RE: Trying to get a MZ season in Montana
I hunted 35 days with my White inlines in the NYS southern zone last year.
Another 35 days aprox with my bows.
2 deer with the bow.
4 with the mz - and passed up probably 20 shots.
I am happy with our seasons here (central NYS)- best of both worlds. Bows in bow season - guns in gun season.
An early mz season would never be limited to primitive - so the participation would grow rapidly.
Everyone knows that deer's attitude change dramatically once a lot of guns start going off and do not revert for several days/weeks after they end. An early mz season in my area would have a profound effect on the bowhunting - that is why I will fight it, eventhough I enjoy bow and gun equally.
Only thing needed is for the bow season to be given a fixed start date as was promised and we once had.
Steve