Will Kill rates go up if a scope is added to a MZ. The answer is definitely YES. How could you think any other way??

I will present an important FACT.

I sold firearms for a living for many years. Including MZ's.

I was around when you had to have only open sights to hunt the "primitive season". MZ sales were OK. But nothing spectacular.

Then along came Knight rifles. With an unbelievable new rifle called an "inline" Right around 1985 I do believe.

The new Knight rifle sold pretty good, but not spectacular. Why?? Because even though it was a new development in MZ's, you still had to shoot with open sights.

Then a few more states allowed scopes. WOW. Sales went through the roof. I was selling hundreds of scope mounts to every dealer for the older style Hawken type rifles. JB Holden became rich overnight with his IronSighter mount. And rifle sales went through the roof. Many customers would not hunt the MZ season because they had to hunt with open sights. When they were allowed to hunt with scopes the sales went through the roof, and there were four or five times more MZ hunters. Due only to the scope.

The bottom line is this. Most hunters can not shoot an open sighted rifle. That is a fact. That is why I prefer the state keeps scopes off the MZ's.

When they put scopes on MZ in CO the # of tags issued will drop drastically. Because the success rate will go sky high.

Putting a scoped rifle in the hands of a mediocre hunter in CO will mean a ton more dead elk. I guarantee that. My gosh. It would be like heaven . A 200 yard range MZ when the bulls are at their dumbest?? And you do not think kill rates will go up?? Ridiculous.

However kill ratios are not what are driving these DNR's. What is driving these DNR's is $$$$$$$$$$$$$MONEY.

Personally I wish they would go back to "primitive weapons" only, with NO scope. The seasons would become considerably more liberal. And there would definitely be more tags available.

If you can not see with open sights. Then I am sorry, but limit your shots or stay home. I am a handicapped hunter and wanted to hunt public land in CO. In a place where I could hunt from a 4-wheeler 15 years ago. Now I wanted to go back and hunt that public ground(in CO). But now I am not allowed to hunt there any more on my ATV. So how is that fair?? It is not. But it is the way it is. But the land is still public land that my tax dollars paid for!! Tom.