I to use all three methods of hunting for deer in NY, bow, shotgun and muzzleloading. I do feel shorted on the muzzleloading season and it should be made longer in some way I pay $16 dollars extra and only get one week. Sure I can use my muzzleloader during shotgun season but I perfer not to. The one problem I have with extending it an extra week at the end of the season current muzzleloading season is that by then it gets really into the heavy lake effect snow season, especially here in WNY and the areas south of Buffalo. I routinely have had to hike in 2 foot snow depths during muzzleloading season and that sucks. Trying freezing your butt off and exhuasting yourself with 5 mile walks in 2 feet of snow and you'll get burned out pretty quick on that extra week of late muzzleloading. (PS 13" of fresh snow just last night in the snow belts south of Buffalo and more on they way just in time for muzzleloading season again!) I don't like breaking up bow season either so my suggestion would be to run bow season from 10/1 to the second weekend in November. Then open a one week Muzzleloading season, if you want you could even let bow season continue during this week also. Then pick up with the regular shotgun season starting on the third Saturday of Nov. and let in run its 22 day season as usual. Then finish it up with one week of Muzzleloading and Bow Season. Heck lets face it on the first day of shotgun season there are so many casual hunters in the woods it doesn't matter when it starts. The deer are going to be running all over the place trying to find a place to hide. After that its going to calm down to the typical shotgun type season. Just one guys opinion.