no offense but your understanding is for your area. my understanding is for mine.. Bow season here is the early season, Muzzleloader is the pre rut and rifle is the rut. Now... do you think there are more rifle hunters or bow hunters???

ill see a few guys around town during bow season that are hunting, a small village during muzzleloading and everyone and there grandmother during rifle. That also plays into the fact that out in Colorado where your from, is it easier to stalk a big Mulie with a bow or get a solid rest with a rifle?