Delayed Hunting and Trapping Rule Changes Take Effect Aug. 1, 2010 . . .

Shorten the bow season by one week and open the muzzleloader season one week earlier to create a two week muzzleloader season.

However,

Allow hunters to use archery equipment to harvest deer during the muzzleloading firearms season on game lands.

Nothing against bowhunting, but they really didn't loose anything - they have to share the week they "lost" with us muzzleloaders. And, in a sense, they gain an extra week by us muzzleoaders having to share OUR season with them. Plus . . .

Allow bow hunting on Sundays on private lands only, except for migratory game birds.

and

Allow the use of crossbows anytime bow and arrows are legal weapons.

Oh well . . . the game lands I hunt are fairly isolated to the general public (you either have to come in off the Yadkin River or know somebody who has property that borders it). My neighbor is the only bowhunter I know who uses the gamelands (his property actually borders this one and is my access point).