Mr. 16 gauge
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the counterpoint is that "primitive" seasons came about on the premise that hunting season can be opened earlier for a select group of folks using less capable weapons -- which ostensibly results in a smaller "harvest". Human nature being what it is, inlines came about as an "end run" around the rules. So there are folks who are a bit bugged that the inline crowd gamed the rules.
I sense a bit of superiority from the inline crowd -- not on this thread, but in the field -- based upon the idea that their guns are "better". My personal experience has been that few of these folks have ever owned a traditional gun, and few of those that have knew how to manage them. I am sure I am not the only flintlock shooter who has ever been annoyed by the "That there flintlock goes off what, half the time? And even when it does, it's not like those old guns could hit anything!" inline ignorance at the local range. Combined with the "300 yards" type silliness, it's enough to turn a fellow into a retro grouch.
HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!......somebody finally freakin' gets it! A modern "muzzleloader using smokeless powder and a jacketed bullet IS NOT PRIMATIVE!!!!! It's just a modern rifle without a brass case, and has NO business in a primative season, even if it loads from the muzzle! It's like the morons that I have to deal with duck hunting who buy hevishot and shoot at ducks at 100+ yards away, because they don't want "the other guy" to get any.:banghead: