In that case, I'd organize a march on the state capital Seriously, if the seasons are that late, then it's a lame excuse for the restrictions.

Back in the late 90's, the Colorado Wildlife Commission banned all in-line guns. They were influenced by a group called the Colorado State Muzzleloading Association -136members who engage in rendezvous and mountain man type activites - and enacted a ban that affected an estimated 7,000 hunters who owned in-line weapons. It caused such an uproar in the hunting community that a petition demanding total recall of the entire wildlife commission was threatened. The ban was reversed the following year.

It seems like every year there is a little tweak to the "definition of a muzzleloading rifle" section of the regs. No smokeless powder. No red dot scopes. Interesting part of all this is that the game wardens, in the "field input" phase of the regulatory process, supported allowing all the modern improvements - reasoning that it would cut down on wounded game and allow more humane harvests.