RE: how many people quite
I still rifle hunt, but don't really focus on it unless I am in Vermont. Bowhunting is too good in the area I hunt in PA for me to take vacation off work for rifle, I generally use vacation up during archery season and then hunt the occasional saturday with my rifle. I do think this year I will be spending more time with my muzzleloader in NY. I have access to a great patch in NY now and will only have 1 weekend during archery, so I may catch a weekend in rifle season and then hunt muzzleloader season hard.