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All the muzzleloader seasons were staarted for primitive firearms. Caplock and flintlock. Sorry if you don't like the fact that things have changed. I may look at it a bit differently. Adam. Not many people would know how to knap a flint..so you say they shouldn't be allowed to hunt?? You my friend are wrong. When it was necessary people who lived the wild country had to learn. So they did. many people said that the old flinters were great..when they worked. Which wasn't always..not even for you..Mr Coulter. Mr 16..I'm sorry you don't like the fact that the primitive seasons were set up 36yrs ago in Michigan. But your way is not the only way. Yep things change..Unhappily we don't always change with IMPROVEMENTS to our sport. If you really want to hunt in the old manner..then by gosh do so..but don't act in such an elitist manner when others who want to enjoy the same sport do it with much improved and legal firearms. Use a muzzleloader duck hunting. I've done it..more'n once too. They work.. but not my cup of tea. I am thinking that most enjoy the sport as much for the outdoor experience as for the kill. Not all think like you said and take those 200 yd shots.. I am glad Pa keeps the season for flintlock shooters..But a longhunter?? Nice to dream the dream...but... None are that any longer. I used to bowhunt quite a bit..Shot a hundred arrows a day to keep sharp..and I was sharp.. Then the compounds hit the scene..made instant hunters out of people who didn't put the effort in to learn archery hunting. I even tried 'em.. Personally I don't like compounds..but for me to say that the people who use them are not real hunters.. Hell that would make me an elitist..just like y'all. A muzzleloader IS just a muzzleloader..just like a compound or even a crossbow is still ...just a bow.

BTW in some reading I found a little blurb that was kinda neat...The average shot in Eastern muzzleloader hunting is under 40 yds. My longest with my TC Hawken 50 cal was a bit over 110 yds. Longest with my inline Savages haven't been over 50