As per DaveH,MD allows you to use yourbow through the both the firearmand muzzleloader seasons- itis most satisfying to check a deer in taken with a bow during the gun season. I haven't hunted for deer with a gun now for 28 years. "It doesn't count if you use a gun" is what I tell my muzzleloading totingfriends when they proclaim their prowness...
-fsh