat to elk as to deer. </p><p></p><p>It would have been just as effective to limit ML season to Pyrodex only. Percussion caps only, or even sabotless. But it would be harder to enforce. An officer can sit on a mountain and tell if you have a scope from 1/2 mile. As a retired government employee, I can tell you most gov't employees are lazy. I can compensate a little for my eyesight by using a peep sight, but my groups open considerbly. Definitely age discrimination. </p><p></p><p>I'm hoping the number of applicants for muzzleloader season went down enough this year to make the G&F folks change their mind. </p><p></p><p>A few years back they said a buck had to have 3 points on a side counting the eye guards. I spent 30 minutes looking through my spotting scope trying to figure out if a big forked muley had any. He didn't. They had enough people shooting forks and leaving them lie (this is NM) that they changed the rule in short order. </p><p></p><p>You talk about waiting for rifle season. The wait can be years. The better odds of drawing for muzzleloader season are the reason I bought one. I can tell you it was trial and error to figure out what my effective range was. I've shot deer at 300 yards, but won't do it again. I've been through numerous bullets looking for an adequate elk load for 220 yard. Finally went to 405 gr. .45-70 bullets. Most ML bullets are made for deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnoland30, post: 2834029, member: 29323"] Jesse Deubel agreed with reintroducing the wolves that are decimating our deer herds in NM. We have the Mexican gray wolf here that isn't as much a threat to elk as to deer. It would have been just as effective to limit ML season to Pyrodex only. Percussion caps only, or even sabotless. But it would be harder to enforce. An officer can sit on a mountain and tell if you have a scope from 1/2 mile. As a retired government employee, I can tell you most gov't employees are lazy. I can compensate a little for my eyesight by using a peep sight, but my groups open considerbly. Definitely age discrimination. I'm hoping the number of applicants for muzzleloader season went down enough this year to make the G&F folks change their mind. A few years back they said a buck had to have 3 points on a side counting the eye guards. I spent 30 minutes looking through my spotting scope trying to figure out if a big forked muley had any. He didn't. They had enough people shooting forks and leaving them lie (this is NM) that they changed the rule in short order. You talk about waiting for rifle season. The wait can be years. The better odds of drawing for muzzleloader season are the reason I bought one. I can tell you it was trial and error to figure out what my effective range was. I've shot deer at 300 yards, but won't do it again. I've been through numerous bullets looking for an adequate elk load for 220 yard. Finally went to 405 gr. .45-70 bullets. Most ML bullets are made for deer. [/QUOTE]
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