ORIGINAL: sabotloader
FG
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I think you also forget that at one time we did have a "traditional season" and a "ML" season that answered your new found fondness for the traditional side of things. I believe at one time Idaho had it close to right for the benefit of most of the Idaho hunters. But the as with anything in politics the squeaky wheel does get heard and unfortunately the the traditional people that can not accept the inline got their wish - which has now kinda stirred up a hornest nest.
. . . . . when 38 states seem to make ML season work with open rules it is funny when 7 and now 8 have to go another direction.
SL you got it right on the money!!! If the traditionalists don't want others muzzleloading, they should campaign for a separate ML season for traditional restrictions, not ruin it for others who also pay taxes in the state.
There are archery seasons all over too. Using FG's logic, archery seasons should be reserved for only the true archers who use longbows! Eliminate those counterfitters who call themselves archers when they use recurves, compounds, or crossbows. And forget anyone who uses plastic fletching, fiberglass shafts, or tips that open on impact!
In other words p--- on anybody who doesn't like to do it exactly the same way I do.