Originally Posted by wvnimrod

What I want to know, is if modern rifles and muzzleloaders are both guns,than why the two seasons? which season came first? were the seasons split because of the advantages of one over the other? And the theory that its to increase the deer kill numbers don't work if that were the case just lengthen the one one season?
So I see it this way,if muzzleloader hunters and rifle hunters don't have to SHARE the same season THAN WHY should us bowhunters have to share a season with arrowgun hunters???