Well, you' re going to have to put on your best Colin Powell smile and become a diplomat. You don' t want to be threatening to leave unless you mean it. Sounds like the 3 that bowhunt some aren' t really going to go along with that. They probably have other places to hunt anyway. I agree, they aren' t worried about deer wounding as much as they' re worried about not getting the first crack. Just a little greed going on. The first day of muzzleloader season puts more deer into hiding than a month of bowhunting will. The weekend before of 4 wheelers all over the place puts more deer into hiding than a month of bow hunting will. The old smart bucks don' t take much to put them in a hole somewhere. They won' t be out until the rut. The club/lease should really allow any hunting that is LEGAL by state laws. I' ve seen clubs set their own bag limit restrictions which seems fine, but to keep you from hunting all together is absurd. First try to diplomatically kill such a vote to begin with. Do your home work. Call members at home. Find out who the real pain in the butt people are. Then get to all the others you can. Explain your love of bow hunting and that their fears are unfounded. Bowhunters tend to create less stink and fuss in a season than gun hunters will in a week. We HAVE to do it that way. It' s a close up sport. We can' t make mistakes or we fail. You' re not going to kill all their deer. You' re looking to shoot a deer... maybe 2 if it' s legal. Do they allow turkey hunting? What about the guy who doesn' t have a muzzleloader. The guy who just gun hunts could make the same arguement about muzzleloaders. They don' t kill as well and they' re in the woods messing up his future hunts. It' s just plain stupid. OK, I' ve lost my diplomatic face. What jerks. Screw ' em... your arguement is " IT' S LEGAL BY STATE LAW" . Unless they can come up with some more valid reason than their own greed you' re BOWHUNTING. It' s legal, you love it, END OF ARGUEMENT. You' re not an army marching on bambis world. You' re an army of ONE slinkin' and hindin' .[:@][:@] Damn I feel better.

Probably somewhere in between those extremes is a diplomatic solution. ME, I' m a bowhunter. I bowhunt during muzzleloader season. I' d be looking for some new friends who understood me.[:@]