The DEC has made this flyer so confusing for hunters. I've had 3 hunters try to tell me Northern Muzzleloader season starts Oct. 1st. I can tell you for certain. NO IT DOES NOT. Northern Muzzleloader starts Oct. 13th. Here's the confusion. The flyer lists the tags first, reading bow/mz either sex tag, and bow/mz antlerless only tag. Then underneath both those writings for tags, its reads Bowhunting season date changes. The new regulations guide printed archery season for Northern tier starting as Sept. 27th. Technically Sept. 27-30th is on the old license. The new license starts Oct. 1st, so they misprinted the dates for these tags. Thats all it is. But its confusing how wrote it.