RE: Who determines "Black Powder Substitute"?
The game agencies along with the State Legislatures determine what the definition of legal BP substitutes are within their jurisdictions. There isn't any hidden loophole because everything isheld to very clear standards.
The traditionalists like toclaim that inlines somehow sneaked in to thehunting seasonsthrough somekind of loophole, and that's not true. They were sanctioned every place where they became legal, even if it was onlyby decidingto not try tooutlaw them.
Similarly, new substitute powders aren't going to be sneaked in to the hunting seasonsby a simplistic relabeling ploy either. They are simply notlegally accepted black powder substitutes asspecified in writtenlaws & reg.'s.
It's the state politics of hunting, pureand simple. And because the process of making laws is so crystal clear & transparent in this country, that is the only way to change the state hunting laws and regulations...through politics.
Politics is about power & influence, anddifferentgroups exercise it ineach state.
So what's to discuss other than how to change the law inany state? Thereneeds to be an organized group of citizens willing to fightfor it year after year until enough political progress is made to change the laws. It'sjust the truthful reality of politics.