Drache,

I live in southern Minnesota. We also are not allowed to use rifles down here. We can in the northern third of the state. Years ago it was explained to me that agricultual land, being so open, does not have the tree density to keep an errent shot from traveling too far. It made sense then. Not so sure anymore.

I posted a question pertaining to this subject on the Minnesota DNR site. It was explained quite nicely that the in-line muzzle-loader, being that he has one shot to drop the deer, is going to be alot more careful about where he is going to place that shot. Where, with even a bolt action CF rifle, there could be a perpensity to spray a few shots at a deer before a good shot could have been obtained.