I'd love to add a Muzzleloader to my collection but not sure I'd have the time to hunt the extra season. It would however make me think twice about my shots a little bit more. That now, would be a good thing.

I'm suprised at the amout of people here that havn't try it. I am mostly a bow hunter but when i shoot a gun i prefer the muzzle loader. I only need the one shot. more accurate at longer distance than a shot gun. you concentrate on shot placement when a follow up shot is going to take you some time

I wacked this coyote last year with my smoke pole off hand at a good distance while trying to secure deer loins for the freezer.
Mr. Boone would have been impressed!
I also have a 10 ga. side by side muzzleloader shot gun that has been in the duck blind and turkey woods. A little more challenging than the modern tools offered today.

yes, but you need special permits if im not mistaken

To me, that is a single shot rifle. If someone is going muzzleloader hunting, they are using an old timer and not using smokeless powder. That is just me.

Up here in Michigan
 

You must posses the weapon legally of course, but, Rifle zone anything larger than .22 is legal, and in shotgun zone, has to be .35 w/ straight walled cartridge or bigger, no more than 9 rounds, including up the pipe.

The tc encore in the pic, does not use smokeless powder, it is a standard inline that utilizes black powder, and BP substitutes. The only production Muzzleloader, that shoots smokeless powder, is the savage 10ML. Although I find sidelocks and traditional BP shooting very cool and interesting, I do not shoot a muzzleloader to make my hunts more challenging, or for nostalgic reasons. I use my smokeless 10ML because I think it is the most effective weapon available, to use (where legal) during ML season. I also prefer it to a slug gun when hunting in areas where CF rifles are restricted.

do yall have any tips about bowhunting ????

first off, try bowhunting. it's fun, super challenging, and will make you a better all around hunter. but once bow season is over i shoot a cva staghorn, that i swapped out the breech plug in. it's kinda like the first generation of inlines. i refuse to put a scope on it. i'm about the novelty and personal handicap of shooting with open sights. after ml season is over i shoot whichever rifle strikes my fancy on a given day (7mag, .243, 8mmMauser, .30-30). i did purchase a slug barrel for the 12 gauge last year, i may bust that out this year. whatever you're into, just do it balls to the wall while you can.