"...As for the traditional part of the hunting, as Sabotloader and Goatbrother (both with many years of experience inIdaho), have stated, this was always a MUZZLELOADER season, not a TRADITIONAL season..."

I'm sorry,I'm sure they have a lot of experience, but experienceaside, the logic of that statement is flawed. The original muzzleloader seasons were indeed traditional seasons. You have to understand the whole story...can't just deal in little sound bites...whenthe original seasons were established in states all over this country back during the early and middle part of the 1900s...when the NMLRA was established in 1933...it was all done by hunters and shooters who used theonly muzzleloaders in existance...they were traditional muzzleloaders.

Whenthey set up the seasons the high technology feeding frenzy had not even been a dream in anyone's mind much less a reality during those times so there was no thoughteven given or necessity to specify "traditional" muzzleloaders because there wasn't any other muzzleloaders to have to differentiate from...the term "muzzleloader"was chosen to simply differentiate from centerfires. The seasons were absolutely not named "muzzleloader" seasonsjust to ensure that modern centerfire capable inline rifles could be used decades later!

In fact, it's the primary reason for the problems that exist everywhere now...thestates became overwhelmed with the influx of the mass produced, easy to use modern inlines into the muzzleloading seasons exactly because of the original use of the term "muzzleloader"...the encroachment began because it legally could due to the loose terminology that was unknowingly used back then...and states haveonly just recently begunto look at possibly revising the wording and/or adding restrictions, etc...incidentally, Idaho isn't the first state to do this...I think there are nowa half dozen statestrying to figure out if and how todo some damage control.

So, not to impinge anyone's experience at all...justto correct the incorrect implications being tossed out by that statement...and please remember...emotional reactions to this are of no benefit to anyone...this is simply thefacts and the truth of the history of muzzleloading...you can't change reality and taking issue with me or anyone forsetting the record straight from time to time never moves the ballforward...just causes problems...an alternative approach is to go read and study the history...learn for yourself, etc