I really don't care what weapon you choose to hunt with but I choose to hunt with a Patched Round ball in .54 caliber, and I don't want to lose that privilege. Besides, anyone who thinks the Patched Round Ball is incapable of ethically and humanely harvesting big game and still bowhunts is living a life full of contradictions and only has one agenda.

There is a difference between a bow hunter and a 3-D target shooter. The 3D shooter wants to see how far away he can go and still hit the target, but a bow hunters wants to see how close he can get to the target and still harvest it.

Its the same way between Traditional and a Modern ML hunter. Traditionalists want to see how close they can get. While a Modern ML'er want to see how far away he can get and still hit the target.

I would bet that more deer are wounded and lost during Bow season, than with hunters using a Patched Round Ball. both pure numbers head to head and per capita.

The most important thing to remember is that we are ALL HUNTERS and we need to agree to disagree and stay united. Anti's have been trying to divide us for years, lets not eat our own and lose the overall war.

Paco-There are a great many out there with a limited or single agenda.Iam begining to believe there are trads that hate inlines like Nancy Pelosi hates Bush. You want to hunt with a RB thats OK by me. I want to hunt with a saboted pistol bullet,that should be OK by you.There is enough room in this sport for all of us,and the Anti's want to do us all. Maybe I'll sell my New Englander and buy a real primitive rifle=maybe like the Pa Pellet Flintlock by traditions-Legal in Pa flintlock season. Real pretty too with a camo stock and nickle barrel,1/28 twist 150gr load with 3 pellets.

Just kidding I like my New Englander too much to sell it.

Charlie