I don't know when the application period is. I always go over the counter too. Muzzeloader season is sure some different hunting. The deer are still in their summer patterns, and even still a few bucks in velvet. And the weather a lot of the times is in the 80's and sometimes more. But there I see a few guys every year who muzzeloader hunt only. There is practically no pressure(around her anyways) you're able to hunt before anyone else does.
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