"Primitive Weapons" Season Bites The Dust In Mississippi
04-22-2013, 07:24 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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"Primitive Weapons" Season Bites The Dust In Mississippi
The Governor signed the bill on March 25th. There's going to be a lot of muzzle loaders and single shots up for sale cheap in Mississippi over the next year.
http://www.ms-sportsman.com/details.php?id=2126
http://www.ms-sportsman.com/details.php?id=2126
04-22-2013, 08:02 AM
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No. Mississippi has something like 50 public Wildlife Management Areas. But I suspect the total area of private land leases and clubs is greater than that of the WMAs.
04-22-2013, 08:39 AM
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Missouri changed the ML season regulations last year. Now its called the Alternate Methods season and they now allow CF pistols. A few states had already allowed some single shot rifles like a 45/70 during the "primitive" season.
04-22-2013, 09:17 AM
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Maybe a black powder season would be good. When I was shooting CAS I had a Winchester 66 for a 44/40. I loaded it with real BP, and always wondered how it would be to hunt with. It a pretty weak load that's maybe equal to a PRB. It did have the advantage of a quick follow up shot though. It might have been fun.
04-22-2013, 10:57 AM
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Exactly Muley! Even in modern season when I hunted with the gang ... I carried a .54 caliber Renegade loaded with roundball. And I always got my deer too. So no matter what they call a season, I think those that want to muzzleloader hunt will do so. But it does put more hunters in the woods, harvests more deer, and puts more money in State coffers, by doing away with the muzzleloader season as Semisane explained here.
04-22-2013, 11:02 AM
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That's true. I've hunted the rifle season with a ML, and it's a struggle.
However, getting an elk with a sidelock, iron sights, and a PRB was well worth the looks I got from the scoped Weatherby crowd.
However, getting an elk with a sidelock, iron sights, and a PRB was well worth the looks I got from the scoped Weatherby crowd.