Same thing happened here when they allowed crossbows in archery season. The archers had a fit because they knew more people might go out and hunt. Now their precious woods would have to be shared with others. They did however change the harvest limits. I use a ML during rifle season and have for a very long time. So ive shared my time in the woods with virtually all legal methods and it dont bother me one bit.

They added handguns to our "ML" season years ago.....guess what...dont care about that either. I will still use my MLs and SMLs when i hunt either season.