maytom,
I agree with SteveBNY......You're obviously NOT a Bow Hunter! Why am I going to scout all Spring,Summer and Fall to locate doe groups, heavy trails and staging areas? Why bother practicing all Summer and Fall with my bow? So I can get close enough to arrow a Whitetail? Forget it, because the first time you or one of your Muzzle Loading hunters touches off a load around me, it all changes!
No one who is a serious Bow Hunter can look at these proposals in a good way. I'm not saying that SOMETHING shouldn't be done. Just not the way they've laid it out. They(DEC) will upset one groups hunt just to appease another group of hunters. It's wrong! Leave things the way they are and lengthen the late season for Muzzle Loader. (Or something close to that.)